Jazz Around the World - Scandinavia

As early as the 1920’s jazz was traveling the world, influencing and being influenced by musical traditions on every continent.  Join us as we explore each of these places individually, with a series of special guests who will play and talk about how their music is part of an international continuum.

Danish-born pianist and composer, Soren Moller, is at the vanguard of the Scandinavia jazz scene but his music has stretched far beyond that. Moller is a huge proponent of collaborating with musicians from other backgrounds and musical sensibilities and has played with artists from locales ranging from Mexico, Zimbabwe, New Orleans, and China to give his music a “global glow.” Concern his latest release, Christian X variations, that involves musicians from Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, Soren remarks “I feel my Danish roots while composing, but I like the idea of people from all over the world interpreting the music I have composed. It creates a special sound that you can’t really find anywhere else, since it’s no longer attached to any geographical context.” Together with trombonist Chris Washburn and saxophonist Ole Mathisen, Soren founded the NYNDK Jazz Collective an ensemble of established musicians from New York and Scandinavia. Soren is also a part of a duo with saxophone player Dick Oatts. Come out on Tuesday, Oct 30th to hear Soren discuss the Scandinavia-New York jazz dialogue and his personal philosophy of global collaboration!