SEPTEMBER 3rd - 5th 2010 at 20.00 o'clock (8pm)

THE ALEX RIEL 70th BIRTHDAY CONCERT SERIES

RETURN TO DENMARK:
NIELS LAN DOKY TRIO

• Niels Lan Doky (piano/Denmark)
• Morten Ramsbøl (bass/Denmark)
• Alex Riel (drums/Denmark)

Earlier this year, Niels Lan Doky returned to Denmark after 29 years abroad, to reopen Jazzhus Montmartre with his friend Rune Bech. His homecoming was marked with the release of his widely acclaimed album “Return To Denmark”, which quickly earned its well-deserved reputation as one his best albums ever. 

The album featured the new and now all-Danish Niels Lan Doky Trio with Doky’s longtime associate on drums, the amazing and ultra-legendary Alex Riel, plus Denmark’s newest bass star, the incredible Morten Ramsbøl.

To celebrate Alex Riels 70th birthday and their first appearance at Jazzhus Montmartre together, the trio will record a live CD and DVD during this engagement.

On Sunday the 5th of September, the first ever“JAZZHUS MONTMARTRE LEGENDS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” will be presented to Alex Riel by Culture Mayor of Copenhagen, Pia Allerslev.

SEPTEMBER 6th 2010 at 20.00 o'clock (8pm)

THE ALEX RIEL 70th BIRTHDAY CONCERT SERIES

SANTA CRUZ

• Poul Halberg (guitar/Denmark)
• Hans Ulrik (saxophones/Denmark)
• Frans Bak (keyboards/Denmark)
• Bo Stief (bass/Denmark)
• Alex Riel (drums/Denmark)

This week Montmartre hosts a concert series to celebrate the legendary drummer Alex Riel’s 70th birthday: One of the most enduring jazz/fusion bands in Denmark was the band called Santa Cruz formed in the early 1980s. Santa Cruz has remained one of Alex Riel's all time favorite bands to play with and it was therefore essential for him to include it in this milestone birthday celebration. The band is as active today as ever and still has some of its original key members in it including keyboard player/composer Frans Bak, guitarist Poul Halberg and of course Alex Riel himself behind the drums. The current lineup is completed by an all-star cast of some the most celebrated and creative musicians in Denmark today, saxophonist Hans Ulrik and bass legend Bo Stief.

SEPTEMBER 7th - 8th 2010 at 20.00 o'clock (8pm)

THE ALEX RIEL 70th BIRTHDAY CONCERT SERIES

TROMMEDAGE (DRUM DAYS)

• Marilyn Mazur (percussion + drums/Denmark)
• Birgit Løkke Larsen (percussion + drums/Denmark)
• Stefan Pasborg (drums/Denmark)
• Alex Riel (drums/Denmark)
• Jeppe Tuxen (hammond organ/Denmark)
• Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet/Denmark)
• Annisette (vocal/Denmark)

This week Montmartre hosts a concert series to celebrate the legendary drummer Alex Riel’s 70th birthday: For this 2 day drum extravaganza, Alex Riel will be joined by not less than three very prolific drummers/percussionists from various backgrounds.

First and foremost his longtime associate, the great Marilyn Mazur, who guests the new reopened Montmartre for the first time. She has had one of the most amazing careers ever for any Danish jazz artist, playing in the bands of major icons such as Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and Jan Garbarek.

Drummers/percussionists Stefan Pasborg and Birgit Løkke Larsen complete the rhythm section and the line-up is augmented by some extremely exciting guest stars on other instruments:

One of Denmark's greatest musicians and cultural icons, trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg, whom we proudly and humbly welcome to new reopened Montmartre for the first time, the amazing vocalist Annisette of the ultra-legendary rock band Savage Rose that Alex Riel was once a part of, and finally Jesper Tuxen, the Hammond B3 organist from the group Ibrahim Electric.

These two days are bound to be an intense musical adventure into the unknown and unpredictable. Don't miss it !

SEPTEMBER 9th 2010 at 20.00 o'clock (8pm)

THE ALEX RIEL 70th BIRTHDAY CONCERT SERIES:

HANNE BOEL / JACOB KARLZON / MADS VINDING / ALEX RIEL

• Hanne Boel (vocal/Denmark)
• Jacob Karlsson (piano/Sweden)
• Mads Vinding (bass/Denmark)
• Alex Riel (drums/Denmark)

This week Montmartre hosts a concert series to celebrate the legendary drummer Alex Riel’s 70th birthday:

One of the most popular Danish singers of several decades, Hanne Boel, is performing at Montmartre for her first time tonight. She is known to cover several genres such as pop, rock and soul, but tonight we are going to hear her in a jazz context.

Also on stage, the very popular Swedish pianist Jacob Karlzon will be joining. Karlzon played with Boel during this year's Copenhagen Jazz Festival, and recently he also visited Montmartre as part of the Viktoria Tolstoy Group.

Joining Boel and Karlson we have the legendary Danish bass player Mads Vinding and of course the master of ceremonies, Alex Riel himself. Truly a spectacular Scandinavian all-star lineup.

SEPTEMBER 10th - 12th 2010 at 20.00 o'clock (8pm)

THE ALEX RIEL 70th BIRTHDAY CONCERT SERIES

SWISS-AMERICAN-ITALIAN-DANISH ALL-STAR QUARTET:
GEORGE ROBERT / DADO MORONI / JESPER LUNDGAARD / ALEX RIEL

• George Robert (alto sax/USA-Switzerland)
• Dado Moroni (piano/Italy)
• Jesper Lundgaard (bass/Denmark)
• Alex Riel (drums/Denmark)

This week Montmartre hosts a concert series to celebrate the legendary drummer Alex Riel’s 70th birthday:

During the first month of the our club's reopening, one of the major revelations proved to be the incredible Swiss-American alto saxophonist George Robert who played with Alex Riel as part of our Stan Getz Tribute.

