Atomic
By Kara Gibbs on January 11, 2008 - 2:12pm
Atomic
Saturday, January 26, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Western Front (303 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver)
Tickets $18 General Admission/ $22 at the door, available through Costal Jazz (604-872-5200) and Ticketmaster (604-280-3311 or visit ticketmaster.ca)
Atomic, a key exponent of the “new wave” of Nordic jazz, was formed in 1999 by five important young musicians from the burgeoning jazz scenes of Sweden and Norway. Combining the powerful, cutting-edge Oslo rhythm section of Håvard Wiik on piano, Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten on bass, and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums with the Stockholm front line of trumpeter Magnus Broo and saxophonist Fredrik Ljungkvist, the quintet is one of the hottest acoustic ensembles to have emerged at the turn of the century. Atomic plays original music that mixes grooves and modes with a distinctive approach to free playing. Presented by the Western Front, Zula and Coastal Jazz & Blues Society. www.front.bc.ca
