EXTRA! Jazz em Agosto 2018 #5 for Barbara Hannigan (vocals) and Stephen Gosling (piano) that will be playing Jumalattaret, songs of adoration to the Gods for voice and piano with music composed by John Zorn.
Francisco Oliveira – On The Act Of Reminding
Francisco Oliveira – On The Act Of Reminding
by Raquel Pinheiro
On The Act Of Reminding is Francisco Oliveira’s debut solo record. Oliveira is a member of Terebentina, Holoscene 85′ and Deepbreathers. This record couldn’t be further from Terebentina’s in your face tumultuous, assaulting chaos of sudden stops and frantic noisy delirious emotions. Although it is closer to some of Holoscene 85’ works, but in a stripped down fashion.
Magical simplicity at its best is what is on offer in On The Act Of Reminding. The album was recorded and produced by Francisco Oliveira that mostly used an old upright piano from his grandmother’s house that has not been played or tuned in over 20 years. Its five instrumental themes are ethereal, evoking northern mystical forests, placid streams and the wilderness.
However, those are not Francisco’s evocations/memories. To him, the old piano recalls his cousins, uncles and his grandmother. To me, the piano also has family connotations: the music room of the house of one of my maternal grandmother’s cousins by the sea, with its two upright pianos – tuned and much played, and the room’s view into a magnificent garden.
Autumnal beauty could describe On The Act Of Reminding even if it was released in July. It is a timeless and seasonless record, in which the untuned piano is used sparsely and with restrain, at times with the same key(s) looped to construct precious musical gems that Luiza Lima’s violin subtly punctuates or exalts. All five themes, numbered /1 to /5 are enchanted, making it hard to pick favourites. /3 more rich tones and fullness and /4 mechanical/industrial penchant stand out, but my absolute preference goes to /5 classic gentle beauty.
(Edições Fauve, 2018)
EXTRA! Jazz em agosto 2018 #4 for Beeroth by John Zorn‘s Masada.
EXTRA! Jazz em agosto 2018 #3 for Mary Halvorson‘s Quartet Chaskiel.
Alright Ghandi, Candelabro, Porto, 25.07.2018.
words & photos: Raquel Pinheiro
Alright Ghandi’s concert was the perfect one for a grey, misty late afternoon in Porto. The Berlin based trio presented their sophomore album Somewhere Else. Somewhere Else is an album filled with gentle pop songs, at times a little melancholic. Life it translates into a much more upbeat, rock sound with with a jazz undertones, thanks to Dominick Gray’s breaks and rhythms.
If on record Rosa Mercedes’ voice is evocative of Laura Veirs one, life it projects a different vibe, still remaining gentle, but also, at times, cheerful. And cheerfulness, even, at a point, Rosa said she wasn’t in a good mood – broke by the audience liveliness and joy, was not missing in Alright Ghandi’s concert.
Her bass, along with Pietro Fornara’s guitar, as well as his backing vocals, allow for a layered colourful mosaic of music. Towards the end, the mood in the room was so bright with people dancing and clapping that Rosa and Pietro come and played from the audience facing Dominick, and having as much as a time good time as anyone else in the room.
© Raquel Pinheiro
© Raquel Pinheiro
© Raquel Pinheiro
© Raquel Pinheiro
EXTRA! Jazz em agosto 2018 #2 for John Zorn & Milford Graves Synchonicity.
EXTRA! Jazz em agosto 2018 #1 for John Zorn & Thurston Joseph Michael Moore‘s Jazz Laudromat.
Good morning with Melody Noir Our Middle of The Week song taken from Patrick Watson‘s upcoming new album. Have a nice day.
Jazz em Agosto 2018 – John Zorn Special Edition – July 27-August 05 @ Gulbenkian, Lisboa.
Jazz em agosto 2018 the festival 35th edition run July 27 to August 08 @ Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa and is called John Zorn Special Edition.
It is devoted to Zorn, that will be on stage three times, to his label Tzadik and his musical universe.
