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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!