THE PLAYERS

Luca Aquino (trumpet/IT)

Gabor Bolla (tenor saxophone/HU)

Fredrik Kronkvist (alto saxophone/SE)

Thomas Clausen (piano/DK)

Tobias Dall (bass/DK)

Greg Hutchinson (drums/US)

ABOUT

For most people, the idea of French electronic music starts with Jean-Michel Jarre’s pioneering work and massive commercial successes in the late 1970s. However, notable early French artists and composers in electronic music include Maurice Martenot, the inventor of the electronic musical instrument Ondes Martenot in 1928, and Pierre Schaeffer, the developer of the Musique Concrète in 1948, a new experimental form of composition not restricted to the normal musical rules of melody, harmony, rhythm, and metre, and which arguably contained early forms of what later would become known as “sampling” and now a staple ingredient in modern popular music. Perhaps it is France’s general sophistication in the arts and the country’s legacy of great classical composers that is partly responsible for the very compositional and nearly scientific approach applied to the development of French electronic music by its earliest pioneers (coincidentally, Jean-Michel Jarre’s father, Maurice, was also a famous classical composer and conductor). Decades later we now enjoy an impressive panorama of French electronic music led by artists such as Air, Daft Punk, Justice and David Guetta - solidly established worldwide as specifically French. For this particular jazz/take,Niels Lan Doky created arrangements inspired by the groundbreaking Miles Davis album from 1959, “Kind Of Blue”, a masterpiece that aside from Davis himself also featured fellow-innovators John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley and Bill Evans among others. Using the exact same instrumentation as on the “Kind Of Blue” album, with three horns - trumpet, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone - and a classic jazz rhythm section instrumentation of piano, acoustic bass and drums, tonight’s concert will take us through jazz sextet arrangements of themes by French electronic music artists Daft Punk, Air, Jean Michel-Jarre, Justice and David Guetta. Tonight’s sextet is made up of some of today's top instrumentalists. NLD IJC regulars include trumpeter Luca Aquino and alto saxophonist Fredrik Kronkvist, both from Sweden, tenor saxophonist Gábor Bolla from Hungary, Danes Tobias Dall on bass and Thomas Clausen on piano - and guesting with us for the first time, the great American drummer Greg Hutchinson, whose reputation as one top jazz drummers in the world today makes his appearance eagerly anticipated. Born in 1970, Hutchinson made a name for himself in the 1990s touring worldwide with artists such as Betty Carter, Roy Hargrove, Ray Brown, Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman, Johnny Griffin, Mark Whitfield and Jimmy Smith, among others.

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