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The evening of Jazzfest Berlin’s final night began with a lively duo with guitarist Florian Sotffner and percussionist Paul Lovens, and ended with a passionate set from Marc Robot, between which we experienced a uniquely Berlin ‘fungus’ opera and the holistic sound world of Antony Braxton.
Photo by Cistina Marx
The opening event was the awa…
By David Menestres
I first met Nick Millevoi a couple of years ago when we played on the same
night at Neptune’s Parlour in Raleigh, NC, me with one of Eugene
Chadbourne’s projects and Nick with the Desertion Trio, an ear splittingly
loud project, refracting the history of electric guitar over the throbbing
bass of Johnny De…
I think the best place to start this review is with today’s Q&A with Argentinian percussionist Pablo Diaz and pianist Paula Shocron, in which Shocron writes “I think that it’s easy for a guest to join us, I feel it almost always works. I feel we have great facility to adapt ourselves and our language to different instrumentation.”
I c…
Paula Shocron, William Parker, and Pablo Diaz.Photo byPeter Gannushkin
The Free Jazz Blog has given the musical adventures of drummer Pablo Diaz and pianist Paula Shocron some attention over the past few years, first with a review of the SLD Trio’s first album Anfitrion, then on their follow up, Tensegridad, and again on a few recordings o…
We were surprised to learn about the sudden passing of poet Steve Dalachinsky early Monday morning. Steve was a omnipresent figure on the Downtown Music scene, a fan of the music, and one of those ever rarer true New Yorkers. At a show in Brooklyn this summer, he told me “Ahh, I like Berlin, I only have one enemy there. Here in New York, I have lot…
It can be a pretty special event when Berlin based guitarist Olaf Rupp and clarinetist Rudi Mahall get together with the Danish percussionist Kaspar Tom. It does not happen too often but when it does, musical sparks fly. For those unable to catch these rare appearances, we luckily have the eponymous titled recording, expertly captured by Rupp …
AMM Photos byChristina Marx
About mid-way through AMM’s second set of the evening at Berlin’s Exploratorium, my mind wandered to the street that I lived on in central N.J. for thirteen years. When I moved in, the street was lush with majestic oaks and maples. Then, over the years, the large shade trees began disappearing. Some because of age,…
8/11/2019, Lisbon
The final day of Jazz em Agosto and I found myself on a plane at 6:40 a.m. heading towards Frankfurt. There was a family event to attend and so I bid my adieus the night before and lamented the fact that I’d be missing the closing shows.
I was particularly interested in catching the trio of guitarists Han-earl Park, Nick …
8/10/2019, Lisbon
Sometimes a little context can go a long way. On Friday afternoon, I took the 15 Tram to the neighborhood of Belem. Located about where the Tagus river (on which Lisbon sits) meets the Atlantic Ocean, it is home to several sights, including the 16th century river fortress Torre de Belem, the Padrão dos Descobrimentos monume…
August 9, 2019, Lisbon
At yesterday’s concert with percussionists Joey Baron and Robyn Schulkowsky, Schulkowsky made probably the simplest and most direct statement on the theme of resistance so far. Dedicating a song to civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who quietly stood for her dignity and human rights when she refused to move to the back of a …
Jazz em Agosto ad at a tram stop
August 8, 2019, Lisbon.
Explosive. Before the french power trio ABACAXI (Portugese for Pineapple) even began, therewas a threateningly loud hum. Then with a strum of the guitar, thud of the bass, and powerful pound of the drums, Julien Desprez, Jean François Riffaud, andMax Andrzejewski began their assault…
August 4, 2019, Lisbon
Day four ofJazz em Agosto began earlier than the others nights with a free to the public concert by Lisbon based guitarist Abdul Moimême. Actually, to say Moimême plays a guitar is a stretch of the definition of ‘plays’ … there is a a guitar, actually two, but they are laid out on two tables and covered with large …
