JazzKLUB / Otomo Yoshihide Special Big Band / Japanese giant of the avant-garde - NOSPR
JazzKLUB / Otomo Yoshihide Special Big Band / Japanese giant of the avant-garde
This is the largest and one of the most amazing ensembles ever formed by the Japanese giant of the avant-garde. Active since 2013, the Special Big Band is a gang of avant-garde ultras in a ludic incarnation. The group breaks all the existing, though unwritten, rules, shamelessly merging the winds’ extreme frolics with danceable rhythms, brazen guitar blocks with sugary tunes, as well as sophisticated jazz arrangements with piercing noise. Add to this mixture such gems of repertoire as pieces by Astor Piazzola and Charlie Haden. Yoshihide’s band proves that the avant-garde can be entertaining and entertainment can retain the propensity for discovery that is so characteristic for the avant-garde. An absolute must-see, particularly since the leader announced this autumn’s concerts to be the band’s last tour.
Tomasz Gregorczyk
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Silesian String Quartet / Fifth concert from the cycle: The Strange and the Curious
Chamber Hall
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JazzKLUB / Mary Halvorson – Canis Major / Woman Who Masters the Improvised Guitar
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Katowice Culture Nature Festival / Along a Thorny Path to the Stars / NOSPR / Alsop / Choni
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The Table with Musical Scores – installation / Katowice Culture Nature Festival „Melancholy and Ecstasy”
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Katowice Culture Nature Festival / Paris Spleen / Piano Recital: Alexandre Tharaud
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Melancholic Yoga, Ecstatic Yoga with live music / Katowice Culture Nature Festival „Melancholy and Ecstasy”
Foyer NOSPR
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Together Among Sounds / for children aged 6 to 18 months / Katowice Culture Nature Festival „Melancholy and Ecstasy”
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Melancholic Yoga, Ecstatic Yoga with live music / Katowice Culture Nature Festival „Melancholy and Ecstasy”
Foyer NOSPR
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