Koppel/Vinding/Riel: A Tribute to Sonny Rollins at Jazzhus Montmartre

The classic live recordings from the Village Vanguard venue in New York have gained legendary status. "A Night at the Village Vanguard" with Sonny Rollins has been honored as one of the most essential hard bop recordings ever. In 1957, Sonny Rollins showed that he mastered the difficult virtues of improvisation. With adventurousness, he traveled away from the songs, but without cutting the moorings to their harmonious basis. For this concert, the three gentlemen Benjamin Koppel, Mads Vinding and Alex Riel will follow in his footsteps and fill Montmartre’s music hall with versatile and virtuoso tones as they take the audience on a journey back in time....

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The classic live recordings from the Village Vanguard venue in New York have gained legendary status. "A Night at the Village Vanguard" with Sonny Rollins has been honored as one of the most essential hard bop recordings ever. In 1957, Sonny Rollins showed that he mastered the difficult virtues of improvisation. With adventurousness, he traveled away from the songs, but without cutting the moorings to their harmonious basis. For this concert, the three gentlemen Benjamin Koppel, Mads Vinding and Alex Riel will follow in his footsteps and fill Montmartre’s music hall with versatile and virtuoso tones as they take the audience on a journey back in time.

De klassiske liveindspilninger fra spillestedet Village Vanguard i New York har opnået legendarisk status. ”A Night at the Village Vanguard” med Sonny Rollins er blevet hædret som et af de mest essentielle hard bop indspilninger nogensinde. I 1957 viste Sonny Rollins, at han mestrede improvisations svære dyder. Med en eventyrlyst rejste han væk fra numrene, men uden at kappe fortøjningerne til deres harmoniske grundlag. Til denne koncert vil de tre herrer Benjamin Koppel, Mads Vinding og Alex Riel gøre ham kunsten efter og fylde Montmartres musiksal med alsidige og virtuose toner, når de tager publikum med på en rejse tilbage i tiden.

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