Late Night Jazz Jam m. Samuel Kiel & Jens Emil Jensen (DK)

Late Night Jazz with Fantastic Bass Players and Surprise Guests

At this year's Aarhus Jazz Festival, drummer and jam host Jens Emil Jensen has assembled a team of incredible bass players to lead this year's official Late Night Jazz Jams. In addition to the official jam hosts, you can expect some great surprise guests, including internationally renowned acts, to kick off the various jams with a short opening concert!

Following the opener, the jam continues until 02.00 am or later when all jazzcats are welcome to jam on stage! Here, Danish and international musicians from near and far will meet, come together in new constellations, and form musical parties to the delight of themselves and the audience. Take your instrument under your arm or on your back and join in the musical celebration! Piano, drum kit, guitar and bass amplifier, and microphones are available on stage.

Look forward to late nights filled with beer and drinks, jam on stage, or just sit back and watch Aarhus' vibrant jazz scene unfold as local young jazz talents and established international artists come together in a musical showdown where anything can happen!

Jens Emil Jensen & Samuel Kiel feat. surprise guests

At this jam, Jens Emil Jensen (drums) is joined by the amazing bassist Samuel Kiel!

Samuel Kiel (1997) is a Danish bassist and composer currently living in Amsterdam. Samuel is a bassist with roots in jazz and folk tradition, through which he seeks to express his own voice in his music. In Denmark, he has played with musicians such as Thomas Fryland, Cesar Joaniquet, and Jacob Djursaa Quintet, and also released an album with his own septet Fatamorgana. In Amsterdam, he has studied with the likes of Clemens van der Veen and Ben van Gelder. Samuel is making his way into the Amsterdam jazz scene with groups like MAST and fias.co, but most prominently his 8-piece band: Sonic Choir of Love, who will release their debut album this fall.

Jens Emil Jensen is an up-and-coming jazz drummer and composer living in Aarhus. He recently completed his master's degree “Nordic Master In Jazz”, which also included studies in Helsinki and Stockholm. Jens Emil is a regular jam host and co-founder of Aarhus Jazz Jam, and with almost 100 arranged jazz jams on his resume, you can be sure that the jam is in safe hands! Jens Emil has played with some of the biggest Danish jazz profiles, and his active projects include Bäckström / Friman / Jensen Trio (FI / DK) who are releasing their debut album later this year, and jazz / fusion quintet Odd Pocket with Jens Emil's compositions.

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