DEJOHNETTE+COLTRANE+GARRISON Return to ShapeShifter Lab | Friday, June 15 @ 7:30pm & 9:00pm

 

“Mr. Coltrane, 50, and Mr. Garrison, 45, are scions of important jazz artists whose lives were entwined: the saxophonist John Coltrane and the bassist Jimmy Garrison, who played in Coltrane’s epochal quartet of the 1960s. Mr. DeJohnette, who is 73, has often recalled the rare privilege he had to sit in with that band, when he was coming up in Chicago…He was responsible for bringing Mr. Garrison and Mr. Coltrane together musically, years ago. And his leadership of the trio feels subtle but clear.” – NATE CHINEN, The New York Times

“It feels great! They're taking care of business, and that's why I'm playing with them. They come from a lineage; I played with their parents, so that continues in present day. Matthew is like my godson. He lived with me for a number of years. Ravi's really close, like another family member. Musically, personally, spiritually, and worldview-wise, we're on similar wavelengths. So the idea of us coming together was a natural one and it's grown that way ever since.” – JACK DEJOHNETTE, Austin Chronicle

“The spirit of John Coltrane runs through this trio, through bonds of direct lineage, clear influence and even via chance encounters. You’d be foolish not to sneak a peek at what they’re cooking up in the lab.” – Larry Blumenfeld, Blouin Artinfo Blogs

*DEJOHNETTE *COLTRANE* GARRISON* 

Friday, June 15, 2018

7:30pm & 9:00pm

$35

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This will be an important live show (remember the one that happened right here in October 2015! Talk about a feeling of being “blessed” to be in a room!), just before the band heads off onto another special project that we will be announcing more about soon. Please come and be a part of this exploration of new sounds, textures and compositions, on a journey as only this Grammy-nominated group of masters is capable of taking you on. As history can attest, it is a rare and special occasion when these three meet in Brooklyn.

BERTRAND RENAUDIN: CONCERT 19 JUIN

Bertrand RENAUDIN 

à l'occasion de la sortie de son album "La Tentation des nuages" (OP Music / L'Autre Distribution)

Mardi 19 juin 2018 à 20h30

au 19 PAUL FORT
19, rue Paul Fort

75014 Paris

Hugues ROUSE : saxophone
Sébastien DOCHY: contrebasse

Bertrand RENAUDIN:  batterie

Réservation indispensable 

helenaziza@19paulfort.com

Bertrand Renaudin Trio - La Tentation des Nuages (OP Music 2018)

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Bertrand Renaudin Trio - La Tentation des Nuages (OP Music 2018)

La nature est le pied‐mère de ce projet et la musique, le greffon. En 2008, Bertrand Renaudin décide de partir à 150 km au sud de Paris, mû par un profond désir de créer un jardin auquel il consacre son temps, en dehors des concerts et des voyages. Aujourd’hui, dix ans plus tard ce jardin (sans pesticides) fait référence dans le Loiret. Plus de deux mille variétés sur 2000m². Un jardin dont la paix, les parfums, l’esthétique sont sources d’inspiration pour la musique et l’écriture.

Après un voyage au Japon, en 2002, pour une tournée en partant de Sapporo (au nord) et descendant de ville en ville jusqu’à Tokyo, j’ai eu la chance d’avoir une journée off à Kyoto. J’ai été subjugué par les jardins zen (jardin sec) notamment celui de Ryôan (fin de l’époque Muromachi et début de l’époque Edo 1616‐ 1867) et je suis tombé en admiration et même en osmose avec les tailles « Niwaki » (en Japonais « niwa » veut dire jardin et « ki », arbre). En France, on a appelé cette manière de tailler les arbres la « taille en nuages »…

« L’Atelier Blanc » est un jardin intuitif et aussi un jardin de feignant, dans le sens ou c’est la nature qui décide et qui me propose des chemins, des plantes, des vivaces, des pierres ainsi que des personnages. Par l’entremise d’un ami tailleur de pierres, j’ai fait venir des pierres du 13ème siècle d’une abbaye démantelée en 1970 à Châtellerault. Ainsi j’ai aménagé le jardin donnant le sentiment d’un oppidum parmi lequel la nature aurait repris ses droits. Il y a l’eau, le minéral, la végétation qui gardent l’âme et soutiennent la paix existant dans le silence, et permettant de se garder du vacarme, de la hâte, du désarroi.

Plusieurs individus recherchent les grands idéaux ; et partout la vie est remplie d’héroïsme. Pour ma part, le point de départ de mes compositions débute simplement, une chanson apparaît et après commence, avec le piano, le travail qui petit à petit m’emmène vers quelque chose d’inconnu que je laisse être. C’est comme le jardin et c’est comme la vie que j’ai choisie, je laisse être les choses simplement, le plus simplement possible j’essaye, seulement j’essaye. Malgré toutes les perfidies du quotidien ainsi que les besognes fastidieuses ou les rêves brisés mon jardin me rappelle que la vie est pourtant belle, qu’il faut y prendre attention et tâcher d’être heureux.

