John Tchicai Fri!
todd brunel
John Tchicai's Six Points: Ascension Unending
Friday, May 20 - 8:30 PM @ Zumix, 260 Sumner St, East Boston
performers: John Tchicai, Garrison Fewell, Alex Weiss, Rosi Hertlein,
Dmitry Ishenko, Ches Smith,
John Tchicai's Six Points is a collaborative ensemble consisting of
the following six sensible musical personalities: Saxophonist/singer
John Tchicai, and with sounds ready for Victoriaville and elsewhere,
guitarist Garrison Fewell, along with the bass is "the base" bassist
Dmitry Ishenko, totally in tune with herself violinist/singer Rosie
Hertlein, excuisite drummer companion Ches Smith, and he who always
knows when and where to place the next tone, fabulous saxophonist Alex
Weiss.
The ensemble paints wonderful inner landscapes, plays compositions by
the group members and improvises solo's, duo's, trio's etc. and
continues the way of music communication initiated by John Coltrane on
his momentous Ascension recordings.
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By approaching jazz from a wide scope, Afro-Danish-American John
Tchicai has been continuously progressive throughout his life. Born in
Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1936, of a Danish mother and a Congolese
father and growing up in healthy surroundings, John Martin Tchicai
became a leading exponent of the jazz avant-garde in New York in the
'60s and a father-figure for the European avant-garde after that. Now
based in Davis, California, and Claira, France, by a single-mindedness
of purpose and action, his work still reflects what he's always been
doing, which is innovate and inspires other people, in a most
refreshing way. The Danish ministry of Culture recognized his work by
awarding him a lifetime grant
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Todd Brunel
www.clarinetconspiracy.com