Thing

The Thing

NAC Back Stage, Ottawa ON, June 28

PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2016

"The world is, of course, changing," said Mats Gustafsson, the Swedish saxophonist, "and it's far from equilibrium, I think we can all agre...

The Thing

Boot!

PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2013

Scandinavian punk-jazz ensemble the Thing helped create one of the most incredible albums of 2012. It was a collaboration with Neneh Cherry...

The Thing to Issue New 'BOOT!' LP

PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2013

Scandinavian free jazz trio the Thing have announced they've founded their own the Thing Records to issue their upcoming sixth studio LP, B...

The Translator

Free Improvisation

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2011

What is it? Free improvisation is music made spontaneously without regard to an underlying structure. It's also code for "pretentious made-...

The Thing

Tranzac/Imperial Pub, Toronto ON May 4/5

PUBLISHED May 8, 2009

Mats Gustaffson, Paal Nilsson-Love and Ingebrit Flaten are happy to spend two days in one city. They are at the tail end of a gruelling Nor...