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You ought to consider going, I assume

Lovens is still playing, but not travelling much. When Schlippenbach-Parker-Lytton played here recently, I saw the car with Berlin plates outside (tiny, by US measurements) ... and I can fully understand why Lovens doesn't feel like ... Anyway, having heard the original Schlippenbach Trio (once, a few years ago), the current trio is an entirely different band to my ears. Wonderful just as well, but different. More playful, less driven, if that makes sense. Btw April 18 is my birthday--can't hope for a better party than hearing Moholo all night! All in all it's pretty much the nights you menton that I am looking forward to!

Raffles? They do that in homes for the elderly ... but I guess that's almost the same as jazz clubs

Trip to Lille takes roughly 5 hrs by train ... about the same as it is to Novara for me

No LJCO, alas, and no so special opening night (would have busted the budget, as I was told). I have booked tickets for the first six nights by now, will be my first London visit since 2001 or 2002 ... if anyone else is there, get in touch! Also, I see Alex is playing at Cafe Oto on April 14th with Louis Moholo's 5 Blokes, but as I have already booked a (rather cheap, non-refundable) flight for 16th, I'm not going to make that, alas. Tickets can be bought easiest by selecting the concerts here: http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/series/intakt-records-festival/

http://www.intaktrec.ch/160901_london-2017_programm.pdf Verein London Concerts · Intakt Records Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk Sunday, April 16, 2017, 7.30 pm + 9.15 pm MAYA HOMBURGER – BARRY GUY Maya Homburger: Violine Barry Guy: Bass HOWARD RILEY TRIO WITH BARRY GUY & LUCAS NIGGLI Howard Riley: Piano Barry Guy: Bass Lucas Niggli: Drums EVAN PARKER – BARRY GUY Evan Parker: Saxophone Barry Guy: Bass JÜRG WICKIHALDER – BARRY GUY – LUCAS NIGGLI BEYOND Jürg Wickihalder: Saxophone Barry Guy: Bass Lucas Niggli: Drums Monday, April 17, 2017, 8.30 pm + 10.00 pm TREVOR WATTS – DIETER ULRICH Trevor Watts: Saxophone Dieter Ulrich: Drums LUCAS NIGGLI – JAN GALEGA BRÖNNIMANN – ALY KEÏTA Lucas Niggli: Drums Jan Galega Brönnimann: Bass Clarinet Ali Keïta: Balafon Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 8.30 pm + 10.00 pm IRÈNE SCHWEIZER – LOUIS MOHOLO MOHOLO Irène Schweizer: Piano Louis Moholo Moholo: Drums OMRI ZIEGELE WHERE’S AFRICA Feat. Irène Schweizer + Louis Moholo Moholo Omri Ziegele: Saxophone Irène Schweizer: Piano Louis Moholo Moholo: Drums Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 8.30 pm + 10.00 pm IRÈNE SCHWEIZER – MAGGIE NICOLS Irène Schweizer: Piano Maggie Nicols: Voice OMRI ZIEGELE NOISY MINORITY Feat. Percy Pursglove Omri Ziegele: Saxophone Jan Schlegel: Bass Dieter Ulrich: Drums Percy Pursglove: Trumpet Thursday, April 20, 2017, 8.30 pm + 10.00 pm SCHLIPPENBACH PLAYS MONK Alexander von Schlippenbach: Piano OMRI ZIEGELE – JOHN EDWARDS – MARK SANDERS Omri Ziegele: Saxophone John Edwards: Bass Mark Sanders: Drums Friday, April 21, 2017, 8.30 pm + 10.00 pm BUECHI – KINSELLA – EDWARDS – MARSHALL WOOD AND BONES Sarah Buechi: Voice, Composition Lauren Kinsella: Voice Hannah Marshall: Cello John Edwards: Double Bass SCHLIPPENBACH TRIO Alexander Von Schlippenbach: Piano Evan Parker: Saxophone Paul Lovens: Drums Saturday, April 22, 2017, 8.30 pm + 10.00 pm INGRID LAUBROCK SLEEPTHIEF Ingrid Laubrock: Saxophone Liam Noble: Piano Tom Rainey: Drums SARAH BUECHI SHADOW GARDEN Sarah Buechi: Voice Stefan Aeby: Piano André Pousaz: Bass Lionel Friedli: Drums Sunday, April 23, 2017, 8.30 pm + 10.00 pm CHRISTOPH IRNIGER PILGRIM Christoph Irniger: Saxophone Dave Gisler: Guitar Stefan Aeby: Piano Raffaele Bossard: Bass Michi Stulz: Drums AKI TAKASE – INGRID LAUBROCK Aki Takase: Piano Ingrid Laubrock: Saxophone Monday, April 24, 2017, 8.30 pm + 10.00 pm STEFAN AEBY TRIO Stefan Aeby: Piano André Pousaz: Bass Michi Stulz: Drums AKI TAKASE – RUDI MAHALL Aki Takase: Piano Rudi Mahall: Saxophone Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 8.30 pm + 10.00 pm FLORIAN EGLI WEIRD BEARD Florian Egli: Saxophone Dave Gisler: Guitar Martina Berther: E-Bass Rico Baumann: Drums STEVE BERESFORD – JULIAN SARTORIUS Steve Beresford: Piano Julian Sartorius: Drums Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 8.30 pm + 10.00 pm SYLVIE COURVOISIER – MARK FELDMAN Sylvie Courvoisier: Piano Mark Feldman: Violine PIERRE FAVRE DRUMSIGHTS Pierre Favre: Drums Valeria Zangger: Drums Markus Lauterburg: Drums Chris Jaeger: Drums Thursday, April 27, 2017, 8.30 pm + 10.00 pm PIERRE FAVRE SOLO Pierre Favre: Drums COURVOISIER – FELDMAN FEAT. EVAN PARKER Sylvie Courvoisier: Piano Mark Feldman: Violine Evan Parker: Saxophone --- Organisation Verein London Concerts · Intakt Records Präsident: Lucas Niggli Vizepräsidentin: Sarah Buechi Executive Producers: Anja Illmaier, Florian Keller, Patrik Landolt Für Vortex: Oliver Weindling, Kathianne Hingwan

