Epistrophy Arts presents Atomic January 23, 2008

Epistrophy Arts celebrates 10 years of bringing international adventurous music to Austin with the Texas debut performance of Scandinavian powerhouse jazz quintet Atomic.

Austin's Historic Victory Grill

Wednesday January 23. 8PM
1104 E. 11th St.

$12 advance tickets @ End of An Ear and Waterloo Records $15 door

"One of the most exhilarating groups on the European circuit" (The Guardian, UK)

Atomic, a key exponent of the 'new wave' of Nordic jazz, was formed in 1999 by five important young musicians from the burgeoning jazz scenes of Sweden and Norway. Combining the powerful, cutting-edge Oslo rhythm section of Håvard Wiik on piano, Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten on bass, and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums with the Stockholm front line of trumpeter and saxophonist Magnus BrooFredrik Ljungkvist, the quintet is one of the hottest acoustic ensembles to have emerged at the turn of the century. Atomic plays original music that mixes grooves and modes with a distinctive approach to free playing.

One of the key bands of the ‘new wave’ of Scandinavian jazz, the ensemble features members of Ken Vandermark’s Free Music Ensemble, The Thing with Mats Gutstafsson, Peter Brötzmann’s Tentet and Scorch Trio. Together, these emerging musicians from the Scandinavian jazz underground have performed and recorded with acclaimed artists as diverse as Chris Potter, Iain Ballamy, Sonic Youth, Joe McPhee, Marilyn Crispell, Bobo Stenson among many others.

Think classic Miles Davis meets late-period Coltrane meets Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers with a decidedly contemporary feel and you'll get an idea...

A Jazz Festival favourite, the band has released four outstanding CDs, Feet Music, Boom Boom, The Bikini Tapes, Happy New Ears (Norwegian Grammy for Best Album, 2006), on Bugge Wesseltoft's Jazzland label.

www.atomicjazz.com

About Epistrophy Arts:

Epistrophy Arts is a grass-roots cultural organization dedicated to presenting the finest adventurous and improvised music in Austin Texas. Since January of 1998 we have presented over 50 concerts with some of the major figures in contemporary adventurous music.

Official Website: http://www.atomicjazz.com