27 (Friday): Zorn-Moore-Graves: John Zorn (alto sax),
Thurston Moore (guitar), Milford Graves (drums); Anfiteatro, 9:30pm.Tickets: €20
28 (Saturday): Mary Halvorson Quartet: Mary Halvorson (guitar),
Miles Okazaki (guitar), Drew Gress (double bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums) | Masada’s Book of Angels: John Zorn (alto sax), Dave Douglas (trumpet), Greg Cohen (doublebass), Joey Baron (drums); Anfiteatro, 9:30pm. Tickets: €20
29 (Sunday): Jumalattaret: Barbara Hannigan (vocals),
Stephen Gosling (piano); Grande Auditório, 7:30pm. Free admission.
The Hermetic Organ: John Zorn (pipe organ), Ikue Mori (Laptop); Grande Auditório, 9:30pm. Tickets: €15
30 (Monday): The Rite of Trio: André Bastos Silva (guitar), Filipe Louro (double bass), Pedro Melo Alves (drums); Auditorio 2, 6:30pm. Tickets: €5
Nova Quartet: John Medeski (piano), Kenny Wollesen (vibraphone), Trevor Dunn (double bass, bass), Joey Baron (drums) | Asmodeus’ Bagatelles 1: Marc Ribot (guitar),
Trevor Dunn (double bass), Kenny Grohowski (drums); Anfiteatro, 9:30pm. Tickets: €18
31 (Tuesday): Simulacrum: John Medeski (Hammond),
Matt Hollenberg (guitar), Kenny Grohowski (drums); Anfiteatro, 9:30pm. Tickets: €15
01 (Wednesday): Robert Dick (double bass flute); Auditório 2-Gulbenkian, 6:30pm. Tickets: €5
Kris Davis Quartet: Kris Davis (piano),
Mary Halvorson (guitar), Drew Gress (double bass), Kenny Wollesen (drums) | John Medeski Trio: John Medeski (Hammond)
Dave Fiuczynski (guitar), Calvin Weston (drums); Anfiteatro, 9:30pm. Tickets: €18
02 (Thursday): Slow Is Possible: João Clemente (guitar),
Ricardo Sousa (double bass), Bruno Figueira (alto sax),
André Pontífice (electric cello), Duarte Fonseca (drums),
Nuno Santos Dias (piano); Auditório 2, 6:30pm. Tickets: €5
Highsmith Trio: Ikue Mori (laptop), Craig Taborn (piano), Jim Black (drums); Anfiteatro, 9:30pm. Tickets: €15
03 (Friday): Dither plays Zorn Game Pieces: James Moore (guitar),
Taylor Levine (guitarra), Josh Lopes (guitar), Gyan Riley (guitar): Auditório 2, 6:30pm. Tickets: €5
Insurrection: Matt Hollenberg (guitar), Julian Lage (guitar), Trevor Dunn (bass), Kenny Grohowski (drums); Anfiteatro, 9:30pm. Tickets: €15
04 (Saturday): Trigger plays John Zorn Bagatelles and Apparitions
Will Greene (guitar), Simon Hanes (bass), Aaron Edgcomb (drums); Auditório 2, 6:30pm. Tickets: €5
Craig-Taborn (piano) | Brian Marsella Trio: Brian Marsella (piano), Trevor Dunn (double bass), Kenny Wollesen (drums); Anfiteatro, 9:30pm. Tickets: €18
05 (Sunday): Julian Lage (acoustic guitar) & Gyan Riley (acoustic guitar) play John Zorn; Auditório 2, 6:30pm. Tickets: €5
Secret Chiefs 3 plays Masada: Trey Spruance (guitar), Matt Lebofsky (keyboards), Eyvind Kang (violin),
Jason Schimmel (guitar), Shanir Blumenkranz (double bass, bass),
Kenny Grohowski (drums), Ches Smith (percussion); Anfiteatro, 9:30pm. Tickets: €15
Films:
29 (Sunday): John Zorn (2016 – 2018) by Mathieu Amalric, Grande Auditório, 6pm. Free admission.