BOBBY BRADFORD QUARTET featuring VINNY GOLIA EUROPEAN TOUR (January 29-February 8) BOBBY BRADFORD cornet VINNY GOLIA woodwinds BERNARD SANTACRUZ double bass CRISTIANO CALCAGNILE drums • Sunday, January 29: Parazzar (Brugge, BE) • Monday, January 30: La Malterie (Lille, FR) • Wednesday, February 1: Sunset (Paris, FR) – Discount available!! see below (20€ statt 28€ mit dem Code 20BB1 über die Website des Clubs) • Thursday, February 2: Bimhuis (Amsterdam, NL) • Friday, February 3: Musicus Concentus – Sala Vanni (Firenze, IT) • Saturday, February 4: Novara Jazz – Istituto Civico Musicale Brera (Novara, IT) • Sunday, February 5: Spezia Festival (Trevozzo, Piacenza, IT) • Tuesday, February 7: Centro d’Arte – Cinema Torresino (Padova, IT) • Wednesday, February 8: Porgy & Bess (Wien, AT) --- I plan to attend the concert in Novara, topping off a one-week trip that starts Sunday prior in Milan with Roscoe Mitchell ... I have seen Bradford in concert once so far, with the loud and intense Circulasione Totale Orchestra headed by Frode Gjerstad, and I'm a big fan of the live albums by Bradford/Gjerstad on Nessa and NoBusiness. With Circulasione, it was magic, all those (mostly) younger dudes standing in a semi circle, Bradford seated on a chair in their midst ... the music was *really* loud, two drummers on stage (Hamid Drake and Louis Moholo no less!), Sabir Mateen going ape-shit and all that ... but as soon as Bradford put his horn to his lip, his tone projected through all of it, seemingly effortless, with a singing clarity that really touched me. So yeah, I'm looking forward very, very much to hearing him live again!

