"East - West", taki tytuł nosi dziesiąta już płyta wydana w tematycznym cyklu "Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic" dokumentującym wyjątkowe koncerty odbywające się w Berlińskiej Filharmonii.
Tym razem jest to zapis koncertu z 20 listopada ub.roku dedykowanego zmarłemu w 1989 roku legendarnemu producentowi nagrań i wieloletniemu dyrektorowi wytwórni Atlantic i WEA, Nesuhi Ertegunowi.
Zgodnie z ideą koncertu, na scenie spotkali się artyści łączący elementy swej ludowej muzyki ze Wschodu z zachodnią estetyką jazzową.
Na płycie usłyszymy związanych z wytwórnią ACT wykonawców reprezentujących odległe kultury: wietnamskiego gitarzystę Nguyena Le, grającego na basowej lutni guembri, multiinstrumentalistę i wokalistę z Maroka Majida Bekkasa, międzynarodowe (Hiszpania / Francja / Algieria) trio NES i południowokoreański kwartet Black String.
Album ukazał się 29 maja.
Robert Ratajczak
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Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic X: East - West
CD 2020, ACT 9913-2
program:
1. Aicha
2. Bye Bye
3. You Made It Hard For Me
4. Ahlam
5. Rimitti
6. Hanging Gardens Of Babylon
7. Elevation Of Light
8. Encore: Bania
wykonawcy:
Majid Bekkas - guembri, wokal
Nguyen Le - gitara
NES:
Nesrine Belmokh, Matthieu Saglio - wiolonczela, wokal
David Gadea - instr.perkusyjne
Black String:
Yoon Jeong Heo - geomungo
Jean Oh - gitara
Aram Lee - daegeum, yanggeum
Min Wang Hwang - ajaeng, janggu
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materiały wydawcy::
‘East meets West’ was the central theme in the life of Nesuhi Ertegün (1917-1989). He grew up as the son of the Turkish Ambassador in Washington, and Nesuhi himself was to become an ambassador too: one of the most important producers and advocates that jazz has ever had. On the 30th anniversary of his death, Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic curator Siggi Loch dedicated an evening to commemorating this friend and mentor who had been like a father to him. For Nesuhi, jazz had no borders; this concert was a posthumous validation of the far-sightedness of that vision.
On the cultural world map, East-West today is synonymous with the tense relationship between Europe and Asia, between Occident and Orient. From the Renaissance to the present day, there have been repeated waves of enthusiasm for Eastern culture in the West. And for the hundred years or so that jazz has existed, it too has always tended to absorb elements from other cultures into its stylistic vocabulary. Conversely, artists from Eastern cultures have embraced jazz, fused it with their own traditions, revealing new and fascinating expressive possibilities.
Black String, the South Korean quartet led by geomungo player Yoon Jeong Heo, takes a 1500-year old Korean musical tradition and brings it into the modern era and into jazz in way which is totally compelling artistically. NES Trio with charismatic singer/cellist Nesrine has a distinctive sound drawn from the musical melting pot of the Mediterranean region. A special guest is the Moroccan oud and guembri player Majid Bekkas, who has often brought the Gnawa blues of his homeland into projects ranging from “folklore imaginaire” to avant-garde jazz. And providing the perfect East-West link is French-Vietnamese guitarist Nguyen Le, whose go-between role combining the worlds of jazz, rock and Asian folk music has been pioneering. Together they celebrate a meeting of East and West. Nesui Ertegün would have been overjoyed.
