Cathrine Legardh Trio - Nordic Jazz & Songs

Cathrine Legardh performs with her regular trio: pianist Jacob Christoffersen and bassist Jesper Thorn. The concert features Nordic music - primarily Swedish and Danish - with a selection of songs Legardh loves most.

The repertoire spans jazz, folk, and traditional songs, blending older material with new compositions written in recent years. It includes settings of poems by Tove Ditlevsen and a couple of Monica Zetterlund classics.

Cathrine Legardh (b. 1973) is a Danish jazz vocalist and composer with Swedish and Norwegian heritage. She left teaching in 2006 and has since released seven albums on Storyville Records, most recently 'Silence & Storm' (Storyville, June 2023) - 15 new songs in Danish, recorded with Icelandic saxophonist Sigurður Flosason. She has been nominated for Music Awards in both Denmark and Iceland for this collaboration. She also performs for children in the orchestra NullerNix and has released two albums, a book, and teaching materials for Wilhelm Hansen. www.legardh.dk

Jacob Christoffersen (b. 1967) is a jazz pianist and composer. He received the Ben Webster Prize in 2013 and has performed with Majbritte Ulrikkenholm, Hanne Boel, Søs Fenger, Sanne Salomonsen, Anne Dorte Michelsen, and Shu-bi-dua (keyboards 2001-2011). In jazz, he has played with Curtis Stigers, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Joey Baron, Billy Hart, Jimmy Cobb, DR Big Band, and Alex Riel, and has been the regular pianist for Sinne Eeg for many years. www.jacobchristoffersen.com

Jesper Thorn (b. 1979) is a Danish double bassist and composer. He graduated from the Rhythmic Conservatory in Copenhagen in 2011 and studied in New York with Ralph Alessi, Marc Helias, John Hébert, and Eric McPherson. He has worked as a sideman for Palle Mikkelborg, Lars Jansson, Alex Riel, Jørgen Leth, and poet Søren Ulrik Thomsen, and has received several grants and awards, including a DMA in the category Jazz of the Year.