. ♪ >> reporter: six times grammy- winning saxophonist david sanborn laments a lack of investment inthat america invented. >> you have a different dynamic over here. in europe in general the arts are funded by the governments which you don't get in america and even less so now. so i think that there's a certain institutional respect for what this music means to the world. consequently it fosters great danish jazz musicians. ♪ >> reporter: such as pianist niels lan doky. he learned his craft among legends in new york, and now runs a successful jazz club in copenhagen. >> in new york and america in general, it's difficult to experiment and develop new products because the pressure to be profitable is so high, so bottom line oriented that you have to play it safe, established names and you know you don't see the kind of experimentation and diversity that we have here. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: in denmark, the jazz gene pool is being revitalized. lan doky's protege, 19-year-old amanda thomsen, has chosen jazz over other genres. ♪ ♪ >> jazz surprises because, yeah, you can do what you want in jazz