Nordic bass/vocal duo with minimalist and intimate soundscapes. īSHO is a duo made up of singer Emīlija Jermola and bassist Shona Mélis, creating minimalist, intimate music with ambient soundscapes.

īSHO

Center for Dansk Jazzhistorie

Film & Lecture. The Blue Note-based trumpeter Lee Morgan (1938-72) was one of the most important artists of the hard bop style. The film is directed by Kasper Collin (2017) and introduced by Torben Amstrup Christensen. After the film there is coffee and cake and an opportunity for conversation. The event has been cancelled due to insufficient registrations.

I Called Him Morgan

Bandoneonist Stine Engen and bassist Kenneth Dahl Knudsen present an intimate acoustic exploration of tango, folklore and music, built on curiosity and improvisation.

Stine Engen - Kenneth D. Knudsen Duo

Trio concert of original compositions by three Danish musicians returning from New York, focusing on improvisation, interaction and contemporary jazz expression. Line-up: Jascha Briand (guitar), Simon Turp Matin (bass), Anders Julsgaard (drums). Entrance: DKK 150 / members DKK 75.

BREATHIN'OUT

Prisvinderkoncert with Jan Sedlák (CZ), Årets Nordjyske Jazznavn '25, presented by Tversted Jazzy Days & Jazzcentret. Inspired by the Japanese Waka poetry form, exploring meditative and emotional fragments of love and loss against an urban backdrop.

PRISVINDERKONCERT feat. JAN SEDLAK WAKA - MEDITATIONS AND ECSTASIES

Three pianists – Sascha Dupont, Lars DK and Esben Just – take turns playing the grand piano. The concert is part of the collaboration between Musikkens Hus and Jazzcentret.

Piano Night at Jazzcentret

Lecture on the Beat Generation and jazz's influence on literature, organized by Folkeuniversitetet and Jazzcentret. Speaker: Lars Movin.

The Beat Generation & All That Jazz - Lecture by Lars Movin

Oleksandr Kolosii presents his new project, a quartet recording a new album, featuring Jordan Corda (vibraphone), Doug Weiss (double bass) and Sasha Mashin (drums). Original music rooted in contemporary jazz with world-jazz textures. Entry: kr. 150 members / kr. 75.

Olexandr Kolosii Quartet

Swingtime Big Band performs music by Quincy Jones and Sammy Nestico, in the style of the Count Basie Orchestra. Conductor: Frank Wommelsdorff.

Arkivet swinger - 2: Swingtime Big Band

The concert has unfortunately been cancelled.

Marius Magiske Cirkus: KOSTÜME #1

Ensemble class project at RAMA Aalborg run by Yannick Ballmann, performing Joe Henderson's album Four! live. First live session of the semester and first time the project performs at the CDJ.

Ballmann Presents: "Four!" by Joe Henderson & The Wynton Kelly Trio

Anders Julsgaard is a young drummer and composer who, after living in New York for two years, is now based in Copenhagen. His music is inspired by the modern New York sound, with roots in the Danish song tradition. He brings with him his highly accomplished NYC quartet, made up of young, exciting musicians from the streets of New York. The music is fresh, energetic, personal and spiritual.

Anders Julsgaard Quartet

As a self-proclaimed slowness activist, Anne Efternøler and her two fellow musicians wage a loving battle against the tyranny of acceleration in our time. Together with pianist Simon Toldam and double bassist Richard Andersson, she lingers at the point in music where it nearly stops, exploring concepts such as stillness, deceleration and silence.

ANNE EFTERNØLER TRIO - NØL

Aalborg Youth Jazz Orchestra celebrates Frank Sinatra's 'Sinatra at the Sands' with big band repertoire, opening the orchestra's 2026–2027 season.

AYJO Celebrating Sinatra 2026

An evening with Luka Dgebuadze and friends. Line-up TBA. Admission: DKK 150 / members DKK 75

Luka & Friends

Film & Lecture: the documentary Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2018, directed by Sophie Huber), with an introduction by emeritus lecturer and music historian Torben Amstrup Christensen, followed by coffee and cake and conversation.

