LINE-UP:
Harvey Mason (drums/US)
Bill Evans (saxophones/US)
Darryl Jones (bass/US)
Niels Lan Doky (piano/DK)
ABOUT:
This Fall 2022, the Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective premieres its new project entitled the JAZZ/TAKES SUPERGROUP. Four legendary musicians will embark on a musical journey based on one of the NLD IJC’s most successful concepts, the Jazz/Takes concert series. From October 27th to November 12th the tour covers Sweden, Finland Italy, Hungary, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Croatia, and Spain. The supergroup features an international stellar cast of musicians that includes some of the greatest musical legends of our time: Harvey Mason Bill Evans, Darryl Jones and the knighted Danish jazz pianist Niels Lan Doky.
While the creative task of Jazz/Takes is complex, the concept is simple: Interpreting the canons of well-established genres of contemporary music - through the lens of jazz. The JAZZ/TAKES SUPERGROUP plays a mixture of their own original compositions and jazz interpretations of flagship songs from genres such as 90s Grunge (Soundgarden & Nirvana) and 70s NY Post Punk (Neil Young & Patti Smith), and other artists such as Seal and Sting. The series normally resides at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark and has featured some of the greatest legends in jazz. Now, for the first time, the JAZZ/TAKES SUPERGROUP will bring this enticing project to other parts of Europe.
THE STORY BEHIND THE CONCEPT:
Two years ago, a unique collaboration was launched between one of the art world’s most prominent institutions - the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark - and one of today’s most creative and prolific musicians - pianist and producer Niels Lan Doky - yielding an innovative and highly successful concert series entitled “Jazz/Takes”. The Louisiana Museum of Modern art is among the most visited art museums in the world (with 750,000+ annual visitors pre-covid) and is included in Patricia Schultz’ book “1000 Places To See Before You Die”. Aside from varying exhibitions, the museum has a permanent collection of major works by many icons of modern art, such as Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Andy Warthol, David Hockney and Cecily Brown, among others.
Inspired by artistic organizations such as The Royal Danish Ballet, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Cirque du Soleil, The Royal Shakespeare Company and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective is an association of prolific musicians from three different continents, Europe, North America and South America - who are devoted to presenting unique and exclusive jazz performances of the highest order, which they curate and produce themselves and which cannot be heard anywhere else. The collective is led by the knighted jazz pianist and producer Niels Lan Doky, who has been called “the best pianist of his generation” and has collaborated with a who’s-who in jazz.
For the first two seasons of the series, 2020 and 2021, entire concerts were devoted to Doky’s modern instrumental jazz arrangements of flagship songs from each genre: 1970s New York Post Punk, 1980s U.K. New Wave, 1990s Seattle Grunge, 1990s New York Hip Hop, Heavy Metal, 1970s Disco and French Electronic - each concert headlined by one of the most acclaimed figures in jazz: Lenny White, Billy Cobham, Mike Stern, Gary Bartz, Pat Metheny Group veterans Steve Rodby and Paul Wertico and more. The monthly concerts have so far been held exclusively at the Louisiana Museum - to sold out crowds and standing ovations only. But starting in the Fall of 2022, the JAZZ/TAKES SUPERGROUP will take the concept on the road in Europe.
THE EUROPEAN FALL TOUR 2022:
Oct 27: Kulturmejeriet, Sweden
Oct 30: Promenadisali Concert Hall, Finland
Nov 1: Blue Note Milano, Italy
Nov 2: RAM Theatre, Jazzfestival Budapest, Hungary
Nov 4: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
Nov 5: Ingolstädter Jazztage, Germany
Nov 6: Jazz Club Rorschach, Switzerland
Nov 7: Tvornica Kulture, Croatia
Nov 8: Teatro Bibiena, Italy
Nov 9: Teatro Pavón, Spain
Nov 10: Conservatorio de Palma, Spain
Nov 11: Erholungshaus, Leverkusen Jazztage, Germany
Nov 12: Zig Zag, Germany
ABOUT NLD IJC
The Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective is an association of prolific musicians from Europe, North America and South America, devoted to presenting curated, unique and exclusive jazz performances which cannot be heard anywhere else. The collective is led by pianist Niels Lan Doky, whom the international press has hailed as “the best pianist of his generation” and “one of the most important pianists that European jazz has given us in the last 45 years”.