Paal Nilssen-Love: Circus

As part of Jazzfest Budapest, Paal Nilssen-Love, the Norwegian drumming legend, will play a café concert at Lumen with his seven-piece ensemble, which is not circus in the traditional sense, but the effect is just the same. As the fest's website says:

"The band is made up of musicians from different styles. The seven unique voices have come together around common musical ideas and ways of thinking, and a shared understanding of musical freedom.

The music is composed by Nilssen-Love, but the songs are more like maps, with each musician free to choose the direction and intensity. Nilssen-Love draws inspiration from her recent travels and studies in Ethiopia and Brazil, and has a long-standing affinity with Mali and Senegalese music. But it all has its roots in broadly defined improvised music. This makes PNL Circus a highly unpredictable band. Watching them live is like going to the circus!"