The Jazz Togetherness Show is a cross-artistic performance about self-improvement, apocalypse and community, written by Petter Dalane. We follow a charismatic hypnotist who is driven mad by his belief in market forces and self-improvement, before he finally finds both his own and the world's salvation in the musical unity of the big band.

Since 2018, Cosmic Swing Orchestra has mixed music, satire and performance art, and The Jazz Togetherness Show is the band's largest production to date.

In a time marked by global crises, climate fear and a constant rush for self-optimization, we are drowning in advice on how to become better, healthier and more successful. Influencers, consumers and technocrats dance towards doom in the pursuit of the best version of themselves.

The performance is a satirical and absurd commentary on the culture of life mastery and the contrast between the crises around us and the smooth superficiality of today, and shows how music can be a force in the face of this.

Petter Dalane – keys and direction, composition and acting
Sara Fjeldvær – vocals, mellotron
Kertu Aer – bass
Bjørn André Syverinsen – drums
Ola Lømo Ellingsen – trumpet
Øyvind Mathisen – trumpet
Even Brodwall – french horn
Jørgen Bjelkerud – trombone
Erlend Kongtorp – saxophone
Aksel Rønning – saxophone
Jenny Frøysa – saxophone
Frida Vige Helle - masks, dramaturgy and direction
Nami Kitagawa Aam – koreography