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Czechoslovak sextet Vertigo released their fifth studio album

Marcel Bárta (saxes), Dorota Barová (cello, voice), Oskar Török (trumpet, voice), Vojtěch Procházka (piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboard), Rastislav Uhrík (bass and bass guitar) and Daniel Šoltis (drums) are distinct musical personalities who have been coming together for more than fifteen years in the original formation VERTIGO to create music of perfect harmony and creativity; music that knows no boundaries and that keeps exploring new directions and compositional as well as interpretational possibilities. Their fifth studio album Daleko on Animal Music, for which all the members have provided their own authored music, is yet another proof of their originality and also an invitation to us to join them on a playful journey discovering far horizons.

http://vertigo-music.cz/en/

Early autumn brings...

A number of interesting concerts is scheduled for September and later in the autumn. Cellist, singer and songwriter DOROTA BAROVÁ will be launching her first solo album titled feat. Dorota Barová (Indies Scope) in Archa Theatre, Prague on September 11th and Fléda Club, Brno on 12th. Album is actually a portrait, made of her contributions to various projects, both as a a member (Tara Fuki, Kuzmich Orchestra, Vertigo, Doma Ensemble or Baterky) or guest (Lenka Dusilová, Jaryn Janek, Jaromír Honzák Quintet, Points, Květy a.o.). Five tracks are unreleased before, including Baterky, Kuzmich Orchestra and Dorota's song Poległym, written for the movie Lidice and recorded here in new arrangement with Bucinatores Orchestra. Five more songs, which did not find the way to final CD order, are featured as free mp3 download on album's label page. Both concerts will feature Dorota Barová with Tara Fuki, Lenka Dusilová, Vertigo, Kuzmich Orchestra and DoMa Ensemble, in Archa there will be also bass guitarist Jaryn Janek.



Rybanaruby club offers sound seekers trio DREAMERS CROSSiNG on September 11th - Jaroslav Kořán, Michael Delia and Martin Janíček are playing various percussion and self-made instruments including mbira and The Horologe of Dreamers. Their project was successfuly presented at many CZ and world venues, a.o.Knitting Factory in New York. Percussion vibes are everpresent in Rybanaruby (including numerous workshops), so it is no surprise to see highly respected ALAN ViTOUŠ in his ongoing project Bubny pro radost (Drums for joy) there on September 13th, this time exclusively on metal precussion instruments with Tonda Hlávka and Papis  Nyass. In between, on September 12th, intimate space of Rybanaruby will be hosting YELLOW SiSTERS, all-female vocal quartet in the evening of fully improvised songs. Another evening of free improvisation, this time possibly more jazz-rooted, will occur there at October 8th with saxophonists Petr Kalfus, Michal Wroblewski (from Poland), guitarist Jan Pisklák and drummer Jan Chalupa. You have to know that Rybanaruby has also tearoom and shop with ethnic instruments and assorted goodies, open every day except Sunday from 2PM. And their website include fine music player with wide variety of live recordings made in the club!



Daily concerts at Jazz Dock include trio of French bassist JEAN-PiERRE FOURMET (with Christophe Motury on trumpet and Stefan Orins on piano) on September 10th, KULHÁNEK-HOLEČEK-RAZíM-KOWACZ quartet on 11th, two nights with VERTiGO (16th & 17th), Days of Slovak Jazz between September 27th and 29th and three mostly American guitar trios in next months: WiLL BERNARD with Will Blades on organ and Simon Lott on drums (October 10th), SCOTT HENDERSON with JEFF BERLiN and DENNiS CHAMBERS (October 12th) and JOHN SCOFiELD with STEVE SWALLOW & BiLL STEWART (November 11th).

February snows & bluenights

A number of interesting concerts is coming to happen in Prague. On Thursday, February 9, impro-series wakushoppu is continuing at Café v lese. As always the will be two units this evening - K!amm + Jorge Boehringer and Lovci lebek. During concert will be launched CD compilation of recordings from previous wakushoppu evenings, comprised of collective improvisations occuring at each concert's finale. CD is released as supplement with new issue of HiS Voice magazine. Concert starts around 8 as is, as always, for free.

