FORMALIBRA
"To the best of anyone's knowledge this performance by John Tchicai and Cadentia Nova Danica was the first ever jazz- or improvisation-type concert held at London's hallowed recital room Wigmore Hall. So how did the concert, unique for the venue, come about? 1968 was a ...
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"In late September and early October 1969, John Tchicai toured throughout Denmark with a special quintet. The international band was a notable one, bringing together musicians from Denmark and Holland whose conceptual differences were as important as the musical values ...
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"at the end of the 1960s, the jazz scene in Denmark was changing rapidly. The golden age, in which many of the great American musicians lived or played there for long periods, was slowly coming to an end, and in the 1970s American groups tended to play just one gig ...
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"It all started in 1958, when Hugh Steinmetz played trumpet in the school band and got in contact with Christian Mouritzen, a 19 year old blacksmith who played alto saxophone and would soon change his name into Franz Beckerlee. They were soon joined by young bass player ...
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"This revelatory album positions John Tchicai's large ensemble, Cadentia Nova Danica (CND), in the broad context of international new music activity. All previous releases by the group presented them as a free jazz unit. There were only three -- their self-titled ...
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