Kafe Hærverk, Oslo, 28/10/19 It might have been a usual Monday in Oslo, unless there was an unusual concert at Kafe Hærverk. And there was one - Chris Abrahams, the great pianist known from legendary trio The Necks, played a solo concert, and it made this Monday particularly special. Supposedly he doesn't do solo gigs [...]
Dennis Gonzales's second collaborative work with his son, Stefan Gonzales - "Duchy Krakowa (Ghosts of Krakow), drawn a couple of weeks ago when Stefan was touring in Europe with The Young Mothers. I also have my small part in it - Stefan asked me to help with translating the English title to Polish. Check out this [...]
Alchemia, Kraków, Krakow Jazz Autumn 4/11/19 JAWWAAD TAYLOR (vocal/trumpet)STEFAN GONZALEZ (vibraphone/drums/vocal)INGEBRIGT HÅKER FLATEN (acoustic and electric bass)JASON JACKSON (tenor and baritone sax)JONATHAN F. HORNE (guitar)FRANK ROSALY (drums) This concert was unusual and very special for me in several ways. First of all I was waiting for it to happen since February this year. Second of [...]
TR Warszawa, Warsaw, 01/10/19 Avant Art Festival is held in Poland annually, in Wrocław since 2008, and also in Warsaw since 2017. The festival presents a range of avant-garde music artists, but also noise and experimental electronic representatives. I flew from Oslo straight to the concert, to finally meet and hear live one of my [...]
Concert announcement: Alchemia, Cracow, Poland 4/11/2019 After Ingebrigt Håker Flaten's solo performance at Kafe Hærverk in Oslo in February, I asked him: Are you planning a European tour with the Young Mothers in the nearest future?, -Yeah, we are actually going to play in Europe later this year! -Fantastic! So I will book you a concert [...]
Blå, Oslo, 21/09/19, Release concert Hell yeah! - This phrase basically sums up the release concert of Krokofant's fourth album, "Q" (Rune Grammofon). This time the band extended from trio to quintet with a unique contribution of their good friends: bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and organist Ståle Storløkken. The album is freshly released (27/09/19) and [...]
Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, 6/09/19, Oslo, Norway I discovered Megalodon Collective thanks to Victoria, actually. One time when I was on my shift, I was going through the shelf with a bunch of CDs that volunteers can dig into and take home if they want to. That night I found a CD with an intriguing title: [...]
Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo, Norway, 4/09/19 English The autumn season at Victoria has already started , but for me it was the first concert after summer break. Victoria was decently filled with curious and hungry of jazz Norwegians, but not only. I joined a stranger sitting at the table with a good view of the [...]
OFF Festival, Katowice, Poland 4/08/19 In the beginning of august I got to see Daughters not once, but twice in one week. First time at OFF Festival (it was also their first time in Poland, and the very first concert of the European summer tour promoting the fourth album and first in eight years (!), You [...]
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