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

The Helle Lund Trio plays with a concept in which ART inspires the jazz. The trio lets the exhibitions at KUNSTEN in Aalborg inspire and color both repertoire and expression as they blend standards, Danish songs and their own numbers.

Helle Lund Trio - Jazz and Art

Malthazar is a new band that stands out from the crowd with its unique compositions written by saxophonist Asger Maltha. The music manages to be both catchy and ambitious at the same time, with complex arrangements and captivating improvised solos taking center stage. Following in the footsteps of artists such as Herbie Hancock, Snarky Puppy, Mathias Heise and Quadrillion, Malthazar places itself in a contemporary, groove-oriented jazz and fusion universe.

Malthazar

Aline Paes is one of the most prominent new voices from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She carries a proud tradition with an authentic and captivating style, but also a fresh take on where it all is heading. She has been described as "A tsunami of talent," has released three albums, and has performed with a long line of big names at festivals as well as in more intimate venues. Her performances are marked by a feminine strength that moves freely within Brazilian music. This transforms every performance into an experience that is both heartfelt and expressive. Accompanying her is Carsten Kær on piano, who is known, among other things, for his in-depth knowledge of Brazilian music.

Aline Paes - Carsten Kær Duo

A new constellation that connects older and younger generations in a new original repertoire, framed by the words and voice of poet Peter Laugesen. Premiere of the quartet; new material written by Jakob Bro.

Jakob Bro / Veslemøy Narvesen / Jesper Zeuthen feat. special guest Peter Laugesen

At this concert, two of our own great personalities, pianist Henrik Gunde and saxophonist Claus Waidtløw, pay tribute to two of jazz's greatest masters, Oscar Peterson and Stan Getz.

Gunde / Waidtløw Quartet – Tribute to Oscar Peterson & Stan Getz

Line-up: Makiko Hirabayashi (piano), Anders Boye (bass), Benjamin Olsen (drums). Free admission. Presented by Jazzcentret, Klaverstemmeren & Den Blå.

MAKIKO HIRABAYASHI feat. ANDERS BOYE & BENJAMIN OLSEN

Louise Plads

Makiko is an internationally acclaimed Danish-Japanese pianist and composer. In Makiko's solo concerts, the audience is invited on a journey - dreamy, ethereal, powerful and explosive - in which her lyrical touch and bare expression come fully into their own. The instrument is explored, and new perspectives and textures are discovered, including through preparing the piano.

Makiko Hirabayashi Solo - Piano

Free admission. Jazzcentret & Den Blå present: Nikolaj Kornerup Trio is a jazz trio with roots in the tradition and an eye toward the playful and spontaneous.

Jam Session at Jazzcentret

Pianist Catrine Frølund is known for her lyrical expression and Nordic sound aesthetic, including in her own trio. For many years she has been a regular "side woman" for a number of singers, for whom Catrine creates an open and poetic musical space with melodic clarity and presence. As part of the Nordic collective Sisters of Jazz, she helps spotlight women's contributions to jazz history with dynamic and energetic live performances. Free admission.

Catrine Frølund feat. Morten Østerlund Larsen & Andreas Skak

Stadsbiblioteket

Anna Pauline, a Swedish jazz singer and songwriter with a strong international sound, where jazz blends with Swedish folk music. Line-up: Anna Pauline (vocals), Kristian Dahl Johansen (guitar), Niels Lyngsø (drums). Free admission.

ANNA PAULINE feat. KRISTIAN DAHL JOHANSEN & NIELS LYNGSØ

Nordkraft

Ida Hvid, a Danish bassist, plays with the Alvin Queen Trio, the Ben Besiakov Quartet feat. Jesse Davis, Niels Jørgen Steen's Monday Night Big Band, the Dwayne Clemons Quintet, Blonde Bass and Sisters of Jazz. Ida is a recipient of the Bent Jædig Prize (2017). Free admission.

