Went to see "Daniel Karlsson's" sextet yesterday at a venue called Mejeriet (literally translated means "the dairy") who played a mix of self-written jazz ballads and more lively numbers. Karlsson had own the title of "Swedish Jazz musician of the year 2005" and was on tour with his band, two drummers, double-bass, trumpet and sax. The concept of two drummers was a bit too much and one was much more eratic than the other, jumping off his seat to pling a triangle or shake a rattler. The brass section was well-toned and play in harmony at the beginning of a song before either the sax, double-bass or piano went into a melodic solo section before going back to the beginning phrase again. The trumpet solo was very technically fascinating but at times was drowned out bny the two drummers behind him having a bash.
After the traditional long hand clap after the musicians had left the stage we got to hear a mellower number with just the piano, bass and drums as an encore number. Not the best ever jazz band I've ever seen and the two drummer concept meant that the music was lost sometime between the snare and the cymbol.
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