Ayi Solomon & Dawda Jobarteh - New Era

Name: Ayi Solomon & Dawda Jobarteh - New Era
Start: 2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-12T22:30:00+01:00
Location: Anexet

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 · 19:30

Anexet, Kerteminde · 225 kr. · ≈ 30 €

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Ayi Solomon & Dawda Jobarteh - New Era · Anexet, Kerteminde

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Ayi Solomon & Dawda Jobarteh - New Era: Thursday 12 November 2026, 19:30, Anexet, Kerteminde. Tickets cost 225 kr.

New Era is a meeting of jazz, traditional West African music, and Scandinavian elements. Ayi Solomon and kora player Dawda Jobarteh are behind the project and deliver a groovy concert at Anexet in Kerteminde.

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About the venue: Anexet

Anexet is the cultural centre at Lundsgaard Gods near Kerteminde, housed in the estate's historic farm buildings from 1887-1890 following a major restoration. Run by a volunteer association, it hosts concerts, art exhibitions, lectures, theatre, seasonal markets and conferences for up to 350 guests. The café opens on Saturdays and Sundays, and the venue sits close to both forest and sea.

Lundsgårdvej 15, 5300 Kerteminde Get directions

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About: Ayi Solomon

A self-taught percussionist from Accra who has shaped Danish jazz and world music since 1982 - long-time member of New Jungle Orchestra and collaborator with Randy Brecker, Jerry Bergonzi and Adam Nussbaum. The Ben Webster Foundation honoured him in 2026 for a lifetime's work on the Danish jazz scene.

2026

Recipient of Ben Webster Foundation's honor prize

1990

Member of New Jungle Orchestra since

Solo album released

What's new

2026-04
Ayi Solomon received the Ben Webster Foundation honorary prize at a ceremony at Bartof Station in Copenhagen on April 26, 2026 and performed with his band on the same occasion.
2026-04
The Ben Webster Foundation justified the prize by stating that Ayi Solomon throughout a long life has made a personal mark on the Danish jazz scene.
2026-04
Ayi Solomon performed at the prize presentation with a band consisting of guitarist Alain Apaloo, saxophonist Anders Banke, pianist Morten Schantz, bassist Yasser Pino and drummer Rasmus Lund.

Tracks

Back HomeDebut album from 2003 on Cope Records - a fusion of African music, jazz, pop and funk

Themes of HopeAlbum from 2008 on Yisol Music, Solomon's own label

Birth CodeAlbum from 2018 - third solo album

Mamprobi Shuffle (feat. Anders Banke)Single from 2025 - named after Solomon's hometown in Accra

Kritikal Point (feat. Feridah Rose)Single from 2024

About: Dawda Jobarteh

Dawda Jobarteh carries one of West Africa's oldest musical lineages, yet his kora sound was shaped in Denmark, where he has lived since 1999 and built his own crossroads between Gambian griot music, jazz and rock. With four albums on the British label Sterns Music and collaborations spanning genres and continents, he is a well-established presence on the Danish music scene.

placement on World Music Chart Europe (album 'Soaring Wild Lands', 2022)

studio albums released on Sterns Music

What's new

2026-02
Dawda Jobarteh performed at ALICE in Copenhagen as part of Vinterjazz 2026 in a new trio with Norwegian drummer and vocalist Siv Øyunn Kjenstad and pianist Nikolaj Svaneborg.
2024-05
The live album 'Live in Turku' with Dawda Jobarteh and Stefan Pasborg was released on May 17, 2024 on April Records - recorded at a festival in Turku, Finland, in April 2023.
2023-04
Dawda Jobarteh was nominated for the Songlines Music Awards 2023 in the Africa and Middle East category for the album 'Soaring Wild Lands'.

Tracks

Soaring Wild Landstitle track from fourth album (2022), with Admeta String Quartet

Sunjatatraditional Gambian repertoire, reinterpreted on 'Soaring Wild Lands'

Transitional Timestitle track from second album (2016) on Sterns Africa

Northern Light Gambian Nightdebut album (2011) - first release on Sterns Africa

I Met Her by the Riversingle from 2018, third album

Recent shows

May 12, 2024 Sonnenraum, Berlin (DE)
Nov 12, 2019 Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
May 3, 2019 Den Rå Hal, Godsbanen, Aarhus (DK)

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