THE PLAYERS

Gary Bartz (alto saxophone/HU)

Calle Brickman (piano/SE)

Kasper Tagel (bass/DK)

Anders Mogensen (drums/DK)

ABOUT

Join us on this exciting musical journey through jazz takes on songs by the icons of New York’s 1990s Hip Hop movement, many of whom became known for their extensive and pioneering sampling of jazz records: A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Notorious BIG, Wu Tang Clan, Nas and Jay-Z. The concert will be headlined by one of the jazz world’s greatest living legends of the alto saxophone, Gary Bartz - who is also among the numerous jazz artists whose albums have been sampled by Hip Hop artists and producers. Aside from his famed 1970s collaboration with Miles Davis at the Isle Of Wight festival and on albums such as Live-Evil, Bartz has worked with Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Eric Dolphy, Pharoah Sanders and Charles Mingus and has been a member of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and of McCoy Tyner's band Expansions. The multiple iterations of the Miles Davis band that Bartz was a part of also included peers such as Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Chick Corea and Airto Moreira. Since then, Bartz formed his own band Ntu Troop, which combined jazz, funk, and soul. In 2015 the BNY Mellon Jazz Living Legacy Award was presented to him at a special ceremony at The Kennedy Center in the US. For tonight’s concert, the NLD IJC musicians joining alto saxophonist Gary Bartz (US) will be drummer Anders Mogensen (DK), bassist Kasper Tagel (DK) and pianist Calle Brickman (SE).

Read more about our entire JAZZ/TAKES series at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art this Fall 2021 here.

LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

From the beginning, the founder, Knud W. Jensen, intended for the museum to be a home for modern Danish art. But after only a few years he changed course, and instead of being a predominantly Danish collection, Louisiana became an international museum with many internationally renowned works.

Louisiana’s close contact and collaboration with the international arts and cultural milieu has since been one of the museum’s greatest strengths. And also one of the main reasons that it has been possible for Louisiana to present an exhibition program that has resonated so strongly with the public over the years. Louisiana has thus achieved a standing as one of the world’s most respected exhibition venues, and in the future, it will be able to attract exhibitions and artists at a level that few other museums – either in Denmark or abroad – can match.

Knud W Jensen once said: “The more opportunities for experience that the program offers, the more Louisiana lives up to its idea – to be a ‘musical meeting place’ and a milieu that is engaged in contemporary life.”

ABOUT NLD IJC

The Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective is an association of prolific musicians from Europe, North America and South America, devoted to presenting curated, unique and exclusive jazz performances which cannot be heard anywhere else. The collective is led by pianist Niels Lan Doky, whom the international press has hailed as “the best pianist of his generation” and “one of the most important pianists that European jazz has given us in the last 45 years”.

Our upcoming shows at Louisiana:
- August 10, 2021: Gary Bartz - Jazz/Take on 1990s New York Hip Hop
- September 3, 2021: Mike Stern - Jazz/Take on Heavy Metal
- October 8, 2021: Steve Rodby & Paul Wertico (of the Pat Metheny Group) - Jazz/Take on 1970s Disco
- November 5, 2021: NLD IJC feat. Greg Hutchinson - Jazz/Take on French Electronic

Last year the Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective (NLD IJC) took up residence at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art for the first time during the Fall of 2020. See some of the highlights below.

CHECK OUT OTHER DATES OF OUR JAZZ/TAKES SERIES

Main sponsor: Augustinus Fonden

Additional contributions: William Demant Fonden & Gangstedfonden