Koloni och Structures Sonores presenterar:

V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble
Variam
Arco


Film: "Cry of Jazz" (Edward Bland, 1959)

DJ: DJ: Gustav Rosengren (Kalligrammofon/Öland) & Terese Nordström (Världen/Norrland) & Hawklord (The Space Between/Ved)

+ bar & mat

Denna afton firas releasen av V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensembles skiva "Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me" som släpps av iDEAL recordings! Ett exemplar av skivan ingår i biljettpriset!

Lördag 9:e Februari 2008
Hagateatern
Södra Allégatan 2 (Vid Järntorget)
Entré: 80 kr inkl skiva!
kl 18-24 (filmen börjar 18.30)
Ålder 18 år
Förköp: Vänder sig om
www.kolonigbg.se


Arco (Skåne)
Arco är Douglas Holmquist och Johan Gustavsson. På Hagateatern kommer de att visa prov på hur det kan låta när den nya generationens chosefria improvisationsmusiker väver magi. Både Douglas och Johan har minst sagt gedigna meritlistor. Förutom att de tillsammans har spelat extremt glesa tongångar i The Roaring och jordbrumsrock i Alina har Holmquist sitt moderna dansmusikprojekt Kopia och har dessutom del i tre av Sveriges allra finaste orkestrar; Auton, Dr Higgins och Testbild! Johan Gustavsson har å sin sida en anmärkningsvärd diskografi, där varje utgåva – oftast under namnet Tsukimono – har det gemensamt att de utstrålar en unik, oresonlig passion. Det här kommer att bli en väldigt fin upplevelse.

Variam (Göteborg)
Mariam Wallentin är kanske mest känd som ena halvan av Wildbirds & Peacedrums, röst- och trumsensationen som under förra året slog delar av världen med häpnad. Mariam Wallentin är en i alla hänseenden fantastisk vokalist och i soloprojektet Variam bjuder hon på ”budget electronics and voice”. På Hagateatern kommer hennes framträdande anknyta till det otroligt fria jazztema som präglar kvällen i stort.
http://www.myspace.com/mariamwallentin


V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble (Sverige)
V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensembles senaste konsert ägde rum i en liten dansk stad sommaren 2006. Det var följdaktligen hög tid att samla sällskapet igen.
Den 9:e februari släpps V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensembles debutalbum "Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me" av iDEAL recordings. Samma kväll fyller man Hagateatern med väldigt fri jazzmusik.
Förutom bandledare Viktor Sjöberg består ensemblen den här gången av Douglas Holmquist, David Sjöberg, Emelie Jonazon, Johan Gustavsson, Frida Thurfjell och Jonas Odhner. Eventuellt gästas man utöver detta av en utomstående solist.

En text om ensemblen skriven av dess ledare:

Words are kind of tricky. This might actually be one of the instances where words are redundant, but I'm on a train right now and the activities available are somewhat limited.

So, here goes;
Jazz.

By letting people know that you are not part of a something, for instance a "musical movement", you are automatically letting yourself be controlled by the thing that you claim to have no connection to. In other words, a negated reference is still very much a reference and one should be aware of the fact that by making a statement such as "this is not one of those tired testosterone-fuelled free jazz records" you are inviting the connection between your work and the very thing that you are trying to avoid. Perhaps even more importantly, you are letting yourself be defined by what you're not. This all sounds quite serious. I could follow this up by writing that "this is not a manifesto", but by now we all know that saying that would kind of turn it into one. Yeah.

Digging myself deeper;
in a conversation that I once had with Douglas Holmquist, one of the members of the V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble, he reflected on the fact that "free jazz" in the Ornette Coleman-sense was sort of followed by an implicit exclamation mark and that this exclamation mark seem to have evaporated as the phrase went from being a call to arms into being a description of something formulaic and institutionalized. The reasons behind forming this group, the V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble, and calling it a New Jazz Ensemble isn't really about something as catchphrase-friendly as "bringing that exclamation mark back!" (oh, see…I did it again). It is just a humble comment on the sad fact that a lot of the time the word jazz is very limiting, both in the mind of the consumer and from the point of view of the musician/producer. That is not cool.

The album that we have recorded is called "Do nothing 'til you hear from me" and it contains five variations on one musical theme. It is a jazz album and I hope that you will enjoy it.


Vi visar Edward Blands "Cry of Jazz" från 1959. Det här är en recension från Internet Movie Database:
Silly politics but great footage and a fascinating style, 23 January 2007
8/10
Author: TimothyFarrell from Worcester, MA

"Cry of Jazz" has silly politics but great footage and a fascinating style. This experimental short is one of the first examples of radical black film-making that would become popular later on with Charles Burnett and later Spike Lee. The short claims that jazz music can only be ably made by Blacks because of their suffering and any jazz from Whites is a pale imitation. While the Blacks did invent Jazz, its a form of musical composition that can just as ably be done by White people.

That being said, I was never one to let a films politics or social message interfere with my appreciation of its style. This is one well-made short that is fascinating throughout. The style is very minimalist and avant-garde but accessible all the same. The editing is fine and the sequencing is great. Plus, it has rare footage of the great Sun Ra. This is before he became really out there but fans such as myself will still find it delightful. "Cry of Jazz" is a must-see for fans of Jazz or experimental cinema. (8/10)



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