Havana - Copenhagen Jazz Orchestra with Raydel Medina and Rune Harder Olesen
Copenhagen Jazz Orchestra with new work inspired by jazz's Afro-Cuban roots.
In Havana, the intensity and deep groove of the Afro-Cuban music tradition meet with the exuberance, the drama and the beautiful sounds of the large orchestra format.
Copenhagen Jazz Orchestra has invited the fantastic percussionist Raydel Medina and the Danish cuba master Rune Harder Olesen to a collaboration with new music by Lars Møller and Jesper Riis. Here you will experience rhythmic fire and elegance in the exciting encounter between jazz's Afro-Cuban roots and the band's creative soloists.
With Havana, the Copenhagen Jazz Orchestra continues their multi-year concert series in The Diamond with creative encounters with other musical cultures.
Copenhagen Jazz Orchestra
The Copenhagen Jazz Orchestra's mission is to be Denmark's great jazz orchestra, which, at the highest international artistic level, combines our foundation in jazz and western musical traditions with a global outlook and inspiration from other parts of the world. Since the mid-1990s, the band has defined the modern big band sound in Denmark and Scandinavia with the generation's best jazz musicians/composers, a flexible chamber musical ensemble sound, and innovative creative projects. Copenhagen Jazz Orchestra has released a multitude of acclaimed and award-winning albums and participated in a number of international collaborative projects.
Participants
Conductor: Lars Møller
Saxophones: Peter Fuglsang, Kasper Wagner, Hans Ulrik, Jan Harbeck, Aske Drasbæk.
Trumpets: Christer Gustafsson, Jesper Riis, Maj Berit Guasora, Hendrik Jørgensen
Trombones: Steen Hansen, Mia Engsager, Niels Gerhardt, Kim Aagaard
Guitar: Thor Madsen
Bass: Yasser Pino
Drums: Jonas Johansen
Percussion: Raydel Medina, Rune Harder Olesen, Raisa Castro (vocals)