The two had an instant musical chemistry and quickly became great friends as well. An international all-star group with George Robert in front seemed like a natural conclusion on this week-long celebration of Alex's 70th birthday.

Joining them on stage to complete the all-star quartet are one of Denmark's (and the world's) all-time greatest bassists, Jesper Lundgaard, and one of Italy's most prominent jazz pianists, the amazing Dado Moroni.

SEPTEMBER 15th - 17th 2010 at 20.00 o'clock (8pm)

In praise of the legendary jazz fusion group:
WEATHER REPORT TRIBUTE

• Simon Spang-Hanssen (tenor & soprano saxophones/Denmark)
• Jørgen Emborg (keyboards/Denmark)
• Bo Stief (bass/Denmark)
• Niclas Campagnol (drums/Sweden-Italy)
• Ayi Salomon (percussion/Africa)

By 1970 Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter had both left the Miles Davis group and formed their own group called “Weather Report” which went on to become not only one of the most innovative groups of all time but also one of the most popular groups in jazz history. During one of their first tours, Weather Report actually played right here at the Montmartre.  A powerful and multi-cultural cast of five of Copenhagen’s most prolific musicians now join their forces to revisit some of the most iconic tunes of the jazz/fusion era, from timeless Weather Report albums such as “Mr. Gone”, “Black Market”, “Heavy Weather”, “Tale Spinnin’” and others.

SEPTEMBER 18th - 20th 2010 at 20.00 o'clock (8pm)

The quintessential Scandinavian vocal genius:
LISA NILSSON (SE)

• Lisa Nilsson (vocal)
• João Castilho (guitar)
• Sebastian Notini (percussion)

It’s hard to imagine a Scandinavian vocalist who is more loved and admired than Sweden’s Lisa Nilsson. Since her major breakthrough in the early 1990s she has relentlessly and continuously compelled, inspired and deeply moved audiences all over Scandinavia and beyond, and mastering a variety of music genres. We are incredibly proud to welcome Lisa for her first engagement in the newly reopened Montmartre, especially as we consider her a part of the family, since she was one of the lead characters in Niels Lan Doky’s feature documentary film from 2005 “Between a Smile and a Tear” which pioneered the idea of a reopened Montmartre in Store Regnegade.
Lisa has spent a lot of time in Brazil in recent years, she even lived there part time in Rio for a while and has done several recording projects there, one of which she is presenting to us tonight.

SEPTEMBER 21st - 22nd 2010 at 20.00 o'clock (8pm)

Major Brazilian legend meets Scandinavian icon:
LISA NILSSON with special guest IVAN LINS

• Lisa Nilsson (vocal)
• Ivan Lins (vocal & piano)
• João Castilho (guitar)
• Sebastian Notini (percussion)

For her remaining two shows at Montmartre, Lisa Nilsson has invited one of her biggest idols to guest appear with her, the incredible and legendary master singer/songwriter and true giant of Brazilian music, Mr. Ivan Lins, who will join Lisa on stage during the second half of her show for these two nights.

Since his first hit written for Elis Regina in 1970, Ivan Lins has written and recorded a steady stream of classic Brazilian songs, many of which have been covered by some of the greatest stars in music, including Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, George Benson, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Eliane Elias, Patti Austin, Sting, Toots Thielemans, Take 6, Lee Ritenour, Sérgio Mendes, Michael Bublé and countless others.

His 1989 hit song "Love Dance" is one of the most re-recorded songs in musical history. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear one of today’s greatest musical geniuses in a unique collaboration with one of the ultimate icons of Scandinavian music.

SEPTEMBER 23th - 25th 2010 at 20.00 o'clock (8pm)

Spectacular inter-continental piano/vibraphone duo:
KENNY DREW JR. - THOMAS DOBLER DUO

• Kenny Drew Jr. (Piano/USA)
• Thomas Dobler (Vibraphone/Switzerland)

It is a great thrill to welcome Kenny Drew Jr. - the son one of the most important and quintessential Montmartre veterans, the late great Kenny Drew.

Kenny Drew Jr. (born in 1958) lives in New York City and has made quite a name for himself in America as well as Asia and parts of Europe, performing with artists such as Stanley Jordan, Stanley Turrentine, Jimmy Heath, The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and many others. One of his most recent projects is a duo project with the incredible vibraphonist from Zürich, Thomas Dobler. Don’t miss this exciting duo.

SEPTEMBER 29th - OCTOBER 2nd 2010 at 20.00 o'clock (8pm)

The French violin giant returns:
DIDIER LOCKWOOD / NIELS LAN DOKY QUARTET

• Didier Lockwood (violin/France)
• Niels Lan Doky (piano/Denmark)
• Morten Ramsbøl (bass/Denmark)
• Niclas Bardeleben (drums/Denmark)

Last May, shortly after the Montmartre's reopening, Didier Lockwood flew in from Paris and mesmerized us with four intense nights of extreme virtuosity and exaltation, performing with his longtime associate and former Parisian Niels Lan Doky. The success of these performances immediately called for a return engagement, and we now finally succeeded to find an open time gap in Didier’s ultra-busy schedule. He is one of France’s most celebrated and prolific cultural icons where his reputation transcends all layers of society, he is considered by many to be the greatest violinist in jazz today.

• Joining Didier and Niels on stage this time are two of the most exciting musicians in Denmark today, the incredible bassist Morten Ramsbøl and Montmartre’s much raved about house drummer and young prodigy, Niclas Bardeleben.