Saturday, June 23rd, 7:30 PM, THE TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH [1904 Winnebago St]
http://artlitlab.org/events/roscoe-mitchell-trio-paal-nilssen-love-large-unit
In a program that’s too big and important for their Winnebago Street venue, the Arts + Literature Laboratory brings us a rare Madison appearance by the iconic avant-garde jazz and contemporary music icon Roscoe Mitchell, co-founder of the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Multi-instrumentalist Mitchell will be joined for this performance by two of Chicago’s top musicians: bassist Junius Paul, and drummer Vincent Davis, Nils Bultmann and Jaribu Shahid.
Following the Mitchell trio’s performance is drummer Paal Nilssen-Love’s 14-piece Large Unit band from Norway. Large Unit burst into life at the Molde Jazz festival July 2013 and has since toured Norway and played festivals all over Europe. Consisting of mostly younger Norwegian musicians, Large Unit manifests as an intense powerhouse force on stage, but also veers into more subtle and textural passages.
Kicking off the concert will be Madison-based baritone saxophonist Anders Svanoe and his trio, with John Christensen on bass and Michael Brennies at the drums.
Advance tickets are $30 online at https://largeunit.bpt.me, or $40 at the door. And if you are feeling generous and you are digging what ALL has been doing, please consider being an event supporter at $80 https://largeunit.bpt.me.