Different kind of music you can hear the same Thursday at Lucerna Music Bar from 9pm as part of Prague International Bluenight series. American BLACK STONE RAiDERS is stellar trio of guitarist and singer Jean Paul Bourelly (once with Miles Davis), bass guitarist Darryl Jones (Rolling Stones) and drummer Will Calhoun (Living Colour, Head/Fake, etc). You can expect mix of rock, funk, jazz and jungle, as well as spirit of Jimi Hendrix. Trio starts in Prague whole string of their Czech concerts, ending Feb 15 in Plzeň. In Lucerna bar, there will be support duo of Zdeněk Bína (guitar & vocals, ex-123 min) and Jan Urbanec (bass guitar).

On Friday, February 10, at Jazz Dock will be launched new album Daily Specials by renowned American guitarist Steve Walsh. Recording was made with Czech musicians Jan Kořínek (hammond organ), Tomáš Liška (double bass) and Daniel Šoltis (drums) and is this year's first release of Animal Music label. From earlier Jazz Dock concerts, Wednesday's Bucinatores Sextet night show is recommended.

On Saturday, February 11th, at Café Potrvá is continuing new unique project Band+1, bringing mostly unheard combinations of working jazz units with exclusive guest. This time it will be Oswald and the Orbits (Cyrille Oswald - saxes, etc, David Dorůžka - guitar and Daniel Šoltis - drums, in fact 3/4 of Cyrille's Czech quartet from The Wrong Present album) plus Oskar Török (of Vertigo and Sato-San To, a.o.) on trumpet.

Speaking about VERTiGO (formerly Veritgo Quintet), on February 15th they are starting their 10th anniversary tour with two dates in France. In Prague, there will be two concerts: an intimate evening in Rybanaruby on February 20 and bigger event at KC Vltavská on 21. After their latest, fourth and extraordinary album Metamorphosis (Animal Music 2o11), Vertigo was honored with independent music prize Tais Awards.

@ jAZZ DOCK

Sun 28 Aug
5 pm - SUNDAY  DIXIE: Staroměstský dixieland.
Admission CZK 90.

10 pm - Daniela Valtová Quartet (piano & songs)
Pianist, organist, composer and singer who crosses the boundaries of classical music in her work and gives space to inspiration by jazz, blues and American country music in her songs.
Admission CZK 120, jun/sen CZK 90.                             .                     

Mon 29 Aug
10 pm - Rostislav Fraš  Quartet feat. Luboš Šrámek (CZ/SK)
Currently one of the best Czech saxophonists. Besides his own quartet he is a member of the bands Hot Line, Zuzana Lapčíková Quintet, Limited Edition, CZ/SK Bigband of Matůš Jakabčic and others (ts,p,b,dr). Admission CZK 120, jun/sen CZK 90.

Tue 30 Aug
10 pm - TUES BLUES: Jan Kořínek & Groove feat. Rostislav Fraš / Osian Roberts (soul jazz)
A phenomenal Hammond organ player and his home group strengthened by two excellent saxophonists in the "Very Saxy" programme (org,ts,ts,g,dr)!
Admission CZK 150 / jun/sen CZK 90.

Wed 31 Aug
10 pm - Beata Hlavenková Trio (modern jazz)
Leading Czech pianist and composer who is apart from her trio creativity well-known for collaborations with musicians such as Ingrid Jensen, Rich Perry and Lenka Dusilová (p,b,dr).
Admission CZK 150 / jun/sen CZK 90.

SEPTEMBER

Thu 1 Sep

10 pm - Circus Ponorka (nu - folk)
Unique monomial “orchestra” Circus Ponorka is original nu-folk “one-man show”(voc, g, eff). Admission CZK 150, jun/sen CZK 90.

Fri 2 Sep
7 pm - Vladimíra Krčková Quartet (vocal jazz)
Modern jazz influenced by France, South America, New York and by music around all of us
(voc, g, b, dr). Admission CZK 120, jun/sen CZK 90.
10 pm - Yvonne Sanchez Band (latin jazz & soul)
Well-known Polish-Cuban jazz vocalist with a honey-smooth voice that charmed audiences around the world will sing again at Jazz Dock! You will hear as jazz standards and Brazilian music as soul and author songs from the album "My Garden" that was released two years ago by Warner Music (voc,g,p,b,dr,perc).

01 am - JAZZ DOCK JAMBAND - Night session
After the main evening concert still play our each time differently set  Jazz Dock Jamband night concert for those who don´t want to sleep yet...
Admission from 10 pm CZK 290 / jun/sen CZK 232. 10% discount for both concerts.

