Copenhagen’s Jazzhus Montmartre hosts the next edition of Nordic Jazz Comets showcase on the 9th–10th of February, 2022. The event, that is known to connect the Nordic jazz professionals, takes place now for the 22nd time. The club and festival network selected five bands to perform at the showcase. The Finnish new jazz is brought to the Montmartre stage by Adele Sauros Quartet.
Photo: Adele Sauros Quartet
Photographer: Sonja Vainionpää
Copenhagen is the February hub for five Nordic jazz organizations, 17 clubs and festivals and five emerging bands to meet, present their talent and work together to strive for a sustainable tomorrow in Nordic jazz production. The event is a part of a two-year project called Nordic Jazz Comets Dagsverke. The focus of the networking project is both, on artistic expression and experience, and on social and ecological accountability. In Copenhagen on February 9–10, 2022, the group of jazz professionals volunteer for a day in local environmental and social justice projects, and on the following day all the stakeholders are invited to hear some of the freshest Nordic jazz at a five-band showcase at Jazzhus Montmartre.
The network received 88 band applications, whereof five ensembles were selected to participate. Finland is represented by by Adele Sauros Quartet. Adele Sauros (b. 1990) is a versatile saxophonist, composer and bandleader within the European jazz scene. Sauros frequently performs as a bandleader and sidewoman with numerous groups and she has performed throughout Europe in many renowned jazz festivals. Sauros has received numerous grants and rewards, and she has earned her Master’s degree in Music at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland.
Adele Sauros Quartet was formed in 2012 and later the quartet has released three albums presenting Sauros' compositions. The most recent one, I Paint You, came out on Fresh Sound Records in 2021. The music of the quartet combines elements of the European and American traditions in jazz. Adele Sauros' musical inspiration derives from her life experiences and from her roots in Finland.
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Nordic Jazz Comets Showcase, Jazzhus Montmartre
February 10, 2022
Adele Sauros Quartet (FIN)
Adele Sauros – tenor sax, Toomas Keski-Säntti/Juho Valjakka – piano, Vesa Ojaniemi – double bass, Tuomas Timonen – drums
JUNO (NOR)
Thea Ellingsen Grant – vocals, Malin Dahl Ødegård – vocals, Mona Krogstad - saxophone, Georgia Wartel Collins – electric bass, Ingvald Vassbø – drums
Little North (DEN)
Lasse Jacobsen – drums, Martin Brunbjerg Rasmussen – double bass, Benjamin Nørholm Jacobsen – piano
Tendra (ICE)
Marína Ósk – vocals, Mikael Máni – guitar, Ingibjörg Elsa Turchi/Andri Ólafsson – lectric bass, Steingrímur Teague – keys, vocals, Svanhildur Lóa Bergsveinsdóttir – drums
William Soovik Grand Finale (SWE)
William Soovik – drums, Signe Lykkebo Dahlgren – tenor sax, Malin Wättring – tenor sax, Joel Fabiansson – guitar, Viktor Reuter – double bass
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Nordic Culture Point granted support to the Nordic Jazz Comets Dagsverke project in 2022–2023. Jazz Finland, along with other Nordic jazz organizations Jazz Danmark, Svensk Jazz, Norsk jazzforum and the Icelandic FÍH Music School form the advisory board for the project, and also co-fund its operations. Dagsverke continues the footsteps of the previous 2020–2021 project, Nordic Jazz Comets In The Key Of Green, that studied environmentally-friendly solutions for touring in the Nordic states. The 2022 main event takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the 2023 edition will be located in Sweden.