JazzKLUB / Katrine Windfeld Sextet / Jazz like a masterful lace fabric

Date & Time

Tue, Mar 4, 2025, 19:30

Venue

Narodowej Orkiestry Symfonicznej Polskiego Radia, Chamber Hall (Katowice)

Sophisticated structure does not exclude spontaneity and elegance does not necessarily deprive music of its drive. It is no coincidence that Kathrine Windfeld has worked with large ensembles so often, from the Danish Radio Big Band, through the Swedish Bohuslän Big Band and the Finnish Umo Helsinki Jazz Orchestra, to her own orchestra. The artist displays the rare skill of thinking about music in all dimensions imaginable. Even her Danish-Swedish-Polish sextet sounds like a small orchestra, a harmonic finesse in... Read full text

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Musicians

Kathrine Windfeld	Piano
Tomasz Dąbrowski	Trumpet
Hannes Bennich	Alto saxophone
Marek Konarski	Tenor Saxophone
Johannes Vaht	Double bass
Henrik Holst Hansen	Drums

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