31 (Tuesday): Pomegranate Seeds film-concert by Ikue Mori (laptop), Sala Polivalente, 6:30pm. Free admission
02 (Thursday): Bhima Swarga by Ikue Mori, Sala Polivalente, 5pm. Free admission
03 (Friday): John Zorn The Book of Heads – 35 etudes for solo guitar performed by James Moore by Stephen Taylor, Sala Polivalente, 5pm. Free admission
04 (Saturday): Celestial Subway Lines & Salvaging Noise by
Ken Jacobs, Sala Polivalente, 5pm. Free admission
05 (Sunday): Between Science and Garbage by Pierre Hébert with Bob Ostertag, Sala Polivalente, 5pm. Free admission
Other tickets: €135 Anfiteatro & Grande Auditório 10 concerts; €45 1st weekend: 27, 28, 29 July, 9:30pm; €40 2nd weekend: 3, 4, 5 August, 9:30pm; €15 Auditório 2: 30 July, 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5 August, 6:30pm. – 18:30
For more info: https://gulbenkian.pt/jazzemagosto/en/
The Cavemen, Barracuda, Porto, 21.07.2018.
Words: Guilherme Lucas (freely translated by Raquel Pinheiro); photos: Guilherme Lucas
New Zealanders The Cavemen landed on Saturday night at Barracuda stage in Porto, where they greeted the natives with simply shattering concert from beginning to end. Musically the group lies within garage punk, but doesn’t stop there; there is something brutal, primitive and completely explosive in them, the raw themes and the band’s performance also reminds punk-hardcore by way of early Black Flag. At heart, the band’s sound is completely 70’s/80’s punk … but with a devastating performance reminiscent of the 90’s. If I classify them as a mix of Gun Club with Black Flag, I think it will more or less define them well.
The quartet emanates an onstage energy usually rarely seen, and while watching the The Cavemen concert I was only assailed by the memory of The Parkinsons’ performances because in my opinion they are very similar. I found it curious, as The Parkinsons are, as far as it concerns me, currently one of the most savage bands in the world. Therefore, I discovered, another one within the same register.
When the concert’s motto of is placed on such and high level of intensity, I think that there is nearly nothing of very substantial to say, besides mentioning that the audience loved to be violated and that a significant part it made the “party” with the rest of the band. It was a 100% catacombic and insane rock’n’roll show… and completely liberating.
© Guilherme Lucas
© Guilherme Lucas
© Guilherme Lucas
Texto & fotos: Guilherme Lucas
Os neo-zelandeses The Cavemen (NZ) “aterraram” na noite de sábado passado no Porto, no palco do Barracuda, onde brindaram os nativos presentes com um concerto simplesmente demolidor, do início ao fim. O grupo está musicalmente inserido dentro do garage punk, mas estes não se ficam por aí; há neles algo de brutal, primitivo e completamente explosivo, que remete pela crueza dos seus temas, e da performance da banda, também para o punk-hardcore, via Black Flag dos primórdios. No fundo, o som da banda é completamente punk dos anos 70/80… mas com uma atuação devastadora que lembra anos 90. Se os classificar como uma mescla de Gun Club com Black Flag, penso que a coisa estará mais ou menos bem definida.
O quarteto emana uma energia em palco que é rara de se ver habitualmente, e enquanto assistia ao concerto dos The Cavemen só me assaltava a memória as atuações dos The Parkinsons, pois estas são muito semelhantes. Achei isso curioso, pois os The Parkinsons são, na minha opinião, das bandas da atualidade mais selvagens ao vivo a nível global. Descobri, por isso, mais uma dentro do mesmo registo.
Quando o mote do concerto é colocado nesta fasquia de intensidade, acho que não há praticamente quase nada a dizer de muito substancial, para além de referir que o público adorou ser violentado e que parte substancial deste fez a “festa” com o resto da banda. Foi um espetáculo 100% rock’n’roll catacúmbico e demencial… e completamente libertador.
© Guilherme Lucas
© Guilherme Lucas
© Guilherme Lucas
© Guilherme Lucas
