Concert with Mads Granum Quintet

Name: Concert with Mads Granum Quintet
Start: 2026-11-16T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-16T22:30:00+01:00
Location: Askov Højskole

Mon, 16 Nov 2026 · 19:30

Askov Højskole, Vejen · 150 kr. · ≈ 20 €

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Concert with Mads Granum Quintet · Askov Højskole, Vejen

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Mads Granum Quintet jazz concert: Monday 16 November 2026, 19:30, Askov Højskole, Vejen. Tickets cost 150 kr.

Mads Granum Quintet features Regitze Glenthøj (vocals), Mads Granum (piano), Mads Hansen (saxophone), Jesper Bodilsen (bass), and Rico Victor (drums).

About: Mads Granum

A fourth-generation organist and trained jazz pianist, Mads Granum pairs church organ with his jazz quintet in concerts that set new hymns alongside swing, bebop and improvisation, while also working as a regular keyboardist for acts like Thomas Eje and Linie 3.

jazz album released under own name

30+

hymn melodies composed

melodies recorded in Højskolesangbogen

100+

concerts given with Mads Granum Quartet in Denmark and Germany

What's new

2026-03
Mads Granum Kvintet performs a concert at Gjellerup Church as part of the tour with jazz and new hymns.
2026-09
Granum's organ composition is included in the program at the organ festival in Sønderborg.
2025-05
Mads Granum Kvintet gave a church concert at Gammel Åby Church near Åbyhøj.

Tour

ÅbyhøjSønderborgGjellerupTarmTorslundeSolrødSorø

Tracks

Stille eksplosioneralbum from 2021 with ten new jazz hymns written together with contemporary hymn writers

Med favnen fuld af kærlighedcritically acclaimed jazz hymn album from 2017

Between Traditionsalbum that blends jazz with Jewish and Arabic musical traditions

Du spør mig om håbetmelody to text by Lisbeth Smedegaard Andersen, became a great success

About: Jesper Bodilsen

Trained by the late Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Bodilsen has taken his bass from Birdland in New York to the Berlin Philharmonie, touring both as a leader and as sideman to artists such as Stefano Bollani and Gregory Porter. He has over 100 recordings to his name and runs his own label, Mingus Records.

100+

recordings as a featured artist

2004

Django d'Or award as 'Artist of the Year'

years of collaboration with Ed Thigpen (6 albums)

album with Gunde-Bodilsen-Lund with millions of streams

What's new

2026-06
Bodilsen released the duo album 'Without Even A Thread Of Clothing' with Swedish pianist Lars Jansson on Mingus Records.
2025-12
The album 'Tivoli' with Max Ionata Special Edition - produced by Bodilsen and released on Mingus Records - came out on December 12, 2025.
2025-04
Gunde-Bodilsen-Lund released 'Silent Moods' on April 18, 2025 on Mingus Records - the trio's fourth studio album.

Tracks

Stone in the WaterECM album (2009) with Stefano Bollani Trio - international breakthrough, two compositions by Bodilsen

MoodsDebut album with Gunde-Bodilsen-Lund (2022), millions of streams

Mi Ritorni in MenteFirst trio album with Bollani and Morten Lund (2004), no. 4 on Italian jazz charts in 2005

Short Stories for DreamersSolo album (2009/2010) on Stunt Records, praised for lyrical mood

Silent MoodsGunde-Bodilsen-Lund (2025), released on Mingus Records

Recent shows

Dec 10, 2003 Dexter, Odense (DK)
Oct 25, 2003 Pumpehuset, Copenhagen (DK)
Oct 4, 2003 Kulturhuset Viften, Rødovre (DK)

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