MUFF THEN & NOW

Then --- http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2011/05/marcel-barta-muff-live-jazz-club.html

MARCEL BÁRTA & MUFF - Live @ Jazz Club Železná, Prague, 2oo2-o6-o2.7z

1. Ufofka (Jakub Zitko)
2. Standardman (Jakub Zitko)
3. The Three Trees (Jakub Zitko)
4. Two For Bleu (Charlie Hunter)
5. Red Gator (Medeski, Martin & Wood)
6. Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaria)
7. 13 (Jakub Zitko)
8. Black Is Black (Marcel Barta)

Marcel Bárta - alto & soprano saxes, bass clarinet
Jiří Šimek - electric guitar
Jakub Zitko - hammond organ
Jakub Vejnar - bass guitar
Roman Vícha - drums
Miloš Dvořáček - percussion, trumpet

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Now --- http://www.jazzdock.cz/en/programme

Marcel Bárta – tenor & soprano saxophones 
Jiří Šimek – electric guitar, effects 
Jakub Zitko – Rhodes, organ, synths & samples 
Jakub Vejnar – electric bass 
Roman Vícha – drums & percussion

CARAVAN ~ SNAKE ,I, WiNE ~ STORMBRiNGER

FABULOUS

TOP 7 excerpt remind

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:My Top 7 albums of CZ jazz & impro 2o1o:
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TOMÁŠ HOBZEK - Stick It Out (Animal Music)
Cyrille Oswald – tenor sax, Dan Tepfer - piano, Tomáš Liška - double bass, Tomáš Hobzek - drums.
When i listened to this album first i forgot completely that was made near Prague. And adventure keeps continuing with Tomáš, Tomáš and Cyrille ~ i dont know Dan much yet. Overall feeling is much like smart modern acoustic jazz, not without intuition. Watch them.

ONDŘEJ ŠTVERÁČEK QUARTET - What's Outside (Cube-Metier)
Ondřej Štveráček - tenor sax, Ondrej Krajňák - piano, Tomáš Baroš - double bass, Marián Ševčík - drums, Radek Němejc - percussion on Three For Kate, Africa and Get Out Of Town.
Keep meeting Ondřej since years ago, when he played middle period Coltrane almost exclusively. Since then, he found ideal bandmates in Slovakia. His first project as a leader is, no wonder, traneing in straight ahead ;b  Central piece of the album is famous Africa, not to mention beautiful ballads. Once, at Jazz Černošice, Ondřej's quartet used Luboš Šrámek on electric keyboard instead of Ondrej K on acoustic, and it was a different kind of blue. 
Otherwise, these guys  are funniest partners at the bar after the show and did also Jazz at Prague Castle live album (Multisonic 2o11), which has one major minus ~ it is too short.


TEMBRYO (Fluidum Records)
Jan Faix - piano, synths; Filip Černý - guitar, live electronics; Jan Kyncl - tenor sax.
Released as free mp3 download and limited edition on USB key in 1o pcs of originally designed big safety matches boxes. 
First class european free improvisation in more acoustic setting than are their actual performances. Try it ;;;

VOJTĚCH PROCHÁZKA TRiO - Amoeba's Dance (Animal Music) 
Vojtěch Procházka - piano; Adrian Fiskum Myhr - double bass; Tore T. Sandbakken - drums.

Trio launched during Vojta's studies in Oslo with former schoolmates. Original compositions plus pieces by Herbie Nichols, Kurt Weill, Paul Motian and Ornette Coleman. On their concerts, they are actually mostly improvising, as you can hear on Procházka's MySpace. And this albums has one of most enjoyable cover arts in Animal Music catalogue.

POiNTS (Animal Music) 
Luboš Soukup - tenor and soprano saxes, clarinet, vocal; Miroslav Hloucal - trumpet and flugelhorn, kalimba; Tomáš Liška - double bass; Tomáš Hobzek – drums and percussion. Guests: Petr Kalfus - alto and soprano saxes; Marcel Bárta – bass clarinet; Jan Jirucha Jr. – trombone; Dorota Barová - vocal; Milan Cimfe - percussion.