IDA HVID feat. MADS JENSEN & KRISTERS DREIMANIS

Aalborg Bibliotek

The band Sisters of Jazz celebrates the hidden, forgotten, and successful women in jazz who stand behind some of our most beloved jazz standards over the years, including Dorothy Fields, Nancy Hamilton, Marian McPartland, Kay Swift, and Mary Lou Williams. The orchestra honors female jazz vocalists, but also instrumentalists, composers, and lyricists.

Sisters of Jazz

Pernille Bévort (tenor saxophone), Shoona Melis (bass) and Andrea Sciusco (drums). Free admission.

Pernille Bévort feat. Shoona Melis & Andrea Sciusco

Cabinn Hotel

Energetic, hard-swinging organ jazz in the classic organ trio tradition, inspired by soul jazz and blues-tinged organ jazz.

SLJ Organ Trio

Bignami Veltri Jazz Ensemble celebrates the release of their first studio album "Non-Places", premiering the music live. The concert explores modern soundscapes and the tradition of jazz big band music, inspired by Marc Augé's concept of non-places.

Non-Places

NICHT KAPUTT! #13

A jazz and blues record fair featuring vinyl, CDs and music-related memorabilia, with the chance to meet experienced jazz and blues enthusiasts from Aalborg. The bar is open, serving coffee, water, beer and wine.

Record Fair

Concert by Niels Lyngsø Quartet centered on the conceptual jazz album 'Stay Decent', exploring philosophical questions of ethics and morals, with a selection of the band's favourite standards.

Niels Lyngsø Quartet - Stay Decent

Carsten Kær SOLO is music from a very personal universe, full of beautiful, narrative, at times somewhat quirky compositions. Presents sample pieces from the new project "percussive piano," in which drumming patterns from ethnic music are woven into ostinatos, and the piano functions both as a drum ensemble and as a melodic weaver within an improvisational universe. Original compositions and improvisations as well as standards.

Carsten Kær Solo

Jazz trio with roots in the tradition; line-up: Nikolaj Kornerup (guitar), Niels Lyngsø (bass), Andreas Skak (drums). Admission: DKK 150 / members, DKK 75.

Nikolaj Kornerup Trio

A both beautiful and festive concert with Hammond organ, saxophone and drums. The repertoire is by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and the band's members, and the music is released on the CD "Come Sunday". Improvisation, interplay and presence are in focus, and the concert also includes a tribute to American gospel organists.

Artist Corner - Jan Harbeck - Come Sunday

Aalborg Børnejazz Festival 2026 - 100 Years of Jazz in Denmark. A free festival for children and parents featuring concerts, family jam sessions, an open stage, and children's music with a jazzy twist.

ÅRETS BØRNEJAZZFESTIVAL

A summary concert of the musical experiences of trumpeter Grantas Kleinauskas during his time living away from his cultural context, a farewell to the people, places and memories that defined his time in the town.

POP-UP CONCERT: Grantas Kleinauskas Quartet - Before I Leave

A new jazz concert with Benjamin Olsen. The music reflects contemporary American jazz, the Danish hymn tradition, and the spiritual jazz of the 1960s.

Benjamin Olsen - Echoes From Life

The new jazz talents at Jazzcentret: improvisation, intensity and sound textures take center stage when four of Aalborg's most exciting new names open the door to their distinct sonic worlds. At the crossroads of modern ambient jazz and playful swing, audiences are invited into a range of atmospheres built on the musicians' own compositions.

ATMOSPHERES

Pop-up concert on Monday, May 18, at the jazz center in Aalborg. Admission is donation-based, with no mandatory ticket price.

Luka Dgebuadze's SOCIAL ANOMALIES

Featherdrop is the musical laboratory of Thomas Munk-Petersen and Stig Halskov, presenting ambient jazz inspired by the Nordic ECM sound and American jazz tradition, featuring guests Eyal Lovett and Thomas Fryland.

Featherdrop

Catch up with a popular local quartet. Fruens Kvartet plays melodic easy listening and lounge repertoire, with their own interpretations of well-known jazz and blues numbers and slow pop classics.

