Concert — Nordic At Noon: Molde International Jazz Festival presents Paal Nilssen-Love’s 15-piece ensemble “Large Unit.”
Concert — Mats Eilertsen is one of the most distinctive and headstrong Norwegian bass players, and to jazzahead! he will be playing with his trio.
Concert — CLUBNIGHT: Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen is compared to Billie Holiday as a jazz singer, to Marilyn Monroe in visuals and Edith Piaf as writer, and shows how jazz and chanson merge together.
Concert — CLUBNIGHT: Stephan Meidell, guitarist of the Erlend Apneseth Trio, presents his solo album “Metrics”, where techno meets baroque.
Concert — Clubnight: Norwegian jazz musician Susanna is known for transformations of songs from artists such as Dolly Parton, Henry Purcell and Leonard Cohen, but also for her strong originals and her collaboration with other artists.
Concert — CLUBNIGHT: Sun-spotted euphoria in the gloomy Norwegian underworld: The highly acclaimed Erlend Apneseth Trio has succeeded in rejuvenating a traditional sound in a thrilling and astounding way.
Concert — jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT is the night, when jazz and its musical relatives are entering clubs, museums, churches and many other locations in Bremen. During this special night you will have the chance to see six Norwegian acts.
Concert — This woman has it all: Beady Belle provides the perfect weekend sound at this open-air concert.
Concert — The partner country of jazzahead! 2019 is Norway, a country where an astonishing variety of creative and distinctive forms of jazz have developed and flourished in the past 50 years. So Norway is also the focus of this year’s Gala Concert.
Concert — Norwegian Night: It comes as no surprise that all their albums have received wide international praise, and their showcase at jazzahead! should be on your list.
Party — Get dancy with one of the founders of the famous Oslo-disco. Paul "Strangefruit" Nyhus has collaborated with the new frontier of jazz explorers such as Bugge Wesseltoft and Nils Petter Molvær, and is a member of the influential retro-futuristic duo Mungolian Jet Set. Since the early 90s, DJ Strangefruit has helped shape the unique sound of northern electronic music.
Concert — Norwegian Night: The trios ability to play melodic and rhythmically complex music with ease has mesmerized audience all over the world.
Concert — Norwegian Night: Kristin Asbjørnsen is one of the most distinguished artists on the vibrant European music scene, not something you want to miss.
Concert — Norwegian Night: Known for his virtuos instrumental skills, Haltli’s music swiftly moves between jazz, contemporary and folk music.
Concert — Norwegian Night: Skadedyr’s sound is based on collective arranging and a lot of improvisational freedom.
Concert — Norwegian Night: With Gard Nilssen’s Acoustic Unity, he continues his work entirely committed to unplugged music.
Concert — Also a part of the Norwegian Night at jazzahead! 2019, Karl Seglem Band will showcase their ways of reinvigorating jazz and traditional genres.
Concert — Thomas Strønen’s Time Is A Blind Guide is a true chamber music ensemble with a strong group sound performing compelling compositions.
Reading and conversation — Welcome to a reading with Lars Saabye Christensen about his work "Magnet" in the bookstore Logbuch in Bremen!
Concert — With eight Norwegian acts, the kick-off to the live program of jazzahead! 2019 will be the Norwegian Night on April 25th.
Concert — Welcome to "A Suite of Poems" - a beautiful concert with Ketil Bjørnstad, Lars Saabye Christensen and Anneli Drecker.
Reading and conversation — Welcome to a reading with Ketil Bjørnstad at the bookstore Geist in Bremen!
Concert — Ingun Bjørnsgaard and her company has made a name for themselves and is recognized as one of the most influential dance companies of Scandinavia. The performance at jazzahead will be the German premiere for this project.
Theater — A theatrical series in six parts based on the novels of Karl Ove Knausgård at Theater Bremen.
Concert — Jan Erik Vold reads poems and short stories titled, "Once Upon A Summer“ (Sommer Dort Draussen) accompanied by Norwegian musicians.
Concert — Welcome to "Summer out there" - a musical reading with Jan Erik Vold, Ellen Bødtker, Trygve Seim and Eirik Raude.
Reading and conversation — Welcome to a reading and a conversation with Gudrun Skretting at Stadtbibliothek Bremen.
Exhibition — 2019 is Norway's year as Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse, and the first event in this Guest of Honour year will be the touring exhibition "Georg Grosz meets Mulysses on Slush Mountain. Modern illustration from Norway.”
Concert — Uli Beckerhoff (Germany) and Arild Andersen (Norway) are two of the most famous and exciting musicians of their generation on the European jazz scene.
Reading and conversation — Welcome to a reading and a conversation with Tore Renberg at Theater Bremen!
Concert — Join the opening of jazzahead! 2019 in Bremen with some of Norway's many fine musicians playing at this year's festival.
Concert — Norway becomes focus country on Jazzahead 2019!