Blues music, with its blue tones and physical expression, is an inexhaustible source of inspiration for jazz. At this concert, you can experience one of the greatest living tenor saxophonists in the United States giving his take on how blues can sound today. You will also meet the extremely raw-swinging Danish jazz profiles Carl Winther, Anders Mogensen and Rune Fog Nielsen, with whom Bergonzi has collaborated since 2010. As Bergonzi puts it: “It was love at first chord”, the first time he played with this trio.

Steen Rasmussen Quinteto is considered one of the country's best when it comes to Brazilian-inspired music, known for its unique Brazilian jazz with a Nordic "twist" style. In doing so, they have achieved a unique musical familiarity. They have released 8 albums and have been nominated for both the DANISH JAZZ GRAMMY, and 2 times CARLPRIS nominated. They have toured and recorded in Brazil, Ecuador, Columbia, Spain and Denmark.

Take a musical journey back to the 80s with American jazz vocalist and bassist Kristin Korb and her new album Sweet Dreams.

“Songs are truly refined and jazzified in a way that shows both respect and desire, willingness and ability to innovate. Korb's own efforts as a bassist and vocalist deserve great praise.” Ivan Rod

Jazz singer and songwriter Mette Juul has published current album `Thank You & Other Stories`, which is receiving great reviews internationally for her songs.

Gaffa - 5 stars:
"Mette Juul shines on `Thank You & Other Stories`." "One of the Danish jazz scene's most remarkable songwriters, guitarists and vocalists", "the songs are so refined and so breathtakingly beautiful."

'Thank You & Other Stories' presents live with Swedish guitarist Andreas Hourdakis, trumpet player Jonas Due og bassist Mikkel Riber.

Karmen Rõivassepp Quartet is a young and prominent jazz quartet based in Aarhus, Denmark. Ever since their debut in 2018, their audience has been growing steadily around Denmark. With the prospect of breaking through on the European scene. Their debut album "Dance of Sounds" earned them a nomination at the Danish Music Awards Jazz 2018 for "New Jazz Artist of the Year".

"The bandleader's vocals are striking in their purity, her range and her pitching impressive. And she is harmonically inventive when decorating melodies with intricate, scat-sung phrases [...]"

MNBB's repertoire is primarily compositions from the swing and bebop era (Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, etc.), arranged by conductor Steen and infused with his superb grasp of the big band tradition.

The audience is guaranteed big band jazz as our parents and grandparents appreciated, brought into 2025 by the eternally young Steen and his well-playing big band musicians.

Tom's Wild Years is a very special project. As the title suggests, it is a program of songs written by Tom Waits as well as some lyrics about this unique singer/songwriter.

The 21-year-old vocalist Lea Foxman is quickly making her mark as a new addition to the Danish jazz scene.
Her interest in rhythmic music began after seven years of education in the classical tradition, and it wasn't long before she was studying singing, fronting several youth big bands and creating her own projects. Tonight, she has teamed up with some of the country's finest musicians, and together they will offer a wide-ranging repertoire.

Kjartan Bue embarks on a DK-tour with his new record ”Spøgelsesunger” and his big ensemble, consisting of some of the most innovative and interesting live-musicians in Denmark, Anders Vestergaard (Girls In Airports), Lars Bech Pilgaard (SVIN), Taus Bregnhøj Olesen (Yngel), Nicolai Kaas Claesson (Horse Orchestra) og Jeppe Højgaard (Rav).

The event will kick-off with a panel debate on the concept of archiving and what archiving means in 2025, and thereafter boast on a small introduction to this issue, options to buy the magazine, DJs + dance. We can't wait for you to explore the archives with CURSOR!

We check capacity at the door, so recommend you to buy a ticket in advance.

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