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Emil Karlsen

Emil Karlsen (b.1998) is a Norwegian improvising drummer currently based in the UK. Described as a “significant addition to the UK free jazz scene” and an “exceptional improv drummer”, he’s establishing himself on the improvised music circuit working the span from free improvisation to free jazz. Occupied with exploring the timbral and sonic possibilities of the drum kit, he performs with Philipp Wachsmann, Matthew Bourne, Phil Durrant, Ed Jones, and the London Improvisers Orchestra to mention some.   


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“Significant addition to the UK free jazz scene ”
— Ian Mann (The Jazzmann)


“ Extraordinary sensitivity and restraint that successfully avoids the more obvious clichés of free playing”
— Daniel Spicer (Jazzwise)


“Brilliant and innovative young drummer”
— Tony Dudley-Evans


“An inherently ‘musical’ drummer whose playing has elicited comparisons with such greats as Elvin Jones, John Stevens and Rashied Ali”
— Ian Mann (The Jazzmann)

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