Uhm, yeah ... he was playing differently with Wadada because that (as well as the drummer with Vijay Iyer) was obviously not Nasheet Waits but Marcus Gilmore - and Gilmore was actually the one of this generation missing in Berlin to make the festival complete (Gilmore, Sorey and Cleaver were there, Waits was not). DOH!

There was a fixed version in circulation ... maybe they've now stolen that one?

Hm, actually when I heard Waits with Wadada in Berlin, he was playing differently - more into a straight flow, that may have had some Elvin in it, kind of a waves thing, one wave rolling in after the other, a dancing groove of a very different type than what he played this time. This time I definitely never thought of Elvin at all. And I didn't really when I was in Berlin, I lacked references there, which of course isn't exactly a bad thing either I know Helias is good, I've heard him with Open Loose (on a so-so night, at least so it seemed to me) and in a gorgeous trio set with John Surman and Pierre Favre a bit more than a year ago ... I really don't get the over-amplification thing really. I mean Jones clearly profited as he was able to adapt his volume on a much broader level regardless of how loud Waits was, but the piano wasn't loud enough and the bass just had this slippery, somewhat thin sound ... that ugly bass sound you find so often on late 70s/early 80s productions. I guess I prefer unamplified bigtime, but with Waits on a kit like the one he played that night, none of the others would be heard any more, so there's that. But put a microphone in front of the bass, catch it's natural sound, and that's that. Oh, btw, the last number before the encore (it was like this, I think: set 1 was 4 tunes all in one segue, set 2 was 2 tunes, then the ballad, then 2 tunes, then the encore) was Charlie Parker's "KoKo". Another old-school aspect, throw in a bebop tune. Nice. Not something you get to hear by such great musicians often, over here! Next up, maybe Defunkt in about two weeks, not sure I'll make it (several classical concerts scheduled in the meantime and around that time).

Appreciated!

They were pretty amazing indeed! Or rather, Waits was amazing all the way through - what a great drummer, of the younger generation, he may be my very favourite! They started off set 1 with an Andrew Hill tune and then segued seamlessly into three more tunes (originals, I think), then Waits pulled a short stand-up act before the break. And yeah, break time it was pretty often, musically speaking. Lots of funk in there, and lots of build-ups and explosive stuff ... sat right up front and center, two meters from the bell of Darius Jones' mighty alto, Waits to the right, Ortiz to the left on a nice baby grand, and Helias (his bass sounding slippery and ugly and overamplified) in the back behind Jones (and standing behind Jones means you won't be seen much ... but from the second of third piece on, Jones moved to the side a bit when he wasn't playing). The Intakt crew was there, to watch their latest hype Aruan Ortiz ... he was alright (though compared to the amplification of the bass and drums he was a bit low in the mix - why amplify drums in such small locations anyway, I will never quite understand ... job security for the sound man?) but I don't quite get the brouhaha, I'm afraid, his Intakt disc sounds a bit tame/restricted to my ears, but he wasn't really loosening up much more last night, except for one part where he was banging, which got boring after a while. Second set was not fully segued, after two tunes they put their instruments down for a moment, then played a ballad and one more tune, and in the end returned for an encore ... I guess the playing time amounted to around two hours, and all in all, I really enjoyed it. And watching Waits was amazing. I have heard him at least three times - with Vijay Iyer's trio, with Tarbaby + Oliver Lake, and in November with Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes quartet in Berlin. But only yesterday, it dawned on me how much of a Max Roach man he is ... of course he adds plenty of other ingredients, but he has that marching, vertical style, and he has that heavy, drum-based sound, making the snare, the bass drum and the two toms (one on the floor, one on top of the bass drum) his main instruments, using hi-hat and cymbals more to puncuate rather than to create a constant flow. He does get into a flow, but it's a charged one that can go in any direction at any time, that is never one of equal division of time, rather it's rolling and strutting, it stutters, it gets delayed minimally only to catch up and lead the pack again a mere second later. Mesmerizing to sit so close to a master at work for an entire night!

