Special party: Child of Illusion – Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez – Nicole Mitchell – Mayas/Buck/Stackenäs/Zanussi
Særingfest is a full evening of music and sound in all forms and varieties - quite simply a festival within a festival, for all audiences who are curious about music off the beaten track! Tonight's line-up consists of Child of Illusion, Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez, Nicole Mitchell and Mayas/Buck/Stackenäs/Zanussi. What a night!
The evening's program at Særingfesten offers four concerts with some of the best in European, American and Norwegian improvisational music. One ticket – four concerts!
The evening's line-up consists of:
- Child of Illusion
- Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez
- Nicole Mitchell solo
- Mayas/Buck/Stackenäs/Zanussi
Susana Santos Silva – trumpet
Chris Pitsiokos – alto sax
Kansan Zetterberg – double bass
Susana Santos Silva and Kansan Zetterberg have been playing together since 2012, when they recorded their first duo album "Almost Tomorrow". Many different collaborations followed from this, and in 2017 they met New York saxophonist Chris Pitsiokos in Stockholm, where they recorded their first album "Child of Illusion", which was released on Clean Feed Records. Later, Khimaira followed at Relative Pitch in 2022.
The music of Child of Illusion can be described as a kind of chamber improvisation, where the musicians' different backgrounds come through clearly. It is a myriad of different aesthetics, full of colorful shades and beautiful interplay.
Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez
Fred Moten - text
Brandon Lopez – double bass
Fred Moten and Brandon Lopez come from New York. They combine words and music into landscapes you've probably never been to before. Fred Moten is a professor at New York University and has previously, among other things, been on stage with Cecil Taylor. In the last decade, Brandon Lopez has left his mark on the improvisation and jazz scene in New York, where he, among other things, has a startlingly good trio with Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey. With inspiration from Gil Scott-Heron and Amiri Baraka, Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez make their very own version of spoken word and improvised jazz.
Nicole Mitchell solo
Nicole Mitchell – flute and electronics
Nicole Mitchell has been central to the jazz and improv scene in Chicago since the 1990s and has distinguished herself as a particularly important and exciting flautist, composer and author. She often features on the magazine Downbeat's "Top Flutist of the Year" list and she has particularly distinguished herself through her Black Earth Ensemble. A solo concert with Nicole Mitchell is a musical journey where avant-garde methods are seamlessly mixed with African influences, melodic ballads and frenetic trills.
Mayas / Buck / Stackenäs / Zanussi
Magda Mayas – piano
Tony Buck – drums
David Stackenäs – guitar
Per Zanussi – double bass
To round off the Friday evening at Smeltehytta, last year's DNB award winner Per Zanussi brings this wonderful quartet. Many have heard Magda Mayas and Tone Buck in the unique duo Spill, and they are otherwise well known from groups such as Great Waitress and The Necks. We last heard David Stackenäs' characteristic guitar playing at Kongsberg as part of Kim Myhr's group in 2019, and together with Per Zanussi's distinct bass playing, this becomes a quartet that can both work with slowly developing states and large musical gestures.
We look forward!
Concert start: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30
