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Crispell/Andersson/Østergaard

Crispell/Andersson/Østergaard är en ny trio bildad av danska trummisen och bandledaren Michala Østergaard-Nielsen år 2022. Våren 2024 kommer de att ge sig ut på sin andra turné och spela sju konserter i Skandinavien och Österrike, samtidigt som de spelar in musik till sitt nästa album. Mycket ny och spännande musik kommer att skapas!

Trions musik är fylld av vackra och originella kompositioner av Michala ØstergaardNielsen samt av fria improvisationer - en blandning av strikt komponerad och "fri som en fågel"-musik, spelad med känsla och kraft i en öppen och intuitiv atmosfär.

Line up:

Marilyn Crispell (US): piano

Thommy Andersson (SE) bas

Michala Østergaard-Nielsen (DK): trummor, slagverk

Under deras första turné våren 2022 spelade de in sitt debutalbum "The Cave", som kommer att släppas 2024

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Marilyn Crispell is a world-known piano player and composer in the field of jazz, improvisation and art-music. She’s been collaborating with musicians such as Anthony Braxton, Paul Motian and most recently Joe Lovano in “Trio Tapestry”. Marilyn Crispell has released several albums on ECM. “She is one of a very few pianists who rise to the challenge of free jazz.” - The New York Times.

Thommy Andersson is a fabulous bass player and has during the last 20+ years collaborated with many different musicians from different cultures around the world on tours, projects and recordings. Besides that, he is also a composer, arranger and producer. “Thommy Andersson knows how to play the world´s most grounded bass and at the same time facilitate exalted music.” - Jazz Special.

Michala Østergaard-Nielsen is described as having an almost zen-like attitude towards drumming, improvisation and music. She´s been collaborating with musicians such as Marc Ducret and Bob Moses. In 2018 she received the Swedish Jazz Award “Jazzkannan”:“This years “Jazzkanna” goes to a spirituel and sensitive composer and musician, who´s univers is full of poetic vibrations that create instant love.“