Jens Christian Kwella, Jens Christian Kofod Kwella - GuitarRama Jazzical (2023)

Waltz for Slesvigvej - Inspired by gipsy jazz and french musette. GuitarRama Jazzical is a groundbreaking meeting between two guitarists that normally move in seperate settings - the classical and the `rhythmical´. Jazz guitarist Jens Christian Kwella has created a number of compositions for electric guitar and classical guitar and performs them together with the classical guitarist Thea Vesti Pedersen. GuitarRama Jazzical will release their first album in May 2023 and, in connection, tour in Denmark.

The two guitarists are both members of the faculty at The Royal Academy Of Music in Aarhus/Aalborg (DK), and the compositions have been performed at a number of successful concerts - for instance at Aalborg International Guitar Festival and for Jazzselskabet Aarhus.

As far as is known, a project like this has never been done before, and this is the first time that music have been composed and performed for this constellation. The music is inspired by the entire history of the guitar from folk, classical to jazz to rock, and a variety of different playing techniques are in use. The pieces contain both composed passages and improvised sections, where the two guitarists improvises from each their own musical background.