Saturday Matinee - Fruens Kvartet + 1

The concert with Enrico Pieranunzi and Thomas Fonnesbæk has been canceled due to illness. Justin Kauflin steps in as a replacement in the duo with Thomas Fonnesbæk.

Concert with Enrico Pieranunzi Canceled – Justin Kauflin Steps In!

The Fryland - Jensen - Schmitz - Knold quartet was formed out of a shared love of 1960s American hard bop: Duke Pearson, Horace Silver and others. The band takes audiences on an improvised journey through some of hard bop's best-kept gems. The group can be heard for the first time, in Aalborg, at Jazzcentret on this evening.

Fryland - Jensen - Knold - Schmitz Quartet

The film follows the young, energetic and highly determined teenager Vera Brandes and her many setbacks in arranging a solo concert with the rising 1970s jazz pianist Keith Jarrett at the Cologne Opera House. Introduced by lecturer Torben Amstrup. After the film, coffee and cake are served.

All That Jazz - Køln 75

Welcome to another cozy Saturday matinee with hot and sweet jazz at Jazzcentret. The trio Trifolia plays Nordic jazz, Bill Evans, standards and more in a tasteful blend, infectious and melodic.

MATINEE with TRIFOLIA TRIO + 1. MELODIC AND INTIMATE SATURDAY JAZZ

Afield, there lies a hollow beneath a hill, and all the burrows lead to this hole. Once upon a time, a horse stumbled over this hill and fell into the hole. This is why moles build their hills! For every creature that falls into the hole, the moles are singing a song. From all these songs, an onion grows, and the hole is filled with a deep and heartfelt scent. Let us sing, dig, and leap—tumble and stumble along. Long are the tunnels, and hard is the calling.

MARIUS MAGISKE CIRKUS - NICHT KAPUTT! #12 - MOLE SONGS

Culmination of one semester of ensemble work from the Royal Academy of Music in Aalborg, with repertoire ranging from Joni Mitchell to original pop compositions. The nonet is led and arranged by Thomas Fryland.

COMBO #9

Music presenter and Rammstein expert Alexander Hemstedt introduces the band and the artwork of Rammstein with selected songs and video clips.

Rammstein - Germany's Biggest Cultural Export

Foredragsrække med Espen Strunk, der dykker ned i rockens mesterværker og kunstnerne bag: The Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet, Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, The Who - Who's Next, Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years, Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA, Tom Waits - Rain Dogs.

Rockens mesterværker

GuitarRama closes the spring season in style and, after several requests, invites audiences to a sparkling concert with the versatile musician Jacob Venndt. Line-up: Jacob Venndt (tenor guitar, harmonica, bass, etc.), Jens Christian Kwella (guitar). The repertoire ranges from swing classics and old Danish evergreens to Django Reinhardt's Minor Swing and John Coltrane's Giant Steps.

GuitarRama feat. Jacob Venndt

A young Danish jazz trio in which three musicians come together to perform one another's compositions in a joint concert featuring improvisation and open interplay. Joining them as a guest is trumpeter Thomas Fryland.

ØSTERLUND / HAU JENSEN / SKAK feat. Thomas Fryland

Reunion and release party with the popular local quartet. The concert is also the release party for the band's new album, an atmospheric live recording from Jazzcentret in November 2023.

Søren Kaalund & Kometerne

Modern Danish jazz trio with guitarist Casper Hejlesen, drummer Gustav Hagelskjær and bassist Thomas Munk-Petersen. Concert arranged by Jazzselskabet Aalborg and supported by Aalborg Kommune and Statens Kunstfond. Entry: DKK 150 / members DKK 75.

HEJLESEN/HAGELSKJÆR/MUNK-PETERSEN Trio

A spontaneous jam after the concert with Marius Ungereanu and Bjarke Mogensen created so much good sound that this trio had to be formed on the spot. Aistė Kubiliūtė's incredibly fine, beautiful vocals meet Mads Jensen's fabulous guitar playing and Morten Østerlund's deep foundation on bass. The trio will play a mix of original songs and a few old classics from various genres, interpreted in an original, intimate and authentic way. Rhythmic chamber music of the finest quality.

