Trombonist, composer, and arranger.
Graduated from the Rhythmic Music Conservatory (RMC), Copenhagen.
Lis Wessberg is one of Denmark’s leading trombonists, known for her beautiful tone and unique feel on the instrument. She has played and recorded with a large number of top Danish artists within jazz and pop, including Marilyn Mazur, Steen Rasmussen, Lennart Ginman, Fredrik Lundin, Jan Kaspersen, Claus Høxbroe, the DR Big Band, Hanne Boel, and many more.
Lis Wessberg has been featured on more than 50 releases and has toured extensively in both Denmark and abroad.
At major international festivals, Wessberg has encountered many fantastic orchestras and big stars. Some of whom she has played with, and it is not just anyone she can boast of having performed for – Joyce Moreno, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, and Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band feat. Randy Brecker, just to name a few.
Lis Wessberg has role models both on and off the stage, but common to them all is that they are people who appear genuine, searching, and dedicated. Among them, she mentions Miles Davis, Lee Konitz, Ben Webster, Chet Baker, Radiohead, and Mark Hollis from Talk Talk.
Lis Wessberg released her debut album, Yellow Map, on October 1st, 2021. Lis Wessberg and YELLOW MAP are releasing their 2nd album – TWAIN WALKING – on April Records on April 12th, 2024.
Excerpts from reviews in connection with the releases of YELLOW MAP (2021) and TWAIN WALKING (2024)
Reviews of TWAIN WALKING
Jazz Views (UK)
April 2024
"Wessberg picked the title, TWAIN WALKING after reading Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” a poem about standing at a fork in the road of life and not knowing which path to take. After listening to YELLOW MAP and TWAIN WALKING it sounds to me, like Lis Wessberg has no problem picking the right path"
"Estonian singer, Karmen Roivassepp, is new to me. The beautiful timbre of her voice is similar to that of Wessberg’s trombone. They’re a gorgeous match. Roivassepp and Wessberg trade choruses on the lovely ballad, ‘Like A Sparrow.’ Steen Rasmussen’s acoustic piano is perfectly delicate. Bassist Lennart Ginman and drummer Jeppe Gram melodically play off each other"
"Lis Wessberg’s TWAIN WALKING is truly something special"
Laboratorium Muzycznych Fuzji (Poland)
March 2024
"With this album, Wessberg not only confirms her place among the leading jazz musicians but also contributes to the evolution of the genre, showing that jazz still has much to offer. 'Twain Walking' is not just an album – it is a journey through worlds of sound, emotion, and inspiration that every jazz lover should experience.”
UK Vibe (England)
March 2024
“Proving that lightning can absolutely strike twice, Lis Wessberg delivers another exceptional release within a solo catalogue that we can only hope will continue to flourish as the years pass.”
Reviews of YELLOW MAP
Jazz Special (Denmark)
December 2021
“The many years and diverse experience background seem to have led Lis Wessberg to distill an expression that focuses on saying the essential. Not a note too much. Yellow Map is jazz for our time and must be among the field of the strongest Danish jazz releases of the year."
GAFFA (Denmark)
October 2021
“Yellow Map ranks among the very big Danish jazz releases of the year and gets a huge recommendation from here.”