NIELS LAN DOKY INTERNATIONAL JAZZ COLLECTIVE proudly PRESENTS
MODERN STANDARDS SUPERGROUP
ALL TIME JAZZ GREATS TAKE ON THE BIGGEST POP HITS OF TODAY
This Fall 2021, the Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective embarked on an exceptional and ambitious (SOLD OUT!) concert hall tour of Denmark from August 24th to August 26th - a project entitled MODERN STANDARDS SUPERGROUP. The tour features an international stellar cast of musicians that includes three of America’s greatest jazz legends of all time Billy Cobham, Randy Brecker, and Bill Evans, in addition to the bass virtuoso Linley Marthe, and the knighted Danish jazz pianist Niels Lan Doky. MODERN STANDARDS SUPERGROUP takes on the biggest pop hits of today and approach them as modern jazz standards, including songs by The Weeknd, Billie Eilish, Anderson Paak, Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Black Eyed Peas, Shakira and the likes. Based on popular demand, this project is NOW ACCEPTING OFFERS FOR THE 2022 EUROPEAN SUMMER FESTIVAL SEASON FROM LATE JUNE - EARLY AUGUST, 2022. Agent details below.
The MODERN STANDARDS project was initiated by Niels Lan Doky, who for most of his career, has been a strong advocate for renewal of the jazz standard repertoire. Throughout his vast discography, he has experimented extensively with interpretations of contemporary pop songs, and arguably more so than any other jazz artist since the original jazz standards were conceived. As a showcase of his values in this heritage, NLD offers this monthly series of brand new jazz takes on current songs - top hits from the weeks that preceded each post. The repertoire commonly referred to as “Jazz Standards” consists mainly of pop songs from the 1930s and 40s reworked by jazz musicians at the time, to offer the general public a radically different perspective on widely popular songs. The jazz renditions eventually outlived the original versions and jazz musicians continued to play and record these same songs over and over and eventually began creating renditions of each other’s renditions, instead of embracing brand new songs. Ultimately everyone forgot about the original versions and decades later the songs became permanently identified as the classic repertoire of jazz. The MODERN STANDARDS SUPERGROUP will revive this old tradition and reinterpret it for the modern pop music landscape.
The world-class saxophonist and producer, Bill Evans, who made his debut on the international music scene in the 1980s with Miles Davis. He has toured and recorded with the likes of John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, and Mick Jagger to name a few. Evans has released 26 solo albums, received Grammy nominations, and been a part of countless collaborations and tours.
Billy Cobham was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013. He came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 70s with trumpeter Miles Davis. Generally acclaimed as one of the greatest drummers of all time, his explosive technique powered some of the jazz fusion genre’s most important early recordings.
Aside from performing, arranging, composing, and producing music Niels Lan Doky has worked as a film director, author, venue owner, speaker, and he is Knighted by HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. International press have called him "the best pianist of his generation" and “one of the most important pianists that European jazz has given us in the last 45 years”
7x Grammy award-winning Jazz trumpeter and composer Randy Brecker has helped shape the sound of jazz, R&B and rock for more than four decades. His performances have graced hundreds of albums by a wide range of artists from James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen and Parliament/Funkadelic to Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, and Jaco Pastorius.
Linley Marthe is the last in the line of great bassists (including Jaco Pastorius) of the bands of the late great Joe Zawinul, who called him “a phenomenon”. Originally from Mauritius, he has wowed audiences around the globe with his incredible musicianship, most recently with the Billy Cobham Band and previously with Omar Hakim, Jean Luc Ponty and many others.
CONCERT VIDEO & PHOTOS
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HEADSHOTS OF ALL THE ARTISTS
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Niels Lan Doky, photographer credit: Andreas Houmann
Randy Brecker, photographer credit: Merri Cyr
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FOR BOOKING, PLEASE CONTACT THE AGENT IN YOUR TERRITORY
EUROPE / UK (Excluding IT/ES/FR)
Bella Concerts GmbH
Isabelle Pfeifer
isabelle@bellaconcerts.com
ITALY
Emmeci
Patrizio Chiozza
patriziochiozza@gmail.com
SPAIN
Serious Fan Music
Fernando Tormo
fernando@sfmusic.es
FRANCE
Anteprima
Reno Di Matteo
reno@anteprimaproductions.com
The Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective is an association of prolific musicians from three different continents, Europe, North America, and South America - who are devoted to presenting unique and exclusive jazz performances of the highest order, which they curate and produce themselves and which cannot be heard anywhere else. The collective is led by jazz pianist and producer Niels Lan Doky, who was knighted by HM the Queen of Denmark and whom the international press has hailed as “the best pianist of his generation”.