"Schantz’s layers of pianos and synths are an atmospheric sounding board for a tight, interactive trio completed by Marius Neset’s virtuosic sax and the pounding thump of Anton Eger’s drums. Rigorous structures focus mood while leaving ample room for the musicians to stretch out."
THE FINANCIAL TIMES (UK)
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"Morten Schantz is European jazz name we’re going to get used to hearing."
THE GUARDIAN (UK)
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"Few bands in jazz history have so perfected that magic blend between synthesized and acoustic textures as Weather Report, and Danish keyboard dynamo Morten Schantz often veers toward that source as inspiration without apology on his
strong, electro-acoustic jazz power trio album Godspeed."
DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE (US)
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"The experience of travel that Schantz is invoking is not a package holiday trip but rather the spiritually inspiring beauty of tropical landscapes and majestic mountain scenery”
LONDON JAZZ NEWS (UK)
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“Extremely melodic and accessible overall this is all intelligent music making in the sense of avoiding cliché and delivering clarity”
MARLBANK (UK)
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"Comparing Danish keyboardist Morten Schantz’s new project to Weather Report is a compliment. As well, Schantz has his own Shorter in the mercurial Marius Neset, a fluent, fearlessly creative improviser capable of similar levels of invention and subversion."
THE IRISH TIMES (IRELAND)
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"The final result is music that creates such a rare thing in jazz as anthems. Schantz is able to embrace a carefully constructed dramaturgy as his music often explodes or unfolds in melodic hooks that are so grand that they would fit a stadium."
ALL ABOUT JAZZ (UK)
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***** review on "Passenger"
UKVIBE.com (UK)
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“Morten Schantz’ tangenter har en fantastisk evne til at skrive knudrede melodier, der smelter fast i hjernen og leverer både dem og improvisationen med et overskud, der ofte er overvældende”
UNDERTONER (DK)
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"Passenger is a very enjoyable contemporary jazz recording that draws the trio form to a line close to pop aesthetics, sometimes elevates the pulse, and sometimes evokes unique feelings with the atmosphere it creates"
DARK BLUE NOTES (TURKEY)
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"Morten Schantz' kompositioner bliver i forløsningen så dynamiske, at jeg tænker, at der er tale om en banebrydende, moderne form for jazz"
IVAN ROD (DK)
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“Pianist Morten Schantz has been a prominent and pioneering figure on first the Danish, then international jazz and fusion scene for more than a decade.”
THE ARTS DESK (UK)
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“Godspeed unceasingly rewards repeated plays and easily qualifies as one of the most exciting and engaging recordings for a long time. Schantz has surely now found his true métier"
ALL ABOUT JAZZ (UK)
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"Uhyre vellykket instrumentalt jazzalbum med lyden af Marokko som bagtæppe"
GAFFA (DK)
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Review on Godspeed
JAZZPODIUM (GERMANY)
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"Schantz, Neset and Eger lifts this album into the realms of the exceptional (and unmissable)"
JAZZWISE MAGAZINE (UK)​
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"Best listened to all at once, keeping an ear out for what Schantz does next."
THE EVENING STANDARD (UK)
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"Vital, emotive and ultimately uplifting, Unicorn provides splendid evidence of Schantz' rather unique talent."
ALL ABOUT JAZZ (UK)
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"With Morten Schantz Danish jazz has gotten a new international star"
POLITIKEN (DK)
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"The music is full of life and it's really vibrant & bold...This album is a great representation of some of the most vital music bursting onto the European scene."
Claire Martin, BBC RADIO 3
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**** review on "Godspeed"
JAZZTHETIK (GERMANY)
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“A word of warning. Before playing Morten Schantz’s Godspeed please fasten your safety-belt. You are about to be catapulted into the power-packed, high-energy risk-taking territory where big beasts like Chick Corea’s Return To Forever, The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather report once roamed.”
JAZZWISE MAGAZINE (UK)
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“...offers an exhilarating listening experience. It can also be highly recommend for Weather Report fans looking for new music.”
JAZZ POSSU (FI)
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"Dette er en trio jeg nesten kan garantere at kommer til å nå et stykke utenfor Danmarks teritorialfarvann. Det er tre musikere som virkelig kan denne musikken, og som fremfører den med kraft, overbevisning og innlevelse."
SALT AND PEANUTS (NO)
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"...tough and virtuosity and rhythmic, melodically and harmonically exciting from start to finish... a small group that in its best moments is able to take modern fusion music a step further."
TOR De JAZZ/NETTAVISION (NO)
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"This album under Schantz’s own name reflects the energy of their previous band, JazzKamikaze, but combines more ambitious arrangements, richly coloured by Schantz’s fearsome arsenal of synths and keyboards, with a gleefully unfettered muscularity that pervades much of the recording.”
THE SCOTSMAN (UK)
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"Sometimes the CD sounds like Weather Report on Speed. Schantz and his colleagues ...shine with frenetic, closely interlinked grooves... power jazz.”
CONCERTO MAGAZINE (AUS)
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"This album is a very enjoyable experience that brings meaning to the trio form that is different from the usual, raises the pulse sometimes, and sometimes creates unique feelings with the atmosphere created. The dynamic flowing lines that turned into sound waves, a sharp signature album as individual talents of silver gray letters written Godspeed . Musical memory in your Edition Records Open an exquisite album released by the label more places."
KAZKOLIK (TURKEY)
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"Morten Schantz har laget en fin plate, og det er nødvendig å nevne hans medsammensvorne, bassisten Morten Ankelfeldt og Janus Templeton, som er med på å gjøre dette til en deilig plate. Og i de låtene hvor gjestene også bidrar, får vi et litt annet lydbilde som fungerer mer enn godt nok."
SALT AND PEANUTS (NO)
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"Godspeed er noget af et statement. Schantz' storladne strømme af keyboardklange fosser ned over lytteren. Godspeed er yderst begavet tænkt og udført."
JAZZSPECIAL (DK)
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