TELLEMARKK :: Koncert ze Staré synagogy v Plzni (2o1o)

This is Czech improvising group combining jazz with ethnic influences in the vein of Don Cherry or Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. They released very fine studio album in 2017 (available here).

tellemarkk - koncert ze staré synagogy v plzni

1. jurta  14.10
2. harlem  3.50
3. jen tak si lehnout do trávy  10.53
4. tanec skurut-hai  9.34
5. mámení  2.47
6. noc v maroku  6.54

pavel hrubý - soprano sax, bass clarinet, shells
tomáš reindl - tabla, cajon, didgeridoo, hang, percussion
dorota barová - cello, line 6, voice, percussion
as guest: 
františek kučera - trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion

recorded live at old synagog, pilsen, may 12, 2010

self-released as cd-r

posted with group's permission

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Czech quartet Limbo will celebrate 20 years on jazz scene

Brainchild of Pilsen saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Pavel Hrubý, LiMBO was founded back in 2004 as a trio with Prague based Ukrainian double bass player Taras Vološčuk and drummer Miloš Dvořáček. With addition of trumpet and flugelhorn player František Kučera, quartet recorded their eponymous self-released debut in 2005 (digitally reissued by Signals from Arkaim in 2013 with bonus track). 

Two years later, second album named Kalimbo was released by new Czech label Amplión. Both first and second album include vital acoustic jazz inspired by such artists as Art Ensemble of Chicago and Ornette Coleman luminaries Old And New Dreams.

Miloš Latislav · 2 faces of LiMBO

In 2009, Pavel Hrubý set electro-acoustic version of Limbo with pianist / keyboardist Michal Nejtek, guitarist Jiří Šimek (Muff, NUO), percussionist Tomáš Reindl (Omnion, Tellemarkk) alternating bassists Taras Volščuk, Martin Kapusník or Tomáš Liška and drummer Martin Kopřiva. Resulted recording is named Out Of Body and was issued again by Amplión Records.

Third album Koncert (Polí5 2012) marks return to acoustic quartet format and arrival of highly talented Slovak drummer Dušan Černák. Last album Details was released in 2017, again on Polí5 label. In following years, Pavel Hrubý, who plays tenor, soprano and alto saxophones along with clarinet and bass clarinet, focused on soprano and bass clarinet with Limbo. Trumpet player František Kučera was replaced by alto saxophonist Petr Kalfus on some concerts.

In 2023, Limbo will play five concerts with new line-up: Pavel Hrubý - soprano sax and bass clarinet, Oskar Török - trumpet (Vertigo), Taras Vološčuk - double bass and Dušan Černák - drums. During this summer new album recording is planned and Pavel Hrubý announced his return to tenor sax for Limbo. In 2024, group will celebrate its 20th anniversary with large tour and fifth album will be released on Amplión Records.

25. 03. – Praha - U Malého Glena Jazz Club 21:00 
22. 04. – Banská Bystrica - Hogo Fogo Jazz & Art Club 20:00 
09. 06. – Praha - Jazz Dock Club 19:00 
15. 06. – Písek - Balzám Café 19:00 
11. 11. – Dresden - Jazzclub Tonne 20:00

www.limbo-music.cz

In addition to Limbo, Pavel Hrubý recorded two solo albums for Amplión Records: Between The Lines (2014) and Go Between (2021, vinyl only), two albums with cooperative quartet Phoenix (Phoenix, 2016 and Live at Divadlo 29, 2020), duet albums with Dušan Černák (Panoptikon, Signals from Arkaim 2015), Jan Faix (Bezelstně, Polí5 2020) and Emil Viklický (Between Us, Amplión 2020). Another side project is Tellemarkk trio with Tomáš Reindl and Dorota Barová (album Tellemarkk, Amplión 2017)

ROSCOE MITCHELL 10.6. v Praze

ROSCOE MITCHELL 

ROLAND DAHINDEN 

PMP ENSEMBLE 

Roscoe Mitchell: WHA-WHA (premiéra) 

Jon Irabagon - saxofon 

Roland Dahinden, dirigent

V druhé části večera, který začíná v Divadle Archa ve 20 hodin, vystoupí

ROSCOE MITCHELL QUINTET 

Roscoe Mitchell - saxofon Tomeka Reid - violoncello Silvia Bolognesi - kontrabas Dudu Kouate - zpěv, africké perkuse, flétna Tani Tabbal - bicí, perkuse 

