Wywiady

O projektach i promocji muzyki rozmawiam z wiolonczelistą, kompozytorem i improwizatorem Matiasem Riquelme.

Czy jesteś fanem King Crimson? Na YouTube oglądałem wideo z Twoim wykonaniem „Larks Tongues In Aspic III”.

Gerry Hemingway is a remarkable drummer who is not afraid of any musical challenge. For 10 years he’s lived in Switzerland. Recently he has recorded an album with Izumi Kimura and Barry Guy. How did their cooperation begin? What does moving to Switzerland mean to an American? And finally: what is the key to grasp improvised music?

You are on the improvising scene for more over than 40 years. What had changed in free music during those years?

Izumi Kimura is a japanese pianist and composer, strongely connected with improvised scene. Her last release „Illuminated Silence” is recorded with Barry Guy and Gerry Hemingway. Izumi told me about the recording, her strong intuition and musical approach.

After your childhood in Japan, You’ve decided to move to Ireland. Why have you chosen this particular place?

Trevor Watts belongs to the pioneers of british improvised scene, although he doesn’t really like to apply national tags to the music. In 2018 Watts was visiting Poland, for Jazz Jantar Festival which was as good an occasion as any to ask him a few questions. We tackled some diverse topics in a short mail conversation and you can really something about his earliest influences, some exotic touring experiences, appreciation for rhythmic expression and current projects. Also a short tip about what’s good for stomach bacteria.

Rozmawiam z Lotte Anker saksofonistką i kompozytorką z Kopenhagi, której twórczość łączy w sobie eksperymentalny jazz z improwizacją i muzyką współczesną.

W tym roku przeprowadziłem wywiad z Arturem Majewskim. Sporo rozmawialiśmy na temat sesji do Twojego albumu „Diversity”. Pamiętasz, kiedy i jak poznałeś Artura i Rafała Mazura?

Just a few days ago, in the Iberian series of Multikulti Project and Spontaneous Music Tribune, Hung Mung has just released their debut album "An Offshot of A Wirlwind". The trio is co-created by the Venezuelan saxophonist, improviser, composer, conductor, editor, music theorist, graphic artist, sound engineer, independent culture’ animator, esoteric, teacher, just a real renaissance man - El Pricto.

We are talking to one of the most interesting instrumentalists of the young generation, the tubist Ben Stapp, about a joint album with Joe Morris and Stephen Haynes, his live in Portugal and the United States and we are also trying to find out what Theta Scales is.

How did it happen that you met Joe Morris and Stephen Haynes?