This year Drop Inn has assigned themes to the days that represent the best in Jazz.
A superselection that celebrates and highlights instruments, subgenres, the trends and state of the in Jazz-Denmark.
The first Sunday in our festival program is under the theme: Young Danish Jazz


Nikolaj Hess joins forces with the young exceptional talents Jayla Chee, Karl Seyer-Hansen and Ronja Andersson in an exciting quartet encounter.

As a very young talent at the beginning of his career, Nikolaj Hess won both the Berlingske Gold Medal for rhythmic music and was selected as Best Young European Jazz Pianist at the RAI competition in Rome. Here he presents Nikolaj Hess Young Gen Special with three outstanding young talents: Juilliard graduate bassist Jayla Chee, already highly active and in demand on the New York City jazz scene; drummer Karl Seyer-Hansen, who has received a rare scholarship to the prestigious Juilliard School of Music in New York; a...

This year Drop Inn has assigned themes to the days that represent the best in Jazz.
A superselection that celebrates and highlights instruments, subgenres, the trends and state of the in Jazz-Denmark.
The first Sunday in our festival program is under the theme: Young Danish Jazz


Nikolaj Hess joins forces with the young exceptional talents Jayla Chee, Karl Seyer-Hansen and Ronja Andersson in an exciting quartet encounter.

As a very young talent at the beginning of his career, Nikolaj Hess won both the Berlingske Gold Medal for rhythmic music and was selected as Best Young European Jazz Pianist at the RAI competition in Rome. Here he presents Nikolaj Hess Young Gen Special with three outstanding young talents: Juilliard graduate bassist Jayla Chee, already highly active and in demand on the New York City jazz scene; drummer Karl Seyer-Hansen, who has received a rare scholarship to the prestigious Juilliard School of Music in New York; and rising star Ronja Rose Andersson, who, in addition to winning Ung Jazz, is already gaining significant recognition as one of the new generation’s important and exciting voices on vocals and saxophone.

Nikolaj Hess is known for his golden touch and his lyrical, open, internationally oriented musical language, where jazz, improvisation, Nordic soundscapes and cinematic moods merge. In this special edition of Nikolaj Hess Young Gen Special, he, Jayla Chee, Karl Seyer-Hansen and Ronja Andersson create a creative space in which the energy and perspectives of all four musicians become an integral part of the expression.

Jazz has a beautiful and long cross-generational tradition, and NH Young Gen Special looks forward to diving into this timeless musical universe together with the listeners.

The music will be a mixture of new and old classics alongside original compositions — forward-looking, yet with deep love for a rich musical tradition.

Through improvisation, presence and intense musical communication, the four artists create a concert in which experience, openness and new perspectives from all four musicians merge into a poetic and vibrant expression....

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