Christian Balvigs 'nancarrow Trio' at Mellemrummet

Hear rarely performed works by the 20th century's most uneven personality. Heartfelt, complex music played with simple and raw energy.

This danish jazztrio with pianist Christian
Balvig in the front plays the life-celebrating
music of mexican composer Conlon
Nancarrow (f. 1912 d. 1997) who mainly
wrote music for the mechanical saloon player-piano, and not for human beings.

The Nancarrow Trio guide’s you through his
music with humor, stories and convincing playing.



"The stuff is fantastic... You've got to hear it. It'll kill you." —Frank Zappa ...

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Hear rarely performed works by the 20th century's most uneven personality. Heartfelt, complex music played with simple and raw energy.

This danish jazztrio with pianist Christian
Balvig in the front plays the life-celebrating
music of mexican composer Conlon
Nancarrow (f. 1912 d. 1997) who mainly
wrote music for the mechanical saloon player-piano, and not for human beings.

The Nancarrow Trio guide’s you through his
music with humor, stories and convincing playing.



"The stuff is fantastic... You've got to hear it. It'll kill you." —Frank Zappa

"Conlon's music has such an outrageous, original character that it is literally shocking. It confronts you. Like Emerson said of Thoreau, 'We have a new proposition.'" —John Cage

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