Resonance day 4 at Alchemia - Krakow Autumn Jazz 22.11

The last of the four days with Resonance at Alchemia, but not the last meeting with music during the week. Polish jazz scene will be presented Saturday evening (Pawel Szpura & Pawel Postaremczak duo; Piotr Damasiewicz Imprographic Quartet). The Resonance orchestra will return on Sunday for the final concert at Manggha to present the results of the rehearsals held during last few days.
A brief summary of friday events at Alchemia:

Day 4

Set I

Per-Ake Holmlander - Tim Daisy
Tuba and drums is definitely not your usual jazz duo, but such boundaries are not really of importance in improvised music. Per-Ake employs his repertoire of bubbling and gurgling sounds and Tim spices it up with some tricks from his own bag (literally, taking out a different set of mallets, pocket radio and else). The most entertaining and surprising part of the set is when Per-Ake treats his tuba as a drumset of his own - a percussive fiesta alltogether with Tim. 

Resonance at Alchemia days 2 and 3 - Krakow Autumn Jazz 20-21.11

The week continues with more powerfull music, more crazy fun dj sets (Tim, Christoff and Ken would control the setlist for the afterparties), more drinks (surprising few mad dogs being drunk this year). Here's a brief summary of the 2nd and 3rd day with Resonance:

Day 2

Set I

Steve Swell – Waclaw Zimpel – Tim Daisy

A dynamic interaction between the three, one that let you appreciate both melodic and hectic side of improvised music.  The melodic - that would be for the most part the domain of Waclaw's clarinet, Steve countered those lines with trombone rambling, but there would be some parts where all three musicians would just kick it up a notch. The adventurous set closes with a primal ethno-passage with both Steve and Waclaw plaing wooden shepeherd flutes.

Resonance day 1 at Alchemia - Krakow Autumn Jazz Festival (19.11)

I've been offline last couple of days but I'll try to catch up quick- Resonance is back in Krakow. A group born 6 years ago on the festival transformed from a festival project into a regular group and a whole matrix of possible musical combinations. 

The alchemia evenings are exaclty that - an (al)chemistry laboratory of improvisation in a way, trying out all the possible combinations of x elements taken from y-large group. Here's the brief round-up of the first night:

Day 1

Set I

Magnus Broo – Mark Tokar – Tim Daisy

Freewheeling session with strong pulse, heavy bass tone and panache flurry trumpet flights. As groovy as abstract (Mark would massage and tap the bass as if it was a drum instrument). You can hear the enthusiasm and joy of meeting but most of all the level of communication between the trio's members (includin a semi-conducted drums-trumpet „cuts” during the monstrous bass solo). Strong set to kick off the week.

Jazz Alchemist Radio with Dizzy and others

Tune in tonight to www.radiofrycz.pl (or use the facebook player) at 8 pm CET. We'll listen through couple of lately reviewed cds as well as celebrate the anniversary of Dizzy Gillespie's birthday (21 Oct 1917).

Among the presented cds you can find some medium to big ensemble surprises of the year.

The multistylistic Eivind Opvik - Overseas IV, the wonderfully abstract Little Red Big Bang and the raw, jazz meal of  Ken Vandermark Resonance - What Country Is This?. 

1. Dizzy Gillespie - Swing Low Sweet Charriot
2. Litlle Red Big Bang - Why Do I Have to Care
3. The Thing - Awake Nu
4. Eivind Opsvik - Nineteen to the Dozen
5. Little Red Big Bang - Vonwohin
6. Dizzy Gillespie - He Beeped when he shoulda bopped
7. Eivind Opsvik - Michelle Marie
8. Dizzy Gillespie - Oh Lady Be Good
9. Lambert Hendricks & Ross - A Night in Tunisia
10. Little Red Big Bang - Weird Blues
11. Ken Vandermark Resonance - Open Window Theory (for Fred Anderson)
12. Eivind Opsvik - 1786
13. Little Red Big Bang - Will We Ever Meet Again

Jazz Alchemist Radio 22.10.2012 with Dizzy, Overseas, Red Big Bang and Resonance by Jazzowy Alchemik on Mixcloud