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Carte Blanche Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity at Bimhuis
Courtesy of Onno Beukenhorst | Posted on June 21, 2017
When
Fri, September 22, 2017
20:30
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Musicians
Gard Nilssen
drumsAbout
Gard Nilssen is a rising star from the forward-thinking Norwegian jazz scene, in bands such as Puma and Bushman’s Revenge. The drummer gets carte blanche at the Bimhuis.
The Bimhuis regularly offers carte blanche to remarkable talents from the Dutch and international music worlds. This time Gard Nilssen is offered the opportunity to curate a concert evening. The Norwegian drummer made name with Puma and Bushman’s Revenge: power trio’s featuring heavy electric guitars. He also took part in acoustic improv bands such as Cortex and his own Acoustic Unity. In the past ten years he played on around 50 albums on trendsetting labels such as Rune Grammofon, Gigafon and Clean Feed and he collaborated with influential musicians such as Mathias Eick and Lasse Marhaug....