I also like their live album from Jazz Getxo (Errabal 2oo9) 


Original post here ~~

ZADARMO FEST ( zadarmo = free entry )

Zadarmo Fest II. (27.7. 2o11)

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Bristol Harbour Festival

30. červenec

čas	27. červenec · 18:00 - 21:00
Místo konání	zahradky Riegrovy sady 28, Praha 2
Vytvořil(a)	Red Baron Band
Další informace	Druhý ročník úspěšného pražského festivalu v Rigerových sadech. Letos je pro Vás připravená série tří koncertů a to 27.7., 24.8. a 8.9. Těšit se můžete na skupiny Red Baron Band, Silent Session, Cuprum, Paul Kowacz & 3 band a United Heads. Program 27.7. 2011 18h United Heads http://bandzone.cz/unitedh​eads 19.30h Red Baron Band http://www.redbaronband.co​m/ 21h Silent Session http://www.silentsession.e​u/ http://www.restauraceriegr​ovysady.cz/ VSTUP ZDARMA

THiS iS A MAJOR ONE FOR LOVERS OF FREEJAZZ, AFRiCAN JAZZ AND BRiTJAZZ; plus some Prague gigs

Louis Moholo-Moholo Quintet @ the Vortex 17.o3.2o11: Louis Moholo-Moholo (drums), Paul Dunmall (saxophone), Alan Tomlinson (trombone), Alexander Hawkins (piano) and Olie Brice (bass).
Found through Jazz Gig Diary blog.

+ PLUS +  
SEPTOBER ENERGY: Keith Tippett conducts Viva La Black with Julie Tippetts, Louis Moholo-Moholo & Minafric Orchestra in Sant'Anna Arresi (Sardegna) on 2nd September 2oo8. Soloist on soprano sax is Roberto Ottaviano.

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Some interesting gigs @ Jazz Dock in Prague these days: On Sunday, June 24, Polish pianist Pavel Wlosok will join Ondřej Štveráček (tenor sax), Tomáš Baroš (double bass) and Tomáš Hobzek (drums).

Pianist Karel Růžička's trio with Josef Fečo (double bass) and Dano Šoltis (drums) will play together with Karel's son, Karel Růžička Jr. (saxes and flute), on Monday July 25. Karel Jr. is based in New York for years and is currently in Prague due to his participation on Czech Jazz Workshop.

Promising Czech quartet POiNTS will play octet gig on Wednesday: Luboš Soukup (saxes), Miroslav Hloucal (trumpet, flugelhorn), Tomáš Liška (double bass) and Tomáš Hobzek (drums) will be joined on stage by Dorota Barová (cello and voice), Marcel Bárta (saxes and bass clarinet), Jan Jirucha (trombone) and Petr Kalfus (alto sax). All four players were guesting on POiNTS album, released by Animal Music in 2o1o. Live album from Points appearance at Jazz Getxo festival in Spain, where they won first prize in young bands contest in 2oo9, was also released by festival label Errabal.

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Plus one actual prog song: Sluneční město / Suntown by FUTURUM, from iSLAND EARTH album, 1984 > download here.

Due to connection problems, there are actually no new additions at my Rajce gallery :(

BCC & BLUE EFFECT @ LOKET CASTLE

PRAGUE PROMS and free festivals

TERENCE BLANCHARD QUiNTET is playing @ Mánes on Wed 6th. He is Master Trumpeter. Master Drummer Eric Harland was with him for some albums, including Wandering Moon, which contains also phenomenal piano playing by Edward Simon and propelling double bass of Dave Holland. Brice Winston, one of three saxophonists on that album, is still with Terence and will appear at top jazz evening of PRAGUE PROMS Festival together with pianist Fabian Almazan,  Joshua Crumbly on double bass and Kendrick Scott on drums. Evening at Mánes Garden is already sould out, but ,,,

BOSKOViCE FESTiVAL is starting on Thu 7th and going into full flow on Fri and Sat. Aside of main scene (DVA, ALL STAR REFUGEE BAND, PLASTiC PEOPLE, GARAGE, The CHANCERS), there is german-czech jazz scene with JiŘí ŠiMEK TRiO, iNNER SPACES, SCHULBUS, ANNE MUNKA QUARTETT or MAREK NOVOTNÝ QUiNTET. This festival is not free, but one of the cheapest, and with long lasting good intended tradition and is happening in really nice countryside of South Moravia.

PREjsiFESTiVAL