Roscoe Mitchell je zakládajícím členem světoznámého Art Ensemble of Chicago, AACM: Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians a Tria Space. Mezinárodně uznávaný hudebník, skladatel a inovátor zahájil svou úctyhodnou kariéru v Chicagu ve státě Illinois v energií nabitých 60. letech minulého století. Podíl na vzkříšení dlouho opomíjených dřevěných dechových nástrojů, jeho inovace v roli sólového interpreta na dechové nástroje i navrácení skladatele tradiční formě improvizace ho na více než čtyři desetiletí posunuly do popředí současné hudby. Roscoe Mitchell, vůdčí osobnost na poli avantgardního jazzu a soudobé hudby, nahrál 87 alb a složil více než 250 skladeb. Jeho kompozice sahají od nespoutaného a energického free jazzu až po ornamentální komorní hudbu. Více než 35 let také pracoval na naprosto detailně vycizelovaném bicím nástroji zvaném Percussion Cage, který zahrnuje různé nástroje z Ameriky, Číny, Tibetu, Afriky, Austrálie, Švýcarska, Francie, Německa, Itálie a Turecka a také mnohé náhodně nalezené nástroje. Je držitelem četných vyznamenání a ocenění, mimo jiné ceny The American Music Center Letter of Distinction, The International Jazz Critics Poll, od časopisu Down Beat Magazine a dalších ocenění. 

Filipínsko-americký saxofonista, skladatel a absolvent jazzových studií na Juilliard School Jon Irabagon se ve svém díle snaží vystihnout identitu často marginalizované menšiny a zároveň nechat promluvit svůj vlastní hudební hlas. Časopis Time Out New York ho označil za jednu z „25 jazzových ikon“. Spolupracoval s legendami, jako jsou Lou Reed, Herbie Hancock a Wynton Marsalis, jakož i s některými z nejvýraznějších a nejorginálnějších hráčů na současné scéně: Davem Douglasem, Mary Halvorson, Barrym Altschulem a kapelou Mostly Other People Do The Killing. Vede také svou vlastní značku Irabbagast Records, na které vydává vlastní díla i počiny ostatních progresivních umělců. 

Roland Dahinden je švýcarský trombonista a skladatel. Jako trombonista se specializuje na soudobou hudbu a improvizaci, koncertuje v různých zemích Evropy, Ameriky, Asie i Afriky. Vystupoval s umělci jako Anthony Braxton, Miles Davis, Pièrre Favre, George Gruntz, Quincy Jones, spolupracuje s mnoha výtvarníky, architekty, vytváří zvukové instalace. Hudbu přímo pro něj napsali autoři jako Peter Ablinger, Maria de Alvear, Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Peter Hansen, Hauke Harder, Bernhard Lang, Joelle Léandre, Alvin Lucier, Chris Newman, Pauline Oliveros, Hans Otte, Lars Sandberg, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Daniel James Wolf a Christian Wolff. 

Mezioborový nadžánrový PMP Ensemble se zaměřuje na různé formy řízené improvizace, kombinuje klasickou notaci s grafickými partiturami, vypsanými, aleatorickými i zcela improvizovanými pasážemi. V mezinárodním ansámblu figurují přední představitelé experimentální a improvizační scény. 

Obsazení: Petr Balhar - bicí Jan Bára – kytara Marcel Bárta – saxofon Vít Beneš – kytara Jan Chalupa – bicí George Cremaschi - kontrabas Martin Debřička – saxofon Vojta Drnek – akordeon Jakub Gatěk – trumpeta Luan Goncalves – kontrabas Michal Grombiřík – cimbál Radim Hanousek – basklarinet, saxofon Jana Havláková – housle Michal Hrubý – basklarinet, klarinet Pavel Hrubý – basklarinet Didrik Ingvaldsen – trumpeta Milan Jakeš – housle Jan Jirucha – trombon Václav Kalivoda – trombon Daniel Kéry – kytara Radim Kolář - bicí Martin Konvička – klavír Miloš Kunc – klavír Andrea La Rose – flétna Anežka Matoušková – zpěv Jan Michálek - saxofon, housle Ian Mikyska - viola da gamba, kytara Elia Moretti – vibrafon Mikuláš Mrva – baskytara, elektronika Jan Nepodal - vibrafon Anežka Nováková – bicí, perkuse, vibrafon Martin Opršál – marimba Lucie Páchová – zpěv, elektronika Vojtěch Procházka – harmonium Jan Přibil – trumpeta Jan Pudlák - klavír Klára Pudláková - kontrabas Anna Romanovská – housle Štefan Szabó – kytara Jakub Švejnar – bicí Pavel Šabacký – saxofon Patrik Švec – saxofon Filip Tománek – bicí, perkuse Vojtěch Vaida – bicí Žaneta Vítová – akordeon Jana Vondrů – zpěv, harmonium Michal Wroblewski – saxofon, klarinet Pavel Zlámal – saxofon, klarinet 

Koncert v Divadle Archa začíná ve 20 hodin

https://www.pmpif.org/cs/uvod

First official TELLEMARKK album will be launched at concert in Jazz Dock, Prague

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DOROTA BAROVÁ

TOMÁŠ REiNDL

PAVEL HRUBÝ

Amplión Records fb profile

https://www.facebook.com/Tellemarkk/

ARTA Distribution

Polí5 new jazzy releases

Newest one is cooperation of Czech alternative / prog band STROM STíNU and avant jazz big band BUCiNATORES ORCHESTRA, whose leader and trombonist Jan Jirucha created new arrangements for some Strom stínu songs and added few original compositions. The album (released as CD and bandcamp download with Name your price option, as most of Polí5 releases) will be launched in concert at Prague Jazz Dock on December 22.

