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Palle Mikkelborg & Friends

Late Night Logen
LOGEN TEATER
DATE / TIME Monday 06 June at 22:00
DURATION 1:30 including interval
TICKET Standard : 290 Under 30 : 150
Festival Card : 30 % discount
BT Fordel : 25 % discount
A display of the trumpet ’ s many nuances and sides .
Even if Palle Mikkelborg is one of Denmark ’ s most innovative and original jazz musicians ever , the description , jazz musician doesn ’ t quite cover it . His musical expression is formed just as much by composers like Ravel and Messiaen as musicians like Miles Davis and George Russell . Palle Mikkelborg is self-taught and has , since the end of the 1960s challenged conventions with his unique trumpet playing and crossover projects .
Mikkelborg has developed a lyrical and dramatic style of playing , with a melodic and airy tone . In 1989 he produced and composed a concept
album , Aura , for Miles Davis , which won a Grammy for the best instrumental jazz album of the year . In Norway he is perhaps best known for his collaboration with artists such as Karin Krog , Jan Garbarek , Terje Rypdal and Gunnar Andreas Berg . The group of Mikkelborg ’ s friends on stage at Logen Teater include pianist Carsten Dahl , harpist Helen Davies and the Ghanian percussionist Ayi Solomon .
Palle Mikkelborg trumpet Helen Davies harp Ayi Solomon percussion Carsten Dahl piano
Supported by the Oticon Foundation
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