JUST ANNOUNCED!

MARS WILLIAMS/TOLLEF ØSTVANG

Mars Williams - saxophones (US)
Tollef Østvang - drums (NO)

(Suggested $10 Donation for the performers)

Mars Williams is an open-minded musician, who commutes easily between free jazz,
funk, hip-hop and rock. Despite his busy touring schedule with Liquid Soul and The
Psychedelic Furs, he is an active collaborator with improvisers such as Ken
Vandermark, Jim Baker, Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang, Kent Kessler, Joe McPhee,
Dave Rempis and Paal Nilssen-Love.

Norwegian drummer Tollef Østvang is a key figure in Trondheim's jazz
environment, and has established himself in recent years as an active musician at
home and abroad. He collaborates frequently with improvisers like Joe McPhee,
John Dikeman and Martin Küchen. Over the past few years he has established a close
connection to the Chicago scene.

In Spring 2017, they teamed up for a series of shows in the US, EU & Scandinavia. As
heard on their new live recording “Painted Pillars”, from Artacts ‘17 in St. Johann,
Austria, the collaboration is a powerful, spontaneous and unpredictable duo
constantly searching for new and unheard musical landscapes.
Spring 2018 reunites the Mars Williams/Tollef Østvang Duo with a tour that starts
in Vienna, and continues to Norway and the US.

www.marswilliams.com
www.tollefostvang.com

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