Few moths ago was released fifth album by LiMBO, actually Czech / Slovak / Ukraine quartet of Pavel Hrubý - saxes, bass clarinet, František Kučera - trumpet and flugelhorn, Taras Voloshchuk - double bass and Dušan Černák - drums. (Previous history and discography of Limbo is portrayed here). New album is titled Details and unlike earlier recordings, based on spontaneous improvisation and composing in studio mainly, new repertoire was already prepared before recording. Spirit of their original inspiration Art Ensemble of Chicago is still present.

  

Another title from Polí5, HLASkontraBAS by singer RiDiNA AHMED and bassist PETR TiCHÝ, is perfect picturesque example of acoustic versus electronics, as both members of duo are using looper tools. Petr Tichý is one of most in demand bassist of Czech jazz scene and member of NTS trio, while Ridina Ahmed is known for co-operation with Floex on his album Pocustone, longtime solo vocals and experimenting with looping, as heard on her first solo album Hlasem (Amplión Records 2006).

Jazz / rock / alternative







Avant / free improvisation / experimental







https://poli5.bandcamp.com

News from Amplion Records

Third album of NTS trio, titled ZappornO, was released as vinyl LP plus digital download (actually in preparation). Produced by Simon Ratcliffe of Basement Jaxx.

The abbreviation NTS means the common project of three musicians with different genre background: composer of contemporary art-music and keyboard player Michal Nejtek, jazz double-bass player Petr Tichý and the rock drummer Štěpán Smetáček.

www.ntstrio.com

ARTA Distribution / e-Shop

From earlier Amplion Records releases:



From the album "Phoenix" (Amplion Records 2016)

Michal Nejtek - piano, keyboards
Pavel Hrubý - soprano, alto & tenor sax
Jaromír Honzák - double bass
Daniel Šoltis - drums, percussion

Spontaneous compositions by four Czech jazz & contemporary music masters, recorded August 2015 at Sono Records, Czech Republic. Produced by Alexej Charvát.

From the album "Kompas" (Amplion Records 2015)

Zuzana Dumková - vocals, electric guitar, slide guitar.
Marcel Bárta - tenor & soprano sax.
Josef Štěpánek - steel guitar.
Michal Nejtek - keyboards.
Andrés Ibarburu - bass guitar.
Miloš Dvořáček - drums.

Music, lyrics & arrangement by Zuzana Dumková.

http://www.zuzanadumkova.cz

All Amplion Records albums as CDs, mp3 or flac are obtainable via http://www.arta.cz (search for specific title or label) ... or as usual mp3 at Spotify, Deezer, Google Play, iTunes....

AMPLiON RECORDS fb page

+  PAVEL HRUBÝ - BETWEEN THE LiNES 

First jazz gig at wonderous Žižkostel, Prague, Czech Republic

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World premiere of acoustic duo improvisation by two members of renowned quartet LiMBO - saxofonist a clarinetist Pavel Hrubý, founder of the band, and drummer Dušan Černák, wonderful Slovak talent and junior member of Limbo.

www.limbo-music.cz

Second part of the evening is open to experimentation with significant role for COUNT PORTMON, 

bandzone.cz/countportmon

Pavel Hrubý releases his first solo album

End of 2014 saw release of  Between The Lines, first solo album by saxophonist Pavel Hrubý, leader of the group Limbo and member of various other groupings. Set of eleven tracks includes Hrubý on tenor, alto & soprano sax, bassclarinet and clarinet. Three solo spots are mixed with mostly duo tracks, where leader's partners are his Limbo colleagues František Kučera (flugelhorn, trumpet and little percussions), Miloš Dvořáček (percussions), Michal Nejtek (piano) plus Vertigo drummer Dano Šoltis. Final track, Peter Gabriel's Don't Give Up, arranged by Štěpánka Balcarová, is played by small chamber-like ensemble. Album was recorded during previous two years and released by Amplion Records as first title after re-activation of the label. So hopely there is more to come.

