Monday Night Big Band

Swedish jazz big band from Malmö, founded in 1988 by the jazz musician and composer Jörgen Nilsson as a tribute to the trumpeter and organizer Thad Jones and consists of the highest elite professional jazz musicians in the region. (Jörgen himself played with Thad Jones in the Eclipse Big Band). The band has offered more than 1000 concerts since its inception. Tours have been made in Denmark, France, Norway, Italy, Germany and the USA. MNBB has given concerts at, among others, the enchanting Village Vanguard and Carnegie Hall in New York under the theme "Swedish Jazz Salutes USA".