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).

BUD POWELL IN COPENHAGEN - GUEST OF HONOR: JØRGEN LETH (on opening night June 25, first show)
A Jazz Masterworks Series project presented by the Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective

The late great American jazz pianist Bud Powell was one of key musicians who innovated the be-bop movement in the 1940s, alongside fellow jazz icons such as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Come 1962, Bud Powell began appearing in Copenhagen, playing with a local rhythm section that comprised the young Danish bass phenomenon, Niel...

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).

BUD POWELL IN COPENHAGEN - GUEST OF HONOR: JØRGEN LETH (on opening night June 25, first show)
A Jazz Masterworks Series project presented by the Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective

The late great American jazz pianist Bud Powell was one of key musicians who innovated the be-bop movement in the 1940s, alongside fellow jazz icons such as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Come 1962, Bud Powell began appearing in Copenhagen, playing with a local rhythm section that comprised the young Danish bass phenomenon, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, only 15 years old at the time, and fellow-Danes Jørn Elniff or William Schiøpffe alternating on drums.

During this time, Powell made several recordings with his Danish trio, and Jørgen Leth, a young local jazz fan, seized the opportunity to approach Powell about appearing as a main character in an experimental short film. Powell accepted, and the film "Stop For Bud", released in 1963, became Leth's first film, marking the beginning of his compelling career as an avant-garde filmmaker. Often referred to as a key influence to his younger peer Lars Von Trier, Jørgen Leth's body of work is unparalleled and and has placed him permanently in our collective consciousness as one of Denmark's most significant cultural personalities.

It is therefore with great pride that we welcome Jørgen Leth as our guest of honor on the opening night of this run dedicated to live performing and reinterpreting the great album BUD POWELL IN COPENHAGEN, recorded in Copenhagen in 1962 and released on the Danish record label, Storyville. As another of Leth's well-known passions, the Tour De France, hits Copenhagen this week, we are grateful that his busy schedule could accommodate a visit to our pop-up jazz club at Almanak i Operaen.

Before attending the show, we highly encourage everyone to find and view Jørgen Leth's short film STOP FOR BUD (aka STOPFORBUD) featuring Bud Powell, with narration by Dexter Gordon.

PROGRAM:
(Same track sequence and instrumentation as the original album:)

1. Rifftide (Coleman Hawkins)
2. Bouncing With Bud (Bud Powell)
3. Move (Denzil Best)
4. The Best Thing For You (Irving Berlin)
5. Straight No Chaser (Thelonious Monk)
6. I Remember Clifford (Benny Golson)
7. Hot House (Tadd Dameron)
8. 52nd Street Theme (Thelonious Monk)

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:
- June 25, 26 & 27 - 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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