Live concert photography of The Kingdom of Denmark and Copenhagen Jazz Fest's Showcase at Baby's All Right 1/11/25.

Live Concert Photography: Winter Jazzfest 2025: Denmark and Copenhagen Jazz Fest Presents: Smag På Dig Selv with Josefine Opshal at Baby’s All Right 1/11/25

Since its founding back in 2005, NYC Winter Jazzfest has cemented a reputation as a hotbed of cultural discovery while presenting new and exciting sounds and scenes throughout New York. The festival has grown quite rapidly from its original, one-day single-location program to a 2020 lineup that spanned 21 stages over 11 nights across Downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn, featuring over 700 artists and more than 170 groups. And if you’re a jazz head, NYC Winter Jazzfest is a pivotal destination for arts leaders, cultural cognoscenti and journalists.

The festival celebrates — and presents — jazz as a living entity, in which history constantly collides with the future. And as a result, the festival and its artists have constantly and consistently pushed the boundaries of what jazz is supposed to be and sound like.

The musical marathon portion of the festival takes place during the Friday and Saturday night of its run has become recognized as a crucial and unique New York nightlife offering during what’s typically a bit of a slow period of the year. The festival’s audiences are given access to all participating venues from early evening, deep into the wee hours, offering an unparalleled experience for jazz heads, featuring experiential sound and global creative impulses.

Earlier this month, I was at Baby’s All Right to catch what may arguably be one of the most eclectic NYC Winter Jazzfest showcases I’ve seen in some time. The Kingdom of Denmark, Kaja Management and Copenhagen Jazzfest presented Danish trio Smag På Dig Selv, who played a mosh pit and headbang friendly set of primal No Wave-like jazz that had the room going hard and Danish composer and cellist Josefine Opsahl, who specializes in meshing elements of electronic music with contemporary classical compositions

Photos are below, as always.