Large Unit has toured all over the world and made special connections with local musicians, dancers and singers during trips to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The band was expanded to 21 people on stage when celebrating 5 years of existence at Molde Jazzfestival where it all begun back in 2013. Watch the video excerpt to get a taste of what happened. Ambitions are high and we´re planning a tour of Europe in the first part of June 2020.
AUGUST
29th / Large Unit / Festival Meteo / Mulhouse FR
31st / Fish & Steel / Zomerjazzfietstour / Groningen NL
SEPTEMBER
11th / The Ex - 40 Festival / Bimhuis / Amsterdam NL
12th / The Ex - 40 Festival / Vera / Groningen NL
LARGE UNIT IN MEXICO
14th / Casa del Lago / Mexico City
17th / Museo de la Ciudad / Querétaro /
20th / EFAD School concert / Mexico City
21st / Laboratorio Arte ALAMEDA / Mexico
OCTOBER
7th / Steve Swell Ensemble / Autumn Jazz Festival / Krakow PL
8th / Steve Swell Ensemble / Autumn Jazz Festival / Krakow PL
9th / Steve Swell Ensemble / Autumn Jazz Festival / Krakow PL
10th / SOLO / Red Bull Music Festival / Parkteateret / Oslo NO
11th / Large Unit / In Situ Art Society / Bonn DE
12th / Large Unit / Jazz Goes to Town / Hradec Králové
13th / Large Unit / Forli Open Music / Forli, IT
Murray / Flaten / Nilssen-Love trio
16th / Theater Rüsselsheim / Rüsselsheim / DE
17th / Spor 5 / Stavanger Jazzforum / NO
18th / Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene / Oslo NO
20th / Vilnius Jazz Festival / Vilnius / LT
25th / Jazz e.V. Dachau / Dachau DE
26th / Jazz & Wine of Peace Festival / Cormons IT
BALLISTER EUROPE TOUR
27TH / Jazz & Wine of Peace Festival / Cormons IT
28th / Alchemia / Autumn Jazz Festival / Krakow PL
30th / DOM / Moscow RU
NOVEMBER
1st / Blue Tomato / Vienna AT
2nd / Musik Kultur St.Johan / St.Johan AT
3rd / Halle 6 / Munich DE
4th / Mullbau / Lucerne CH
5th / Blow Out / Oslo NO
14-24th / duo tour in Brazil with Kiko Dinucci
DECEMBER
Ken Vandermark / Paal Nilssen-Love DUO / Japan tour 2019
4th / Koen-Dori Classics / Tokyo / with Yuji Takahashi
5th / Koen-Dori Classics / Tokyo / with Michiyo Yagi and Masahiko Satoh
6th / Koen-Dori Classics / Tokyo / with Yuji Takahashi and Masahiko Satoh
7th / Jazz Spot Candy / Chiba
8th / Jazz Spot Candy / Chiba
9th / Sakuraza / Kofu / with Jim O´Rourke
11th / Big Apple / Kobe
12th / Valentine Drive / Nagoya / with Nana Omori
13th / Bar Gigi / Fukuoka /
14th / Jazz in Okura / Kumamoto City /
15th / Omuta Fuji / Omuta
16th / Edaume / Saga
17th / Jyosenji Temple / Onomichi / with Akira Sakata
19th / Lush Life / Hiroshima
20th / Groove / Naha City / Okinawa
22nd / Environment Oeg / Osaka
AUG 9. 2019
New 5 CD box out NOW! with THE QUINTET; “Events 1998-1999” which captures a band with a short existence but which did some amazing concerts and also a recording for radio broadcast which is captured on these 5 CDs. The box comes with two booklets with liner notes, interviews and many photos of different photographers. The 5CD box set is limited to 500 copies and that´s it. Available now! For European and other countries, order from here and for US and also other countries, order here.
