The guitarist and composer Henrik Olsson has attracted a lot of attention through projects such as OLSSON | RUBIN, EHM, Ytterlandet and various ad hoc contexts. His latest project, a guitar-bass-drum trio that goes by the name Hand of Benediction, released in 2019 a critically acclaimed record, which included on the New York City Jazz Records list of “Best New Releases 2019 and Vital Weekly has called the album "a lovely madness and a very remarkable statement". For this concert, the trio has been expanded with the remarkable improviser/composer Egil Kalman on modular synth. Egil is known from countless successful Scandinavian groups, such as the Norwegian trio Miman, and an improvising duo with pianist Zoe Efstathiou. He is in 2021 releasing a solo album called “Kingdom of Bells”, on iDeal Recordings. Drummer Rune Lohse is well known for his work with Horse Orchestra, Michael Rexen and Klimaforandringer. Bassist Jeppe Skovbakke has toured and recorded with several generations of...

The guitarist and composer Henrik Olsson has attracted a lot of attention through projects such as OLSSON | RUBIN, EHM, Ytterlandet and various ad hoc contexts. His latest project, a guitar-bass-drum trio that goes by the name Hand of Benediction, released in 2019 a critically acclaimed record, which included on the New York City Jazz Records list of “Best New Releases 2019 and Vital Weekly has called the album "a lovely madness and a very remarkable statement". For this concert, the trio has been expanded with the remarkable improviser/composer Egil Kalman on modular synth. Egil is known from countless successful Scandinavian groups, such as the Norwegian trio Miman, and an improvising duo with pianist Zoe Efstathiou. He is in 2021 releasing a solo album called “Kingdom of Bells”, on iDeal Recordings. Drummer Rune Lohse is well known for his work with Horse Orchestra, Michael Rexen and Klimaforandringer. Bassist Jeppe Skovbakke has toured and recorded with several generations of Danish jazz musicians and a number of international soloists, from John Tchicai to Rhys Chatham.

Barefoot Records label-fest!

Look forward to get inspired, touched, surprised and challenged, when the artist-collective Barefoot Records for the 12th year in a row invites to a small exclusive festival inside the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. The charming old courtyard of Galleri Krebsen in the very centre of Copenhagen is the perfect frame to open up your ears with a beer in your hand. The programme consists of some of the most interesting artist from the European scene for improvised music, with international guests, award-winning groups, new meetings and compositional experiments. Barefoot Records was founded in 2006 and has been called “one of the most interesting new labels in Danish jazz” by All About Jazz. The collective consists of 8 musicians from Denmark, Poland, Ireland, Noway and Sweden, which have together released 70 albums so far.

Programme:
7 juli
kl 15 Dabrowski/AC/Tom
kl 16 Ocean Fanfare
kl 20 Dabrowski / Młynarski
kl 21 Hand of Benediction
8 juli
kl 15 Olsson/Rubin
kl 16 Tactical Maybe
kl 20 Copenhagen Clarinet Choir
kl 21 Grafiske Mutationer
9 juli
kl 15 Plasma
kl 16 Orsa (Dybbroe/Lykke)
kl 20 Meinild/Anderskov/Tom
kl 21 Ytterlandet + Liudas Mockunas
10 juli
kl 15 Klapper/Berre
kl 16 Thou Sonic Friend + Jakob Kullberg
kl 20 Coudoux/Pi/Thomsen
kl 21 Sidechains

The concerts are supported by Statens Kunstfond, Københavns Kommune, Jazzpuljen, William Demant Fonden and DMF København....

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