Lennart Ginman, Thomas Blachman, Carsten Dahl
Biography Lennart Ginman, Thomas Blachman, Carsten Dahl
Lennart Ginman, Thomas Blachman, Carsten Dahl
is a unique trio on the Scandinavian jazz scene in 2022. Behind the name are three of the country's biggest musical personalities.
Thomas Blachman is not only an X-factor judge, but also a producer and Grammy winner alongside his drumming career.
Carsten Dahl is a former professor at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory and a Grammy-winning pianist and soloist.
Lennart Ginman had a breakthrough far beyond the jazz world with Ginman / Jørgensen in the 90s, was curator of Summer Sessions at Vallekilde Højskole for more than ten years and is the former music director of Copenhagen Jazzhouse.
The three manage better than any other Danish jazz trio to combine sound, hard swing and spirituality with fun and tradition with personal innovation. The trio was the first Danish jazz act ever to be released on the legendary Verve Records label.
The trio's profound trust in the magic of improvisation between the three instrumentalists is one of the pillars of GinmanBlachmanDahl's open musical universe. The blurring of the line between composition and improvisation makes their concerts a state of almost musical telepathy.
While many jazz artists focus their expression within a limited number of jazz branches and sub-genres, GinmanBlachmanDahl fearlessly and courageously chooses a starting point that includes the entire history of music, from complex compositional music to standard jazz repertoire to understated timeless minimalism. From tightly pulsating swing beats to abstractly dissolved free structures.
Contemporary music that may be rooted in the beautiful melancholy of classic jazz, but at the same time points towards a universal meeting between three virtuoso instrumentalists. An attempt to stop time in a moment of self-forgetfulness in the service of music. Three instruments speak to each other in a language stripped of small talk and automatisms.
Each of them are top profiles in the Danish music industry. All three have extensive productions behind them and an extreme artistic diversity and freedom in their approach to the moment of creation. GinmanBlachmanDahl also occasionally participate in selected musical encounters with other artists. These include Palle Mikkelborg, Nils Petter Molvær, Claus Hempler and Stephen Riley.
