Award-winning and internationally acclaimed jazz quartet arrives to Porvoo Jazz Festival!
Four brothers, Konrad, Kasper, Mauritz and Max Agnas, founded the Agnas Bros. band years ago in the basement of their childhood home. Over the years they have had time to develop their music, which is based on an almost telepathic approach: interaction and improvisation. Two previous albums have taken the brothers around Europe to concert halls, summer festivals and smaller jazz clubs. They have collaborated with classical ensembles such as O/Modernt and Stockholm Chamber Brass, and artists such as Nils Landgren and Pat Metheny.
Their latest album, Lycka till med musiken (2018), features music composed and arranged by the brothers, as in previous albums. The album pays homage to heroes like Ludwig van Beethoven and Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, and draws inspiration from the melancholic melodies of Jan Johansson’s songs to the sprawling free jazz solos of Spökvatten. The album was recorded by Janne Hansson at the legendary Atlantis studio.
“All appearances I have done with the brothers have been an excitement and there is no doubt that it will remain so even in the future. With courage and a lot of humour they find their way to people’s hearts” – Nils Landgren
“It was an amazing enrichment to play with the Agnas Brothers. They have all strong, personal voices. The whole Agnas family is very special.”- Pat Metheny
Photo: Miki Anagrius