Nikolaj Hess's collaboration with New York-based American / Dutch saxophonist Marc Mommaas dates back to 97, and has since resulted in a number of international releases and tours in the United States, Spain, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Asia. The latest release is the album Ballads Standards on Sunnyside Records (US), where Hess and Mommaas explore 7 carefully selected standards with perspectives, elements and ideas from their free improvisation and original compositions practise.
For this concert, Hess and Mommaas will play a mix of freely improvised sequences, brand new music, and arrangements of jazz classics, in an overall reflection on their common creative musical experiences. Melodic harmonic rhythmic interactive flow and musical communication at the very highest level.