What slow ... thanks for checking! Of course my question was triggered by Agustín's research (see posts above), so would you have exact dates to confirm?

Okay, I see ... but the 29th is confirmed now, I guess Someone here ought to have some UK jazz rags - @sidewinder, maybe? - or access to some daily paper's archives to run a search like thd one I did?

Oh, I would have expected you to know ... I got all excited when I found the Bennett set last night and kept refreshing the amazon music page ... but it really took half an hour to load, finally, and it got too late to listen. Too bad it's not on disc, this one! Most of the DL-only sets seem to be of previously released recordings (Trema/Europe 1/Pour ceux qui aiment le jazz - never figured out what that label is actually called! - and later on on LasterLight), but I am quite a fan of the actual Fremeaux series (released by Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Count Basie - mostly duplicating the Laserlight set but containing some more music -, Nat Cole & Q, Ella, Les McCann ... there are a few recent ones other than the McCann that I still have to get: Monk, Horace Silver, JATP, maybe the MJQ as well). Here's the website listing all that's around: http://live-in-paris.fr/ Alas, Frémeaux has only two incomplete listings on their site, but a search for "Live in Paris" will deliver them all: http://fremeaux.com/ But that's off-topic in the Barney thread ...

I'm not allowed to read the second page - what's the contradiction?

Reluctantly bought another download last night (and then crappy Amazon Music was not loading for half an hour ... dispose of physical, get immediate gratification? surely not!) - played the first half of it on the morning commute, sound is alright, the trio (Jimmy Gourley and Kenny Clarke, as usual) in fine shape. Wilen joins them for four tracks, of which I've heard only the first one so far (and the start of the second, which he plays soprano on). Also, someone please enlighten me, what's this, "La Reine des vampires" by François Tusques, with Wilen: https://www.discogs.com/Fran%C3%A7ois-Tusques-La-Reine-Des-Vampires-1967/release/5487652?ev=rr ?

Some (admittedly few) collectors are young and happy to get these boxes. And some others are older but focused on other stuff ... we tend to cringe when others buy those cheapo euro pd reissues, but what do you tell them, "hop into a time machine and travel to 2000, add a short stop in 1988 when the Tyrone Washington was still in print"?

I was actually rather surprised to read such a positive review of Kirk from that time. True, it is patronising somewhat (I guess yozmu still can't do Kirk without "Jahrmarkt" until this day), but it's about Kirk the musician mostly, and really endorsing what he does.

Stunning concert by the Malcolm Braff Trio at Moods, Zurich, Saturday night - that is: Braff (p, fender rhodes), Reggie Washington (elb), Lukas König (d). This was all as great as the 2006 life- and listening-chaning BraffOesterRohrer concert ... two other Braff concerts in between did not live up those totally exalted expectations, but this time, he did it again. Next up, tomorrow night, is Nasheet Waits Equaliy Quartet (w/Darius Jones, Aruan Ortiz and Mark Helias), again at Moods, Zurich.

