Phone Book is Laura Toxvaerd’s third album. Her first album, Laura Toxvaerd No. 1, was chosen to be on ’Top 5 best debut albums 2007’ by The New York City Jazz Record. In 2009 she was one out of only three composers selected for the prestigious three-year working scholarship of the Danish Arts Council. Her second album Do Drugs was released in 2010 – and nominated for a Danish Music Award Jazz. Phone Book presents four graphic notations composed and designed by Laura Toxvaerd: Androidangle Barking Fishbone Cacklecabin – graphic scores are included in the cd booklet. Cacklecabin is also published in the anthology Notations 21, Mark Batty Publisher, New York 2009. The works on Phone Book are performed by Laura Toxvaerd on alto saxophone & Jacob Anderskov on piano.
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