NeWt & Silke Jon3 18.iv.11

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

NeWt


hearing is believing .... anyone know German alto saxophonist and clarinettist Silke Eberhard's work?

video of 2008

[Byas'd Opinion]

Here's a review of their Glasgow concert from a couple of nights before the Jo3 one: http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-e...club-1.1094312 I was at it and enjoyed it a lot. It's what once upon a time would have been called fusion, of the Weather Report interesting tonal colours variety rather than the Mahavishnu Orchestra fast twiddly solos one.

Eberhard's previous projects include a set of Ornette Coleman tunes with Aki Takase and a set of Eric Dolphy tunes with her 4-horn quartet Potsa Lotsa. She's mainly an alto player but also does interesting stuff on clarinet. I was impressed enough by her playing to buy her latest trio effort, "What a Beauty Being" and although I've only had time to play it a couple of times I'm very taken by it. It's exactly the sort of free-ish jazz her interest in Coleman and Dolphy would suggest without being merely imitative.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

thanks for that Byas'd i must confess that the clip had not encouraged me too much .... will listen with interest tonight

[Serial_Apologist]

Here's a review of their Glasgow concert from a couple of nights before the Jo3 one: http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-e...club-1.1094312 I was at it and enjoyed it a lot. It's what once upon a time would have been called fusion, of the Weather Report interesting tonal colours variety rather than the Mahavishnu Orchestra fast twiddly solos one.

Eberhard's previous projects include a set of Ornette Coleman tunes with Aki Takase and a set of Eric Dolphy tunes with her 4-horn quartet Potsa Lotsa. She's mainly an alto player but also does interesting stuff on clarinet. I was impressed enough by her playing to buy her latest trio effort, "What a Beauty Being" and although I've only had time to play it a couple of times I'm very taken by it. It's exactly the sort of free-ish jazz her interest in Coleman and Dolphy would suggest without being merely imitative.

I think she's really Miranda Hart, under an assumed alias.

S-A

[Byas'd Opinion]

It should maybe be pointed out that the Jo3 performance is NeWt with Silke Eberhard as an extra horn player, not a Silke Eberhard gig. Just because you like/dislike this set, it doesn't mean you won't dislike/like her own stuff.