For the Sake of a Song

For this concert, Russian pianist Maria Esphai is Marius' partner on stage. The program includes works by Pärt, Shostakovich and Andrei Esphai, who is Maria's father. The Shostakovich sonata dates from 1975 and became the composer's very last composition. The slow third movement, which can be heard as the composer's farewell to life, is inspired by the mood and theme of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata."

NICHT KAPUTT!! #11 "The Bright Side of the Mole" MARIUS' MAGISKE CIRKUS feat. MARIA ESPHAI (RUS)

Workshop for young jazz musicians with American bassist and singer Katie Thiroux. Participation is free, but active participants must register.

Workshop with Katie Thiroux (bass) (US)

Jazz concert with American bassist and singer Katie Thiroux and her trio, playing modern arrangements of classic jazz standards.

Katie Thiroux Trio

Ordinary General Meeting of CDJ's Friends Association. Agenda: election of chairperson and minute-taker, the chairman's report, consideration of submitted proposals, accounts and status for 2024, setting of membership fees for 2026, election of board members and deputy members, election of auditor and deputy auditor, any other business.

Ordinary General Meeting of CDJ's Friends Association

At last, it's time to hear Uffe's regular quartet again, which has just finished recording their latest album. Line-up: Uffe Markussen (tenor sax), Luka Dgebuadze (piano), Andreas Schmitz (double bass), Carsten Landors (drums). Admission: DKK 150 / members DKK 75

OLDIES, BUT GOODIES: UFFE MARKUSSEN QUARTET

Trio and trumpet — Morphlid featuring Thomas Fryland. Music with inspirations from classical music, traditional jazz, electronic music, country and world music.

Morten Østerlund Morphlid featuring Thomas Fryland

A new concert concept in which rare and forgotten big band arrangements from the Jazzcentret archive are unearthed and brought back to life. The first concert is devoted to arrangements by Niels Jørgen Steen. The concert also marks Frank Wommelsdorff's 40th anniversary as leader of the Swingtime Big Band. Admission: DKK 150 / members DKK 75.

Swinging the Archive: Niels Jørgen Steen Arrangements & Swingtime Big Band

Documentary film (1988) about Chet Baker, filmed by star photographer Bruce Weber. The film is introduced by lecturer Torben Amstrup, music historian at the Jutland Academy of Music. After the film, coffee and cake are served.

ALL THAT JAZZ - CHET BAKER: LET'S GET LOST

The Jens Fisker Quartet is built around Danish guitarist and composer Jens Fisker, originally from the coastal town of Lønstrup in North Jutland. His musical language bears clear traces of the landscape that shaped him: the horizon, the light, the stillness and the raw movement of the North Sea. The quartet is made up of carefully chosen musicians from the period when Fisker explored the Berlin jazz scene. There he found the voices that today form the core of the project: musicians with presence, maturity and a shared understanding of form, sound and openness. In 2025, Jens Fisker was selected by JazzDanmark to represent Denmark at the Danish Clubnight at Jazzahead in Bremen, which generated new international attention and momentum around the project. The music is modern, melodic and alive, built on an interplay that is both intense and attentive to listening. It takes its place without shouting and meets the audience with calm, clarity and an expression that insists on presence. This is not background jazz; it is music meant to be felt. Admission: DKK 150 / members DKK 75

JENS FISKER QUARTET - WE'RE ALL WONDERS

Trio embracing the past while seeking new territory, mixing Ukrainian, Belgian and Danish roots with jazz and its subgenres.

Oldies But Goldies: Kolosii - Knudsen - Ballmann

Århundredes nordiske guitar-summit — a meeting of two Nordic jazz guitarists celebrating 100 years of jazz in Denmark and Finland, with Jan Sedlák (double bass) and Yannick Ballmann (drums).

