” No Scandinavian group since Atomic has so powerfully addressed and remade the free jazz of the 60s like Cortex. In a country whose creative music scene is celebrated for its bold hybrids of disparate sounds, Cortex goes another way, embracing tradition in its own unique way, with a personality sketched out by the strength of Johansson’s indelible themes and four distinctive improvisational voices.” .
- Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader -
Cortex&Hedvig Mollestad US-Tour!
In the ever so digitalized world of SoMe and so what, we must admit to not being “The Brains” when it comes to keeping things updated and what not….:)
That don´t mean we’re not being active, quite the opposite!
Since the last update on this page, a lot has happened!
We released a live record from “Le Periscope” in Lyon last year, and it was released on B-Records:
https://www.b-records.fr
AND, we released a record with Scheen Jazzorkester, were Thomas wrote a commissioned pice called “Frameworks”.
It was released this year on Clean Feed Records:
https://cleanfeedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/frameworks-music-by-thomas-johansson
We also have been playing several shows with the Norwegian guitarist extraordinare Hedvig Mollestad, both at the Molde Jazz Festival where she was Artist In Residence and on a tour in Norway last spring.
This fall we are coming back to the US for the first time since the pandemic, and we are bringing Hedvig along with us!!
If that wasn´t enough, in Philadelphia we are also joined by the AMAZING Nels Cline on two shows at the Solar Myth - organized by Ars Nova Workshop.
We are so much looking forward playing in the US again, and to show off our work with Hedvig!
Tour list:
18.11: Nublu, NYC
19.11: Ars Nova Workshop - with Nels Cline
20.11: Ars Nova Workshop - with Nels Cline
21.11: Bop Stop/New Ghosts Series, Cleveland OH
22.11: Constellation, Chicago
23.11: North Street Cabaret/Blue Stem Jazz, Madison WI
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