Secret Jazz Series – More Straight Ahead Than Free

The Secret Jazz Series’ intention is to foster programming between the Danish jazz scene and the Tucson music scene.

Kresten Osgood

Kresten Osgood is well-respected in the global jazz scene as one of the hardest working jazz musicians from Denmark. He is a drummer, composer and multi-instrumentalist who has collaborated with a wide and diverse group of artists from all over the world.   He has received many of the Danish music awards there are to receive.

With an endless appetite for discovery and exchange within the medium of music, he is an improvisational chameleon with a dynamic and bright energy that goes deep in his practice in how he engages with both his fellow musicians and the audience.

He is a treat to witness…or play with. To get a sense of this, one need only review the long list of artists he has collaborated with including, but not limited to Sam Yahel, Jason Moran, Jim Black, Chris Potter, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Marc Dresser, Kristian Leth, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Peter Brötzman, Monty Alexander, Bob Moses, Tisziji Muñoz, Tim Berne, Ben Street, Tony Scherr, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Oliver Lake, John Tchicai, Sam Rivers, Billy Preston, Oliver Lake, Chris Cheek, Charles Davis, Paul Bley, Thomas Morgan, Yusef Lateef, Henry Grimes, Goodiepal, Bent Fabricius Bjerre, Ed Thigpen, Jakob Bro, Goran Kajfes, Karen Borca, Senyawa, Masabumi Kikuchi, Mary Redhouse, Todd Clouser.

Thöger Lund

Thøger Lund, a musician and transplant to Tucson, came up in the Danish jazz scene and is uniquely situated to be ambassador to such a series. This year will be the second version of what we hope to grow into a lasting and evolving tradition, The Secret Jazz Series.

Come for One Night or the Entire Series

January 12^th, 7pm: Neo Free Jazz 

Glen Moore, Bass

Kresten Osgood, Drums

Chris Peña, Vibraphone

Max Goldschmid, Trumpet +more

Thoger Lund, Bass

January 13^th, 7pm: More Straight Ahead Than Free 

Chris Peña, Piano

Max Goldschmid, Saxophone +more

Kresten Osgood, Drums

Thoger Lund, Bass

January 14^th, 7pm: Listen to That Old Piano

Kresten Osgood, Piano

Thoger Lund, Bass

Arthur Vint, Drums