1. Lumière verte

2. Tradescantia

3. Les herbes de chez moi

4. La tentation des nuages

5. Le silence de l'eau

6. Croscomia

7. Dialogue de nuage

8. Skimmia

9. Le son de la terre

10. Quecus ilex

11. Hasard objectif

12. Quercus suber

13. Itineraire bis

14. Alstroemeria

15. Ciel de terre

16. Miscanthus

17. Rainbow

18. Cormus

Hugues Rousé : saxophone

Sébastien Dochy : contrebasse

Bertrand Renaudin: Batterie

et

Jean Christophe Cholet : piano

Xavier Mertian : steelpan et percussions

PIERRE MARCUS: CONCERT 16 JUIN

Pierre MARCUS Quartet

à l'occasion de la sortie de son album "Pyrodance " (Jazz Family / Socadisc)

Samedi 16 juin 2018 à 19h30 & 21h30

au DUC DES LOMBARDS

42,rue des Lombards

75001 PARIS

Pierre Marcus, Contrebasse

Baptiste Herbin, Saxophones alto et soprano

Fred Perreard, Piano

Thomas Delor, Batterie

Guest : Irving Acao, Saxophone Ténor

INFOS CONCERT

Pierre Marcus - Pyrodance (JAZZ FAMILY 2018)

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V/A – In the Blink of an Eye (DISCO GECKO RECORDINGS 2018)

"In 1998 I formed Disco Gecko Recordings as an outlet for my Banco de Gaia music as I couldn’t find another label that I was happy to work with. My earlier experiences working with both independent and major labels had left me less than convinced that I would find anyone who actually understood, or cared about, what I was trying to do, so I thought I had better just do it myself. It can’t be that much work, right? 

I meant to add other artists to the label eventually but it wasn’t until 2014 that I finally found the time to do so, releasing Andrew Heath’s gorgeous album The Silent Cartographer. 

Since then I have released albums and EPs by a bunch of other artists, always looking for music with heart, integrity and beauty. Unlike many peoples’ preconceptions about Banco, this isn’t a dance music label, although there is some of that. Rather, it’s an outlet for anything from ambient instrumentals to midtempo floor stompers via experimental electronics and traditional (and not-so-traditional) instruments. 

To mark 20 years of the label I decided to do something a bit more interesting than just a ‘best of’ compilation. As there are now nine artists releasing music on the label, plus various ‘associates’ (such as Andy Guthrie who was with me at the birth of Banco and still remixes and contributes the odd track when he can), I decided to ask them to each remix each other. The pairings were picked randomly but the results are anything but. With tracks covering the full range of what we have to offer, this compilation showcases the talents of writers, producers and performers of the highest quality. Every track is a unique journey into the minds and personalities of two different artists, often working in very different styles, and the results are definitely more than a sum of the parts. 

20 years has gone by in the blink of an eye. Hopefully this album signposts the way ahead for the next 20 (and beyond)." 

Toby Marks, head honcho at Disco Gecko since 1998 

Tanzania Albinism Collective - Our Skin May Be Different, But Our Blood Is the Same (SIX DEGREES 2018)

Following their triumphant WOMAD festival appearances (where the Taste the World stage staff said it was “the all-time most emotional performance ever” in the decades’ long series), the Tanzania Albinism Collective return with a set of even more experimental sounds.

Produced by Grammy-winner, Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Zomba Prison Project, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott), the Tanzania Albinism Collective actively pushes the boundaries of what is considered African and “world music,” while continuing to confront the dangers that the collective face daily due to prejudice and persecution at home.

While spending time with the collective, it came to light that it had always been one of the collective’s standout singers, Hamidu’s secret dream to sing. Since he was so often abandoned at home when his mother and siblings ventured out, unbeknownst to anyone else he would sing to himself to curb the loneliness— a classic case of music being medicinal. 

The desire to be heard burned in him so keenly that he even once saved up his meager income in order to approach the one and only recording studio on Ukerewe Island. But despite much effort and sacrifice on Hamidu’s part, the studio owner instead turned him away. Angrily refusing Hamidu’s hard-earned shilling, the engineer shouted in Hamidu’s face that he was just “trash,” that no one would ever want to listen to him, and warned him to never return. The studio owner insisted that no matter what, they would never work with Hamidu.

But due to the success of their debut album, White African Power, the members acquired passports and left their homeland for the first time ever. “We had to travel outside of our country to be heard at home,” says Riziki Julius, the collective member who in addition to his musical contributions, created Our Skin May Be Different, But Our Blood is the Same’s cover artwork.

Across a set of songs that explore themes like “Why Are You Killing Us?,” “I Stay Home (The Killings: Part II),” and “My Life (Abandoned),” one would be hard pressed to find a more singular and mournful tune anywhere than the album’s closing track, “Swimming in Sorrows.”

1 Disability

2 Running From the Sun

3 My Life (Abandoned)

4 White African Power (Reprise)

5 I Stay Home (The Killings: Part I)

6 Why Are You Killing Us?

7 Trapped (The Killings: Part II)

8 Albino

9 Swimming in Sorrows

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3MA: Ballaké Sissoko / Driss El Maloumi / Rajery - Anarouz (SIX DEGREES 2018)

Since their debut record in 2008, the 3MA musicians have been through many individual experiences broadening their knowledge. They meet regularly to give 3MA concerts throughout the world and over the years, new ideas have sprung up, and then have been refined, giving birth to new compositions or reworking existing ideas. A decade after the beginning of their adventure, it was time to take stock and get back into the recording studio. This new album bears witness to their wonderful connection and mature experience. Percussionist Khalid Kouhen joins in on two tracks to add delicate pulses with his Pakistani percussions and Indian tablas and on two other tracks we can even hear Rajery, Driss and Ballaké singing. But for the rest of the record, the string instruments reign and weave their magic alone. Each piece is the result of a unique chemistry in which individual parts are hard to define. The sounds of kora, oud and valiha do not try to stand out over each other, but instead develop a common language. While we never lose sight of the rich traditions which Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi and Rajery embody, we hear above all a shared message from 3MA, a message that rallies against the violence of our world, with their soft and invigorating harmonies, vital energy and universal poetry.

1 Anarouz

2 Samedi glace

3 Anfaz

4 Moustique

5 Hanatra

6 Lova

7 Mariam

8 Aretina

9 Jiharka

10 Awal

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