It promises to be a truly unique evening when the Danish jazz diva Malene Mortensen and one of the hottest pianists on the international jazz scene, American Christian Sands, join MantiusLive during the Winter Jazz Festival 2025. Malene Mortensen has been passionate about jazz music since childhood. As the daughter of drummer Karen Mortensen and trumpeter Jens Winther, it was almost inevitable, although she briefly ventured into pop music when she participated in the international Eurovision Song Contest in 2002 after winning the Danish Song Contest. But it was in jazz that Malene Mortensen found her passion, and her first release, PARADISE, featured accompanying musicians such as NHØP, Alex Riel, and Niels Lan Doky. This was in 2003! Since then, she has released a series of excellent albums that today have millions of streams, including DATE WITH A DREAM (featuring, among others, Avishai Cohen), MALENE (featuring, among others, Chris Minh Doky, Chris Potter, Mike Stern), and especial...
It promises to be a truly unique evening when the Danish jazz diva Malene Mortensen and one of the hottest pianists on the international jazz scene, American Christian Sands, join MantiusLive during the Winter Jazz Festival 2025. Malene Mortensen has been passionate about jazz music since childhood. As the daughter of drummer Karen Mortensen and trumpeter Jens Winther, it was almost inevitable, although she briefly ventured into pop music when she participated in the international Eurovision Song Contest in 2002 after winning the Danish Song Contest. But it was in jazz that Malene Mortensen found her passion, and her first release, PARADISE, featured accompanying musicians such as NHØP, Alex Riel, and Niels Lan Doky. This was in 2003! Since then, she has released a series of excellent albums that today have millions of streams, including DATE WITH A DREAM (featuring, among others, Avishai Cohen), MALENE (featuring, among others, Chris Minh Doky, Chris Potter, Mike Stern), and especially CAN’T HELP IT with the American pianist Christian Sands Trio from 2014. At that time, Sands was just 25 years old but already a rising star on the American jazz scene. Since then, his career has only skyrocketed, including collaborations with musicians such as Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kurt Elling, Yo-Yo Ma, and more. Currently, his new album, EMBRACING DAWN, is climbing the charts of the American jazz hit lists. The long-standing friendship between Malene Mortensen and Christian Sands has made it possible to invite him to Denmark for a tour and to record new songs for a forthcoming joint album release. This gives the Danish audience a rare opportunity to hear a top-tier contemporary musician on the international stage. The quartet also features the excellent Danish bassist Thomas Ovesen and the seasoned Swedish drummer Rasmus Kiehlberg....
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