Sat 3 Sep
4 pm - JAZZ DOCK TO KIDS: „Tři nezbedné pohádky“ - Divadlo JABADA.
Admission: adults 70 CZK, kids 50 CZK, kids under 2 years free.

7 pm - Jimmy Bozeman and the Band of Jakeys
American singer-songwriter had recorded with bands Lazy Pigs and the Band of Jakeys seven albums on which he plays his genuine American folk - hillibilly, honky tonk and country blues (voc,g,mand,vi,b). Admission CZK 120 jun/sen CZK 90.

10 pm - Yvonne Sanchez Band (latin jazz & soul)
01 am - JAZZ DJ SATURDAY NIGHT: DJ Goldstar (latino & funk & soul & jazz dance) Admission from 10 pm CZK 290, jun/sen CZK 232. 10% discount for both concerts.

Sun 4 Sep
5 pm - SUNDAY DIXIE: Bob Zajíček & Classic Jazz Colegium. Admission CZK 90.

10 pm - Vertigo (original music)
One of the most original Czech groups that came up from jazz but over the time - with their music overlaps - has got to quite a distinctive sound (sax,trp,vlc,p,b,dr).
Admission CZK 150, jun/sen CZK 90.

Mon 5 Sep
10 pm - Vertigo (original music)
Tue 6 Sep
10 pm - Jeff Ballard Trio feat. Miguel Zenon, Lionel Loueke !!!

Trio of one of the world's most famous drummers which is known mainly from Brad Mehldau Trio, Fly Trio and cooperation with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Chick Corea or Joshua Redman. Co-creators of sparkling music in trio are guitarist Lionel Loueke and alto saxist Miguel Zenón. Do not miss unique opportunity to see the stars of the world jazz at Jazz Dock stage ! Admission 450 CZK, jun/sen 360 CZK.
www.jazzdock.cz

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)))

McCoy Tyner Quartet at Prague Castle, Wakushoppu 0.3 in Café v lese & more

This week starts with quartet of longtime John Coltrane sideman, pianist McCOY TYNER (with Gary Bartz - alto sax, Gerald Cannon - double bass, Eric Gravatt - drums; update - on drums was Francisco Mela and Bartz played also curved soprano. Highlight for me was Tyner's ballad Search For Peace, last piece before encore. I believe concert video will be soon available at jazznahrade.cz under Zaznamy z koncertu flag) in palatial Spanish Hall of Prague Castle on Monday, April 11. On Tuesday, there is great postbop quartet of virtuoso tenor saxophonist Ondřej Štveráček at Jazz Dock (with his Slovak bandmates Ondrej Krajňák - p, Tomáš Baroš - db, and Marián Ševčík - dr), who released very fine album What's Outside (Cube-Metier) last year, and Swiss CHRISTPH STIEFEL INNER LANGUAGE TRIO at Jazz Time same day. Electric jazz Swedish THE STONER with Czech guitar prodigy DAVID DORŮŽKA will play at Divadlo 29 in Pardubice on Wednesday, at Prague Jazz Dock for next two days and at JAZZFEST BRNO, which is going into full flow, on Saturday.

On Wednesday, April 13, there is also quartet of black American singer CARLA COOK at Jazz Time, where Jazz Meets World series continues next evening with voice acrobat from Cameroon GINO SITSON and his French/American quartet featuring Lonnie Plaxico on bass. Same days, Wed/Thu, at Lucerna Music Bar will appear bands of American guitarists MIKE STERN and DEAN BROWN as part of AghRTA Prague Jazz Festival. Saturday concerts include TIRTHA - pianist Vijay Iyer's Indian trio with guitarist Prasanna and tabla player Nitin Mitta at Jazz Time, and duo of German singer and celtic harp player NADIA BIRKENSTOCK with Prague based Welsh percussionist and metal sculptor STEVE HUBBACK at K4 club. 

Not enough?
At Café v lese in Prague district Vršovice you can witness evening entitled Wakushoppu 0.3 with free improvisers TEMBRYO (free album download here) and K!amm / PelikáN on Wednesday 13th. Next week will happen launch concerts of brand new album Metamorphosis (Animal Music) by VERTIGO sextet (formerly Vertigo Quintet and then Vertigo Quintet & Dorota Barová) at Jazz Dock. Speaking about METAMORPHOSIS, if you will be around Pardubice on Friday, international quartet of the same name will present their 'contaminated chamber music' at Divadlo 29. Their latest two albums were released by renowned freejazz label Leo Records and band is offering 7 tracks from them for free download.

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