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.

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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 :(