{"id":11813,"date":"2023-04-27T14:55:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T11:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/?page_id=11813"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:51:19","slug":"maxime-bender-universal-sky-22","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/maxime-bender-universal-sky-22\/","title":{"rendered":"MAXIME BENDER \u201cUNIVERSAL SKY\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid qodef-section vc_custom_1652090445565 qodef-content-aligment-left qodef-grid-section\" style=\"\"><div class=\"clearfix qodef-section-inner\"><div class=\"qodef-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1491905695911\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"qodef-elements-holder qodef-responsive-mode-768\" ><div class=\"qodef-elements-holder-item\" data-item-class=\"qodef-elements-holder-custom-625500\" data-1024-1280=\"0 14% 0 0\" data-600-768=\"0 0 0 0\" data-480-600=\"0 0 0 4%\" data-480=\"0 0 0 4%\" >\n\t<div class=\"qodef-elements-holder-item-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"qodef-elements-holder-item-content qodef-elements-holder-custom-625500\" style=\"padding: 0 35% 0 0\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1682596465272\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">MAXIME BENDER \u201cUNIVERSAL SKY\u201d (Luxemburg)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 10px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\" translation-block\">Maxime Bender (tenor &amp; soprano saxophone), Manu Codjia (guitar), Jean-Yves Jung (organ), J\u00e9r\u00f4me Klein (drums)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"qodef-separator-holder clearfix  qodef-separator-left\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-separator\" style=\"border-color: #ffffff;border-style: solid;width: 32px;border-bottom-width: 6px;margin-top: 24px;margin-bottom: 25px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  archive-artist-anchors\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"western\">A very experienced and creative saxophonist, Maxime Bender stands out in the European jazz scene not only because of his albums, the latest of which is \u201cFall &amp; Rise\u201d with the Universal Sky group on the Italian label CamJazz. With a wide range of contemporary and improvisational melodic \u2013 almost poetic \u2013 jazz with apparent influences and hints of soul and rock, Maxime constantly evolves his music and explores the boundaries of creativity in every circumstance. With his quartet, he opens up to an open world created by world-class artists like Wayne Shorter or Bruce Springsteen without being trapped in idiomatic restraints or labels. His albums are living proof of that.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n    <span class=\"qodef-icon-shortcode normal\"  data-hover-color=\"#ffffff\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/maxbenjazz\" target=\"_blank\">\n        \n        <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"qodef-icon-font-elegant social_facebook qodef-icon-element\" style=\"font-size:14px\" ><\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n            <\/span>\n\n\n    <span class=\"qodef-icon-shortcode normal\"  data-hover-color=\"#ffffff\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/maxbenmusic\/?hl=el\" target=\"_blank\">\n        \n        <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"qodef-icon-font-elegant social_instagram qodef-icon-element\" style=\"font-size:14px\" ><\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n            <\/span>\n\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1280x853_Maxime-Bender-Universal-Sky_by_Martine_Pinnel.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1280x853_Maxime-Bender-Universal-Sky_by_Martine_Pinnel.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1280x853_Maxime-Bender-Universal-Sky_by_Martine_Pinnel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1280x853_Maxime-Bender-Universal-Sky_by_Martine_Pinnel-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1280x853_Maxime-Bender-Universal-Sky_by_Martine_Pinnel-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1280x853_Maxime-Bender-Universal-Sky_by_Martine_Pinnel-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1280x853_Maxime-Bender-Universal-Sky_by_Martine_Pinnel-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1280x853_Maxime-Bender-Universal-Sky_by_Martine_Pinnel-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MAXIME BENDER \u201cUNIVERSAL SKY\u201d (\u039b\u03bf\u03c5\u03be\u03b5\u03bc\u03b2\u03bf\u03cd\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf) Maxime Bender (\u03c4\u03b5\u03bd\u03cc\u03c1\u03bf &amp; \u03c3\u03bf\u03c0\u03c1\u03ac\u03bd\u03bf \u03c3\u03b1\u03be\u03cc\u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u03bf), Manu Codjia (\u03ba\u03b9\u03b8\u03ac\u03c1\u03b1), Jean-Yves Jung (\u03cc\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf), J\u00e9r\u00f4me Klein (\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03c2)...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11813"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15263,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11813\/revisions\/15263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}