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TzuG tvoria traja z najaktívnejších a vo svete najrešpektovanejších mladých nórskych hudobníkov – Ivar Grydeland, Tonny Kluften a Ingvar Zach. Ich mená sa pravidelne objavujú na projektoch takých osobností európskej scény voľne improvizovanej hudby ako Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, Pat Thomas, Phil Minton, Axel Dörner, či Evan Parker. TzuG je nová generácia nórskeho (free) jazzu – namiesto lyrických a meditatívne zasnených skladieb svojich rodákov (prezentovaných napríklad na labeli ECM) znie plnokrvná a vzrušujúca hudba, ktorá povýšila improvizáciu na svoj základný princíp. Trio aktívne funguje aj na domácej scéne, okrem koncertovania a nahrávania sa venuje i vydavateľskej činnosti. Grydeland a Zach už desať rokov vedú vydavateľstvo Sofa, orientované na súčasný nórsky jazz, improvizovanú a ľudovú hudbu.


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