FRI FORM #113: Jordina Millà + Trevor Watts/John Edwards/Tollef Østvang
Schedule
Sun Apr 26 2026 at 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Dokkhuset Scene | Trondheim, ST
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FRI FORM #113: Jordina Millà + Trevor Watts/John Edwards/Tollef ØstvangSted: Dokkhuset, Trondheim
Tid: Søndag 26. april 2026, kl. 20.00
CC: 250/150,- (ordinær/student, PØKK-medlem, nyMusikk-medlem, TJF-medlem)
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Jordina Millà:
Jordina Millà – piano
Jordina Millà, pianist, composer, and improviser, explores free improvised music and contemporary language. Introduced to the world of improvisation by Agustí Fernández, her music is in constant development, moving toward new logics of expression.
She has released acclaimed albums, including Males herbes (solo album), When Forests Dream (a two-piano collaboration with Agustí Fernández), String Fables (a duo with Barry Guy), and Live in Munich on ECM Records. In 2024, she was nominated for the Best Newcomer award at the Jazz Prize Österreich. She was awarded the Staatsstipendium für Komposition 2025, granted by BMKÖS.
A member of Barry Guy’s The Blue Shroud Band and other formations, she performs with musicians such as Mats Gustafsson, dieb13, Vini Cajado, Maurizio Takara, Gonçalo Almeida, Almut Kühne, Wieland Möller, Kenji Herbert, Lucas Niggli, Axel Dörner, Sofia Labropoulou, Christian Reiner, Lukas König, Camila Nebbia, among others.
She is the founder of PRISMA, an initiative that aims to make the discipline of improvisation more visible in the city of Salzburg.
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Trevor Watts/John Edwards/Tollef Østvang:
Trevor Watts – saxophone
John Edwards – double bass
Tollef Østvang - drums
This trio is a collaboration between Norwegian drummer Tollef Østvang and two key figures in the British improvised music scene, John Edwards and Trevor Watts. The trio premiered as a commissioned work for the Motvind festival in Norway in 2022. Since then the trio have been touring in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, UK, Belgium, Austria and Germany. In 2026 they release their debut album on Motvind Records.
John Edwards is a highly sought-after bassists and can often be heard with legends such as Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Charles Gayle and Mulatu Astatke. His energetic and vital playing constitutes a key role in all the projects he participates in.
Saxophonist Trevor Watts is one of the most important British jazz musicians of all time. In the 60s he founded the legendary and influential band Spontaneous Music Ensemble together with drummer John Stevens. Since his debut album with the Spontaneous Music Ensemble in 1966, Watts has participated in over a hundred recordings and toured the world with musicians such as Steve Lacy, Bobby Bradford, his own bands such as Amalgam.
Norwegian drummer Tollef Østvang is a key figure in Trondheim's jazz scene and has established himself in recent years as an active musician at home and abroad. He has collaborated frequently with improvisers like Joe McPhee, Dave Rempis, Jaimie Branch, Ben Lamar Gay, John Dikeman and Martin Küchen. He is also known from bands like Universal Indians, The Way Ahead, All Included and Friends & Neighbors, the latter was nominated for the Norwegian Grammy (Spellemannprisen) in 2021.
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FRI FORM er en konsertserie i Trondheim med fokus på fri-improvisert musikk i ulike sjangere. Her møter vi lokale, nasjonale og internasjonale musikere i skjønn forening. Konsertserien gjester Dokkhuset også denne våren.
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Dokkhuset Scene, Dokkparken 4, 7042 Trondheim, Norge, Trondheim, NorwayEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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