Niclas Knudsen meets Mathias Sandberg

Jazz classics from the American songbook with Rosa Salamon (vocals and bass), Nicolai Majland (piano) and Chaim Peskoff (drums). Admission: DKK 150 / members DKK 75

Rosa Salamon Trio

A lecture by Lars Movin on Dan Turèll's relationship to the Beat Generation and jazz, with examples drawn from Turèll's posthumous record collection.

Beat in Denmark (Based on Dan Turèll's Record Collection)

Farewell concert for Kai Broberg, presented by Jazzklub Satchmo & Jazzcentret. Free admission, ticket reservation recommended.

WASH + Esben Kjær Farewell Concert for Kai Broberg

Aalborg Internationale Guitarfestival & Jazzcentret presents jazz guitarists Ulf Bandgren and Jens Christian Kwella in a unique collaboration. Admission: DKK 150 / members DKK 75.

GUITARRAMA feat. ULF BANDGREN & KWELLA

Fruens Kvartet plays a swinging, melodic easy listening lounge repertoire, with their own interpretations of well-known jazz, blues and blues standards and slow pop classics with a personal twist. The band consists of Dorthe Amalie Howard (vocals), Lars Jensen (guitar), Morten Møller (bass), Peter Larsen (drums) and Mads Lykke Poulsen (saxophone), who has recently been invited to join the quartet going forward. Admission: DKK 150 / members DKK 75

Fruens Kvartet

Concert with the Lars Jansson Trio (piano, bass and drums). Admission DKK 195 / members DKK 160. The concert may include a few tracks from the album Swan Songs (Stunt Records, 2022).

Lars Jansson Trio

Four prominent musicians come together in a program ranging from classical masterworks to innovative sound art, with a special emphasis on Carl Nielsen. Violinist Clara Richter-Bæk and concert pianist Emil Gryesten perform works by Nielsen, Beethoven and Janáček. The duo Cort Lunde (Erik Lunde, trumpet, and Thomas Cortes, bass and electronics) interprets Nielsen's music in an experimental way, using electronics and improvisation.

Carl Nielsen in Old and New Bottles

A piano-guitar duo consisting of pianist and composer Maurizio Mastrini and guitarist Sandro Lazzeri. Presented by Aalborg International Guitar Festival & Jazzcentret. Admission DKK 50 (includes coffee or wine).

Lunchtime Concert with Mastrini & Lazzeri

Celebrating Miles Davis's 100th birthday with a screening of Louis Malle's film "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud" with an improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis. The film is introduced by music historian Torben Amstrup. Followed by an opening reception for an exhibition about Miles Davis.

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MILES DAVIS - 100 YEARS: ASCENSEUR POUR L'ECHAFAUD

CineVita

Concert by the Fryland-Markussen quintet, with a programme devoted to the Blue Note era.

Markussen - Fryland Quintet

The trio Solborg/Banke/Heebøll works in 2026/27, led by Mark Solborg, with vibraphonist Viktoria Søndergaard as guest soloist. The group presents interpretations of original contemporary chamber works by Solborg. This evening in Aalborg presents new material for an upcoming release.

SOLBORG - BANKE - HEEBØL featuring SØNDERGAARD

Røst Kvintet sings folk songs across time and cultures. With its intimate storytelling, Røst Kvintet creates mystical and captivating moods for its listeners. The music features ancient folk ballads, modern hymns and songs about the great emotions.

Center for Dansk Jazzhistorie

Nov 8, 2026

Rosa Salamon Trio

Nov 11, 2026

Beat in Denmark (Based on Dan Turèll's Record Collection)

Nov 14, 2026

WASH + Esben Kjær Farewell Concert for Kai Broberg

Nov 16, 2026

GUITARRAMA feat. ULF BANDGREN & KWELLA

Nov 20, 2026

Fruens Kvartet

Nov 3, 2026

īSHO

Nov 1, 2026

I Called Him Morgan

Center for Dansk Jazzhistorie