Amplion Records website soon *** webstore
 other webstore

 

Limbo 10th Anniversary at Jazz Dock

Czech multinational group Limbo, brainchild of saxophonist Pavel Hruby, belongs to top jazz acts in Czech Republic from its beginning. Originally a trio of Hrubý, native Ukraine bassit Taras Voloshchuk and drummer Miloš Dvořáček, they became quartet with addition of trumpet player František Kučera. Their second album Kalimbo was nominated for music prize Anděl in Jazz & Blues category in 2008, same year they received regional prize Sagittarius in Kadaň as the best concert act in alternative genre. During its existence, Limbo underwent through some personal changes and in 2010 parallel electro-acoustic version was established, aside original acoustic quartet with new drummer Dušan Černák. Limbo played numerous jazz festivals in Czech and Europe and countless club concarts. Both line-ups of this special band with guesting original drummer Miloš Dvoracek will celebrate 10th anniversary on the scene with special concert at Jazz Dock in Prague. Documentary movie about the band will also be screened during the concert break. Friday night with Limbo on November 14th will start at 8PM.

LiMBO (acoustic) :
Pavel Hrubý – saxes, bassclarinet
František Kučera – trumpet, fluegelhorn
Taras Voloshchuk – double bass
Miloš Dvořáček – drums
Dušan Černák – drums

LiMBO (electro – acoustic) :
Pavel Hrubý – saxes
Michal Nejtek – piano, keyboards
Jiří Šimek – el. guitar, el. boxes
Tomáš Liška – double bass
Martin Kopřiva – drums
Tomáš Reindl – percussion


Discography:
LiMBO (Self-released 2005, mp3 reissue Signals from Arkaim 2013)
KALiMBO (Amplion 2007)
OUT OF BODY (Amplion 2009)  [electro-acoustic version]
KONCERT (Poli5 2012)

Mixed set of tracks from all four Limbo albums at Soundcloud



First Limbo album can be also downloaded in flac format from inconstant sol blog.

www.limbo-music.cz

Omnion project

OMNiON is a project of multiinstrumentalist Tomáš Reindl, album was released on Amplión label in 2o11.

Next Omnion concert is on January 24 at Gopal vegetarian restaurant and tearoom, Elišky Peškové 6, Praha - Anděl.



Omnion in concert with special guests Amit Chatterjee (guitar) & Pavel Hrubý (bass clarinet)

Tellemarkk on Sarurday, Vertigo on Easter Monday and Tuesday too

Improvising unit Tellemarkk, founded by Pavel Hrubý of Limbo and universal multiinstrumentalist Tomáš Reindl, who alredy released his multi-tracked solo album Omnion on Amplión Records, is playing tomorrow in Dejvice, at Café Potrvá from 8PM. Pavel (saxes, bass clarinet, voice) and Tomáš (drums & percussion, tabla, didjeridu, pre-clarinet, blues harp, voice) were joined later by singing cellist Dorota Barová of Vertigo and Tara Fuki and in January they launched their first, self released album Koncert ze staré synagogy v Plzni, recorded previous year with trumpet player František Kučera of Limbo acoustic line-up as guest. Café Potrvá is starting series of regular jazz and improvised music concerts - hooray !!!

On Easter Monday, and also on Tuesday, April 25+26, new album Metamorphosis of  Prague based sextet Vertigo will be launched Jazz Dock. One of recent top Czech jazz bands was founded in late 2oo2 by five young, but already experienced musicians, originated from different parts of Czech or Slovak Republic. Their first album Vertigo Quintet (Amplión 2oo5) was awarded with prestigious Gold Angel (formerly Czech Grammy) in Jazz & Blues category and brings pure acoustic contemporay jazz, close to ECM aesthetics. After second album Live U Staré Paní (now defuncted, nice Prague jazz club), with guest singer Lenka Dusilová on one and ad hoc string quartet in two compositions, again on Amplión Records in 2oo6, they attracted Spanish Fresh Sound New Talent label, but somehow it did not happened. What happened was collaboration with Silesian cello player and vocalist Dorota Barová, after Quintet and his indivdual members guested on third album Auris (Indies Scope 2oo7) of highly original dual vocals / cello duo Tara Fuki, and moving under new label, ambitious Animal Music. Here was their 2nd studio work, named Vertigo Quintet & Dorota Barová, released in 2oo8. Marcel Bárta (soprano, alto & tenor saxes, bass clarinet), Oskar Török (trumpet), Vojtěch Procházka (piano), Rasislav Uhrik (double  bass) and Daniel Šoltis (drums; all members also play small percussion and other various instruments on new album) are focusing also on other projects in between playing with sextet, which shortened his name to Vertigo, with Dorota as permanent member now. Metamorphosis is probably their most ambitious project to date (as all previous albums, comprised only of individual members' original compositions, this time mostly penned by Marcel Bárta) and is being released again by Animal Music as label's second output this year. After few listenings I can highly recommend it, as well as Tellemarkk cd :o)))