Paal Nilssen-Love: Extra Large UnitJazz at MUNCH
Doors: 19:00
Event start: 20.00
Seated concert
Extra Large Unit’s What just happened? is the result of Paal Nilssen-Love’s exploration of what a concert is – and when it begins. Is it when you enter the venue? When the band goes on stage? When the first notes hit the air? Or did it start the moment you read about it and decided to go?
Nilssen-Love is a powerhouse in jazz and improvisation, known for his electrifying drumming, bold compositions and commanding stage presence. Whether performing solo or as part of a large ensemble, he never fails to captivate his audience.
From the start of his career, he has been drawn to the ensemble format, playing with mentors such as Frode Gjerstad, Didrik Ingvaldsen, and notably Peter Brötzmann.
With Large Unit, Nilssen-Love stepped forward as bandleader, creating a space where young musicians are invited into a dynamic and exploratory collective. In the new piece What just happened?, the ensemble expands into Extra Large Unit, featuring 28 musicians on stage alongside dancers from Cattleya Dance Company.
The project includes newly graduated musicians from institutions including Sund Folk High School, The Grieg Academy, and The Norwegian Academy of Music. Together, they dive into free improvisation and sonic exploration. The music combines chaos and brutality with delicacy and rawness, using structures that give each composition a distinct identity.
The project is supported by Arts Council Norway and Norsk Musikkfond.
Jazz at MUNCH is a concert series with roots going back to the 1960s, programmed in collaboration with Oslo Jazzfestival.
Ensemble:
Large Unit:
Juliana Venter - vocals
Maren Sofie Nyland Johansen - accordion
Eivind Leifsen - soprano and baritone saxophone
Jesse Schilderink - tenor saxophone
Andreas Røysum - clarinets
Magnus Breivik - tuba
Per Åke Holmlander - tuba
Alfred Wammer - trombone
Christian Meaas Svendsen - double bass
Patrycja Wybranczyk - drums, Paiste gongs
Michael Lee Søremo - drums, Paiste gongs
Paal Nilssen-Love - drums, Paiste gongs
Intuitive People (musikkstudenter fra NMH):
Amadea Reksterberg - vocals
Kinson Jim - flute
Amanda Marie Nielsen - violin
Elizabeth Gaver - fiddles
Åsmund Arnesen Farstad - fiddle and Hardanger fiddle
Johanne Leathem - viola
Live Tønnesen Norberg - cello
Håkon Thelin - (lærer), double bass
Victoria Markova - harpe
Fredrik Olsen - organ
Mathias Kråkenes - organ
Bård Fransson - guitar
Loïse Garçon - alto saxophone
Peter Wallem Anundsen - trumpet
Amund Falk Morgenstierne - vibraphone
Francesco Paladini - percussion
Cattleya Dance Company:
Ana Barragan
Diana de Avila
Gina Chacon
Lida Albarracin
© Peter Gannushkin
