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the album streams on ecm records is a milestone in the oeuvre of danish guitarist jakob bro. in november 2015 he recorded it with two absolute jazz masters from new york, double bassist thomas morgan and drummer joey baron. to celebrate the tenth anniversary of streams they will now return to the stage together. expect layered, spacious improvisations on electric guitar, double bass and drums. jakob bro has previously played in the bands of paul motian and tomasz stańko, and on his own albums he has worked lee konitz and bill frisell, among others. jakob’s multi-layered playing has caught the attention of famous fellow guitarists such as kurt rosenwinkel. critics are endlessly fascinated by the ‘clouds of sound’ (jazz times) that jakob produces. thomas morgan has regularly played at our venue, for example in the bands of craig taborn and ethan iverson. joey baron is known for his collaborations with major artists such as john zorn and jim hall.

“the main thing i felt while writing the music was optimism,” says mary halvorson about the recent album cloudward. the previous album amaryllis from 2022 was written during the uncertain times of the pandemic. it was voted album of the year in the downbeat critics polls. now halvorson is back with the same group as on amaryllis, now officially called amaryllis sextet. cloudward contains eight new compositions by halvorson. it was released on nonesuch records and features laurie anderson as a special guest. mary halvorson is being recognized all around as an innovator of the jazz guitar. consciously avoiding clichés, she creates her own style, in which she subtly distorts her semi-acoustic guitar with electronic effects. the american guitarist has performed on our stage in various formations. the largest so far is the amaryllis sextet, which bridges jazz, experimental, new music and beyond. mary halvorson creates room to improvise, allowing her compositions to unfold differently every time.

a tribute to everything that remains invisible: unspoken emotions, unexpressed thoughts, and conversations that never found a voice. that’s the heart of latent info, the new album by greek bassist and composer petros klampanis. the title refers to the album’s recording method: klampanis recorded it live in a single room together with pianist kristjan randalu and drummer ziv ravitz. those fleeting moments when a piano note bleeds into the microphone of the double bass, that is what klampanis calls ‘latent info’. for him, it’s a metaphor for everything that goes unnoticed but carries deep meaning. latent info is the sixth album klampanis releases under his own name. his previous record, tora collective, was named one of downbeat magazine’s 'best albums of the year 2023'. “a formidable player and composer.” jazztimes