We are thrilled to announce our pop-up jazz club June 25-July 10 at one of Copenhagen's most prestigious and iconic venues, featuring international jazz of the highest order and an exclusive dining experience at the Copenhagen Opera House restaurant Almanak, with its spectacular fifth floor panoramic city and harbourfront view of Copenhagen (w/ outdoor terrace on wind-still days). Two shows nightly at 17:00 (5 PM) and 20:00 (8 PM).

JAZZ MASTERWORKS SERIES
- Modern interpretations of iconic albums

RAY CHARLES & ARETHA FRANKLIN TRIBUTE feat. THADDEUS SLEDGE & MAI LAN DOKY
All of our Jazz Christmas shows at The Standard in Copenhagen this past winter sold out in advance and the long waiting lists and many standing ovations attest to the fact that the highly anticipated Copenhagen debut of that show's featured vocalist, Thaddeus Sledge, was a great success. And so was the show's many memorable duets with various guest vocalists including Mai Lan...

We are thrilled to announce our pop-up jazz club June 25-July 10 at one of Copenhagen's most prestigious and iconic venues, featuring international jazz of the highest order and an exclusive dining experience at the Copenhagen Opera House restaurant Almanak, with its spectacular fifth floor panoramic city and harbourfront view of Copenhagen (w/ outdoor terrace on wind-still days). Two shows nightly at 17:00 (5 PM) and 20:00 (8 PM).

JAZZ MASTERWORKS SERIES
- Modern interpretations of iconic albums

RAY CHARLES & ARETHA FRANKLIN TRIBUTE feat. THADDEUS SLEDGE & MAI LAN DOKY
All of our Jazz Christmas shows at The Standard in Copenhagen this past winter sold out in advance and the long waiting lists and many standing ovations attest to the fact that the highly anticipated Copenhagen debut of that show's featured vocalist, Thaddeus Sledge, was a great success. And so was the show's many memorable duets with various guest vocalists including Mai Lan Doky - who now joins Thaddeus Sledge for his return engagement, for a co-billed tribute to two of the greatest icons of jazz/soul, Ray Charles - aka "The Genius of Soul", and Aretha Franklin - aka "The Queen of Soul".

Don't miss this final engagement culminating our pop-up jazz club at the Copenhagen Opera House restaurant Almanak for this year's Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2022. Join our amazing musicians and vocalists as they deliver their compelling, sophisticated and highly engaging tribute to The Genius and The Queen  - Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin - with timeless songs such as "Doctor Feelgood", "Respect", "Chain Of Fools", “Let The Good Times Roll”, "Halleluja I love Her So", "Georgia On My Mind" and more.

ABOUT TONIGHT'S PERFORMERS:
As the name indicates, the incredible American vocalist, THADDEUS SLEDGE , is of the ultra-talented Sledge family - of planetary perpetual Sister Sledge/We Are Are Family fame. His mother Joni was one of the founding members and he is himself an integral part of the group today. We are very excited about his return to Denmark for the second time.

Paris-born singer/songwriter MAI LAN DOKY is emerging as one of the next faces of European R&B and Soul. With her natural and organic voice she is often described as a modern Sade. With Niels Lan Doky as a father, Mai Lan Doky was raised in a family of musical excellence and is a part of the next generation of that legacy.

This also goes for her twin brother KEN LINH DOKY who is tonight's pianist and musical director. Known for his exceptional talent, positive energy and professionalism, Ken performs regularly with Aya Nakamura (France’s No. 1 pop star) and SCH (France’s No. 1 HipHop artist) and international artists such as YahZarah (Madonna, Erykah Badu, Lenny Kravitz). American drummer VICTOR JONES is renowned and revered for his work with Stan Getz, Michel Petrucciani and Chaka Khan among others. Completing the line-up is the incredible young Danish bassist TOBIAS DALL who is a regular member of Niels Lan Doky's trio and of the NLD International Jazz Collective.


ADDRESS:
Almanak i Operaen
Copenhagen Opera House
Ekvipagemestervej 10
1438 København K
www.almanakioperaen.dk

CONTACT:
For inquiries concerning your booking please write to
nldinternationaljazzcollective@gmail.com

For inquiries concerning restaurant logistics (wheelchair access,
dietary restrictions, a.o.) please write the restaurant at
almanak-opera@locarestauranter.dk or call +45 28 34 56 44

Note: dietary restrictions can also be entered during booking process

DATES:
- July 7, 8 & 9 - 2022

SCHEDULE - EARLY SHOW:
17:00 Arrival
17:30 Dinner begins
18:15 Concert begins
19:20 Concert ends
19:30 Departure

SCHEDULE - LATE SHOW:
20:00 Arrival
20:30 Dinner begins
21:10 Concert begins
22:15 Concert ends

NOTE: Dinner and show are sold together only
and cannot be purchased separately.

ABOUT JAZZ MASTERWORKS SERIES:
In 2014, Niels Lan Doky began using the term “Jazz Masterworks Series” to present live performances and modern re-interpretations of iconic albums that have defined the genre at the now defunct The Standard Jazz Club in Copenhagen. “Unlike Classical music, jazz is mostly improvised and as a result we don’t have written scores of masterworks that can be read and played by other artists. But I have concluded that album recordings are the jazz world's equivalent, hence the Jazz Masterworks Series concept was born.” Stellar casts of American, European and South American musicians from the Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective meet up periodically to perform and re-interpret selected masterworks albums from Jazz’s iconic canon.

The Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective wishes to thank their sponsors:

Main sponsor: Augustinus Fonden.
Additional contributions: William Demant Fonden, Knud Højgaards Fond, Statens Kunstfond, and Gangstedfonden....

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