Currently one of the most hard-hitting Scandinavian new jazz line-ups, the Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity’s CD Club appearance featured a significant addition, reedist Fredrik Ljungkvist, member of Atomic. And without making any hasty conclusions, it’s safe to say that the quartet are standard-bearers of free new swing. The line-up is spearheaded by the drummer whose tempo is unrelenting, but none of the musicians lags behind. A lesson in blending the formal jazz vocabulary and zany avant-garde sensibility. 

Written by: Marvin
Photo Domen Pal