2nd run of our JAZZ/TAKEs Series @ Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
“JAZZ/TAKEs” of 1990s New York Hip Hop, Heavy Metal, 1970s Disco and French Electronic - feat. Gary Bartz, Mike Stern, Steve Rodby & Paul Wertico, and Greg Hutchinson with the Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective.
The Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective (NLD IJC) will once again take up residence at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art during the late Summer and Fall of 2021 to produce four unique, exclusive and highly innovative concert projects led by some of the greatest jazz artists from our time.
GARY BARTZ / 1990s New York Hip Hop
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. The NLD IJC musicians joining Gary Bartz (US) will be drummer Anders Mogensen (DK), bassist Kasper Tagel (DK) and pianist Calle Brickman (SE).
MIKE STERN / Heavy Metal
American jazz/fusion guitarist Mike Stern is widely acclaimed as one of the most innovative, influential and original guitarists of his generation. This brand new 2021 project is a natural extension of our previous work with Stern, with the challenge of JAZZ/TAKES on Heavy Metal. Join us as we explore the music of Iron Maiden, Metallica, Slayer, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest through the lens of jazz. Joining Mike Stern on stage are the two French twin brothers, both virtuosos in their own right, bassist François Moutin and drummer Louis Moutin. The great tenor saxophonist, Gábor Bolla, completes the line-up.
STEVE RODBY & PAUL WERTICO (of the Pat Metheny Gruop) / 1970s Disco
As one of the most iconic rhythm sections of modern jazz history, bassist Steve Rodby and drummer Paul Wertico gained widespread international acclaim as long time members of the Pat Metheny Group, which they both joined in the early 1980s. The Rodby/Wertico sound is an integral part of some of the most revered and greatest masterpiece albums by the Pat Metheny Group. It is a great honour and rare privilege to have them appear together as featured guest artists with the Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective for this JAZZ/TAKE on 1970s Disco, with jazz interpretations of songs by Donna Summer, CHIC, Bee Gees, KC and the Sunshine Band, ABBA and Sister Sledge.
IJC feat. GREG HUTCHINSON / French Electronic
Commonly, the idea of French electronic music starts with Jean-Michel Jarre’s pioneering work. Decades later we now enjoy an impressive panorama of French electronic music. For this particular JAZZ/TAKE, using the exact same instrumentation as on the groundbreaking Miles Davis album, “Kind Of Blue”, we will experience jazz sextet arrangements of themes by French electronic music artists Daft Punk, Air, Jean Michel-Jarre, Justice and David Guetta. NLD IJC regulars include trumpeter Anders Bergcrantz and alto saxophonist Fredrik Kronkvist, tenor saxophonist Gábor Bolla, 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.