Many Thanks to our friends over at KCRW for guest listin' us for last night's show. The Koop, Swedes duo-Magnus Zingmark & Oscar Simonsson, along with a great line up, performed one of the best shows we've seen this summer! They performed Waltz For Koop favorites like "Tonight" and "Baby" as well as several pieces from last year's Koop Islands release. The Line up: the lovely Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen on the Mic, Karl Frid on trumpet/percussions with his suspenders and slicked back hair, Mattias Stahl on Marimbas/Vibraphone with his amazing 4 stick mad skills, Martin Hoper on Bass, and Ola Bothzèn on the Drums...white tops, suspenders, added to the very classy show with an eclectic audience, not to mention the ambiance of the El Rey. Other than this crunk-a-saurus too early-too much girl being totally wack!, it was a beautiful show, and you can tell the band was havin' a great time which really adds a lot to the performance. Best Moments: Hilde Louise came back out with a different dress, When the bass and drum were feeding off eachother in a swingin' jam session with a layed out track from the Mac. Small Solos and last but not least, TWO encores!!! You just can't beat Two encores from the Koop. If you haven't heard of the Koop, no worries, we got you covered. Think Jazz-a-tonic + Electro-acoustic + real live swingin' sounds, loungey vocals and you're halfway there. Chill out to these tracks this weekend!
Waltz for Koop
Tonight
Baby
Come To Me
I See a Different You
Also Thanks to our friend Tsega Dinka for his awesome shots above.  More from his Flickr set here.  Also stay tuned to this post, we will hopefully have some live video from the show! Happy Friday!

Labels: jazz, Music, Shows