Re. Zurich - 29th of September 1964 can be confirmed. I just dug up these in the archives of the NZZ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung): On September 23rd (repeated on 25th and 28th, thus not prepared), there was this: On September 29th, it looked somewhat different ("Heute" means "Today", or in this case rather: "Tonight"): And then, on October 6th, there was this review: my quick and dirty translation: "American Jazz Festival in Switzerland" bsp. It was a great idea to have the jazz orchestras that were booked for the Berliner Festwochen tour in the following weeks. Some of them were brought to Switzerland in the course. Thus, jazz fans were able to hear an All-Star-Group led by trombonist J.J. Johnson as well as saxophonist Roland Kirk at Zurich's Volkshaus last week. The concert's first part was dedicated to the memory of the late saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker, who face-lifted jazz like no other musician in the forties yet is almost forgotten today. All the more it is welcome that a group of musicians from his circle could be put together for a short time. However, each musician has walked his own path in the past years, and it was obviously difficult for them to arrive at a good level of interplay. As far as solos go, Jay Jay Johnson was particularly convincing with his impressively simple and confident manner of playing. Sonny Sitt had to accept the ungrateful part of filling the role of Parker's - a comparison that has to be disadvantageous for him. Trumpet player Howard McGhee appeared insecure, just like Kenny Clarke, who only regained his usual superiority late towards the end of the concert. Tommy Potter proved a reliable accompanist on bass. The miserably tuned grand piano of the Volkshaus spoilt the fun for the otherwise excellent Walter Bishop. Blind Roland Kirk, appearing like a carnival vendor hung with his eccentrically adapted saxophones, flutes and whistles, is likely one of the most amazing musicians brought forth by jazz. Whether playing two or even three instruments simultaneously, producing new sounds on flute, or sitting down at the piano for a few bars - he does all of this with musical supremacy and technical perfection only very few jazz musicians possess. Spanish (sic!) pianist Tete Montoliu accompanied with subtle empathy and proved a soloist of high class. The attentive audience was appreciative of what they got to hear and had Roland Kir play a solo encore of towering brillance. As part of the same organisation, a second concert took place at Zurich Kongresshaus with the quintet of the well-known american trumpet player Miles Davis. With him were saxophonist Sam Rivers, technically outstanding but too much under the influence of Davis' strong personality; pianist Herbie Hancock, not very stylistically distinct; excellent bassist Ron Carter; as well as somewhat one-sided drummer Tony Williams. MIles Davis himself proved to be in perfect shape, particularly in several ballads, while the partly forced fast numbers failed to fully convince. Altogether this concert left the impression that many modern musicians seem to have forgotten that uncompromising, avantgarde jazz, too requires a real connection to the audience to stay alive.

Indeed it was! But consider Météo Mulhouse, Brötzmann in Warsaw, Berlin Jazzfest and a few others (Zorn in Willisau, Unerhört and Taktlos in Zurich) listed by set ... those were a couple of intense but enormously rewarding weeks, long weekends or just days. Not planning to keep up that pace, actually other than a few opera and classical tickets and trip to Milan in a few weeks (Roscoe Mitchell again, a visit to La Scala, and then Bobby Bradford in Novara) I have no plans for 2017 yet. Will wait for festival programmes to be published and then decide ...

