Ars Nova Workshop presents the Norwegian bopcore quartet Cortex, joined by the visionary guitarists Hedvig Mollestad and Nels Cline, at Solar Myth for two nights, Tuesday-Wednesday, November 19-20.

Cortex is a spirited combo, active since 2007, that plays energetic jazz of the finest brand. The members of this critically acclaimed quartet are amongst the most sought after young jazz performers on the Norwegian jazz scene today. They all have also marked their position in several other constellations such as: Bushman’s Revenge, Puma, PNL Large Unit, SAKA, All Included, Zanussi 5, Friends & Neighbors, Honest John, and The Heat Death. Peter Margasak of the Chicago Reader has written, “No Scandinavian group since Atomic has so powerfully addressed and remade the free jazz of the 60s like Cortex. In a country whose creative music scene is celebrated for its bold hybrids of disparate sounds, Cortex goes another way.”

For this special performance, the quartet will be joined by two singular guitar experimentalists: Norwegian eclecticist Hedvig Mollestad and iconic six-string explorer Nels Cline.