Mighty impressive concert year for me ... I've compiled this list for a German forum (click), links are mostly leading to German reports (mostly also up here: http://ubus-notizen.blogspot.ch). Highlights include the trip to Warsaw in March (four days of Brötzmann, about which I have reported here, back then), as well as my first time catching Wadada Leo Smith live (both in duo with Alexander Hawkins on church organ, and with his quartet), and more impressive Chicago firsts: Jack DeJohnette (w/Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison) and Muhal Richard Abrams. Also I had a great time at the festivals in Mulhouse (August) and Berlin (November) and enjoyed plenty of fine concerts here in Zurich. The list has several classical concerts in high positions. Haitink w/Gerhaher doing Brahms was most impressive, my very first Bruckner (Haitink in No. 9) was terrific as well (I've since started exploring the symphonies, only got to No. 2 so far though, but that does include 0 and 00), and Nono's "Prometeo" was an incredible experience. Debussy came up on top, I guess in the longer run the Nono will be quite a bit more memorable, but for now, the glowing orchestra playing and the amazing music of Debussy's opera still are on top. Decoy (Alexander Hawkins-org, John Edwards-b, Steve Noble-d) with Evan Parker – Novara, 30 January 2016 Peter Brötzmann in Warsaw with Toshinori Kondo (t) and Han Bennink (d) (not on picture Alexander von Schlippenbach-p) – 9 March 2016 * * * * * Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande – Opernhaus Zürich (Alain Altinoglu) – 27.5. (Bericht) Nono: Prometeo – Theater Luzern (Clemens Heil) – 15.10. Peter Brötzmann/Jason Adasiewicz/John Edwards/Steve Noble/Hamid Drake – Warschau, Pardon To Tu – 7.3. Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Bernhard Haitink, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Christian Gehaher, Camilla Tilling – Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem – Zürich, Tonhalle – 16.1. (Bericht) Wadada Leo Smith & Alexander Hawkins – Jazzfest Berlin, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche – 6.11. Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk – Opernhaus Zürich (Vasily Petrenko) – 27.12. Barry Guy Blue Shroud Band – Zürich, Miller Studio – 19.9. Peter Brötzmann/Toshinori Kondo/Alexander von Schlippenbach/Han Bennink – Warschau, Pardon To Tu – 9.3. Decoy & Evan Parker – Novara, Attico delle arti – 30.1. (Bericht) Poing + Maja S. K. Ratkje – Taktlos, Zürich, Rote Fabrik – 19.5. Roscoe Mitchell Trio with John Edwards & Mark Sanders – Météo, Mulhouse, Noumatrouff – 27.8. Alexander von Schlippenbach & Han Bennink – Warschau, Pardon To Tu – 10.3. Peter Brötzmann/Mateusz Rybicki/Toshinori Kondo/Jason Adasiewicz/Alexander von Schlippenbach/John Edwards/Zbigniew Kozera/Steve Noble – Warschau, Pardon To Tu – 10.3. * * * *1/2 Ellery Eskelin/Christian Weber/Michael Griener – Unerhört, GZ Riesbach, Zürich – 23.11. (Bericht) Verdi: Don Carlo – Zürich, Opernhaus (Fabio Luisi) – 7.12. Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison – Jazzfest Berlin – 5.11. Tonhalle-Orchester, Bernard Haitink, András Schiff – Beethoven: Klavierkonzert Nr. 5 / Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 9 – Zürich, Tonhalle – 8.12. (Bericht) Kristian Bezuidenhout, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner (Brahms, Beethoven, Schubert) – Zürich, Tonhalle – 14.11. (Bericht) Louis Moholo „5 Blokes“ – Ravenna Festival, Teatro Rasi – 21.6. (Bericht) Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner – Bach: Matthäuspassion – Luzern, KKL – 17.3. (Bericht) Wadada Leo Smith’s Great Lakes Quartet – Jazzfest Berlin – 3.11. Booklet (Tobias Delius-Joe Williamson-Steve Heather) – Unerhört, WIM, Zürich – 24.11. (Bericht) Sophie Agnel/Joke Lanz/Michael Vatcher – Météo, Mulhouse, Noumatrouff – 24.8. Nicolas Masson „Parallels“ – Zürich – 21.5. (Bericht) Peter Brötzmann & Heather Leigh – Warschau, Pardon To Tu – 8.3. Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Thierry Fischer & Patricia Kopatchinskaja – Weinberg, Prokofiev, Beethoven – Zürich, Tonhalle – 9.5. (Bericht) Jazz Against Apartheid: Celebrating the Music of Johnny Dyani – Basel, Bird’s Eye – 27.10. (Bericht) Gyan Riley and Julian Lage play The Bagatelles Jazzfestival Willisau, Festhalle – 3.9. Elina Duni & Jean-Paul Brodbeck – Zürich – 10.6. (Bericht) Zeitkratzer: Lou Reed „Metal Machine Music“ Parts 1-4 – Météo, Mulhouse, Noumatrouff – 26.8. Anja Harteros, Tonhalle Orchester, Donald Runnicles (R. Strauss, Webern, Wagner) – Zürich, Tonhalle – 28.10. (Bericht) Joachim Badenhorst – Météo, Mulhouse, Chapelle Saint-Jean – 26.8. Julia Fischer/Igor Levit – Beethoven: Violinsonaten Nr. 9 & 10 – Zürich, Tonhalle, Kleiner Saal – 10.1. (Bericht) Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart – Theater Rigiblick, Zürich – 15.6. Eve Risser’s White Desert Orchestra – Jazzfest Berlin – 6.11. Igor Levit – Hamburg, Laeiszhalle – 12.10. Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Opernhaus Zürich (Maxim Emelyanychev) – 21.12. John Zorn’s Masada Quartet – Jazzfestival Willisau, Festhalle – 3.9. Mat Maneri/Randy Peterson – Jazzfestival Willisau, Festhalle – 4.9. The Thing & Joe McPhee – Météo, Mulhouse, Noumatrouff – 24.8. Bruce Springsteen – Zürich, Letzigrund – 31.7. Ephrem Lüchinger – Taktlos, Zürich, Rote Fabrik – 20.5. Isabelle Faust/Jean-Guihen Queyras/Alexander Melnikov – Schumann, Schubert, Sciarrino: Piano Trios – Zürich, Tonhalle – 17.4. (Bericht) Muhal Richard Abrams Quintet – Milano, Teatro Manzoni – 31.1. (Bericht) Steve Lehman Octet – Jazzfest Berlin – 6.11. Kris Davis Solo – Zürich, Villa Irniger, 17.5. (Bericht) Alexander von Schlippenbach/John Edwards/Steve Noble – Warschau, Pardon To Tu – 8.3. John Edwards solo – Jazzfestival Willisau, Rathaus – 3.9. Oum – Zürich, Moods – 1.4. (Bericht) Toshinori Kondo/John Edwards/Han Bennink – Warschau, Pardon To Tu – 8.3. Peter Brötzmann/Toshinori Kondo/Heather Leigh/Han Bennink – Warschau, Pardon To Tu – 10.3. * * * * Ken Vandermark & Nate Wooley – Taktlos, Zürich, Rote Fabrik – 19.5. Christian Weber Solo – Wila – 3.7. Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits plays Masada — The Book Beriah – Jazzfestival Willisau, Festhalle – 3.9. Hamid Drake/William Parker/Pat Thomas – Météo, Mulhouse, Noumatrouff – 26.8. Heiri Känzig (w/Thierry Lang & Chico Freeman) – Zürich, Moods – 4.12. Der Verboten – Météo, Mulhouse, La Filature – 27.8. Sonic Communion (Jean-Luc Cappozzo, Douglas Ewart, Joëlle Léandre, Bernard Santacruz, Michael Zerang) – Météo, Mulhouse, Noumatrouff – 27.8. Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret – Jazzfest Berlin – 4.11. Asmodeus plays The Bagatelles – Jazzfestival Willisau, Festhalle – 3.9. Mats Gustafsson Nu Ensemble – Météo, Mulhouse, Noumatrouff – 25.8. Globe Unity Orchestra – Jazzfest Berlin – 4.11. David Murray & Aki Takase – Zürich, Moods – 29.4. (Bericht) Áine O’Dwyer – Météo, Mulhouse, Église Sainte-Geneviève – 26.8. Matthew Shipp Solo – Taktlos, Zürich, Rote Fabrik – 19.5. University of London Chamber Choir – Mantova, Basilica S. Barbara – 28.6. Lia Pale & Mathias Rüegg – Wien, Porgy & Bess – 27.7. G. Ramanathan – Zürich, Museum Rietberg – 8.5. (Bericht) Jason Adasiewicz/Heather Leigh/John Edwards/Steve Noble – Warschau, Pardon To Tu – 9.3. Clayton Thomas – Météo, Mulhouse, Chapelle Saint-Jean – 27.8. Toshinori Kondo & Heather Leigh – Warschau, Pardon To Tu – 7.3. Verdi: Aïda – Arena di Verona (Julian Kovatchev) – 30.6. (Bericht) Fazil Say – Mozart, Chopin, Say – Zürich, Tonhalle – 19.04. (Bericht) Bertrand Denzler/Axel Dörner/Antonin Gerbal – Zürich, WIM – 13.5. (Bericht) MinAfric Orchestra & Louis Moholo & Keith Tippett & Julie Tippetts – Ravenna Festival, Teatro Rasi – 20.6. (Bericht) Jean-Paul Brodbeck Trio – Zürich, Moods – 29.4. (Bericht) Zeena Parkins solo – Météo, Mulhouse, L’Entrepot – 24.8. Agustí Fernández/Kjell Nordeson – Météo, Mulhouse, Noumatrouff – 25.8. Tobias Meier „Im Wald“ – Jazzfestival Willisau, Rathaus – 4.9. Mulatu Astatke – Zürich, Moods – 6.2. (Bericht) Han Bennink & Jason Adasiewicz – Warschau, Pardon To Tu – 7.3. Roscoe Mitchell with John Edwards (b) and Mark Sanders (d) – Mulhouse – 27 August 2016 * * *1/2 Els Biesemans – Zürich, Grossmünster – 20.7. Simulacrum – Jazzfestival Willisau, Festhalle – 3.9. Tonhalle Orchester, Paavo Järvi, Steven Isserlis: Prokofiev, Kurtág, Schumann – Zürich, Tonhalle – 16.12. Robert Glasper Experiment – Zürich, Moods – 7.4. (Bericht) Julia Holter & Strings – Jazzfest Berlin – 6.11. Silvan Jeger/Silvan Schmid, Jonas Labhart/Gabriela Friedli, Sandra Weiss/Christian Weber – Zürich, WIM – 23.12. Hans-Peter Pfammatter & Big Band der Hochschule Luzern-Musik – Unerhört, GZ Riesbach, Zürich – 23.11. (Bericht) Alice Borciani/Musiker des Tonhalle Orchester – L’état, c’est moi: Couperin, Montéclair, Lully – Tonhalle, Zürich – 12.6. Native Instrument (Stine Janvin Motland, Felicity Mangan) – Météo, Mulhouse, Noumatrouff – 27.8. Colin Vallon/Matthieu Michel/Flo Götte/Domi Charnson – Taktlos, Zürich, Rote Fabrik – 19.5. Keith Tippett & Julie Tippetts – Ravenna Festival, Teatro Rasi – 20.6. (Bericht) Clayton Thomas/Anthea Caddy – Météo, Mulhouse, L’Entrepot – 24.8. Jacob Wick & Christian Weber – Zürich, WIM – 13.5. (Bericht) Per-Ake Holmlander – Météo, Mulhouse, Bibliothèque Grand’Rue – 25.8. dieb13 solo – Météo, Mulhouse, Noumatrouff – 25.8. * * * Joachim Kühn Trio „Beauty & Truth“ – Jazzfestival Willisau, Festhalle – 4.9. Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau Duo – Jazzfest Berlin – 4.11. Tobias Meier „Im Wald“ – Zürich – 27.2. Mette Henriette – Jazzfest Berlin – 3.11. Green Dome (Zeena Parkins) – Météo, Mulhouse, Noumatrouff – 26.8. Cleric plays Masada – The Book Beriah – Jazzfestival Willisau, Festhalle – 3.9. Peter K. Frey (solo) – Unerhört, WIM, Zürich – 24.11. (Bericht) Nik Bärtsch „Ronin“ & hr-Bigband – Jazzfest Berlin – 5.11. Alexandre Babel solo – Météo, Mulhouse, Chapelle Saint-Jean – 25.8. * *1/2 Mike Majkowski – Météo, Mulhouse, Église Sainte-Geneviève – 26.8. Louis Minus XVI – Météo, Mulhouse, Noumatrouff – 24.8. Julia Hülsmann Quartet & Anna-Lena Schnabel – Jazzfest Berlin – 3.11. The Tiptons Sax Quartet & Drums – Taktlos, Zürich, Rote Fabrik – 19.5. * * Angelika Niescier/Florian Weber Quintet – Jazzfest Berlin – 5.11. Kris Davis/Christoph Irniger Duo – Zürich, Villa Irniger, 17.5. (Kurzbericht)

r.i.p. Another one I never managed to catch live but enjoyed on many a recording. Alphonse, I think? (If so, might be nice to change the title)

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