Enrico Rava New Quartet

You need to find inspiration, that's the first thing. Once you get inspired, you need to practice and learn New habits, get rid of old habits. And from there, get into a flow. It takes a lot of time sometimes. For me, it took years and years to get there.

Karl Berger, Jazziz Mag, nov. 2014  

Enrico Rava New Quartet

Enrico Rava_trompeta
Francesco Diodati_guitarra
Gabriele Evangelista_contrabajo
Enrico Morello_bateria

Jamboree, Barcelona, 26.01.16

Marc Ribot Solo

"Oh, yeah, that's the secret of my so-called style. I remember confronting my teacher Frantz when it became obviuos that I was going to be a professional guitar. I said, "You know I'm left-handed, right? How come you didn't teach me to play left handed?" He said, "Oh, it was because your mother said you were only pretending to be left-handed to annoy her." And when I told my mother that, she said, "Oh, no, that's not it at all. Frantz was just too lazy to change the strings around the guitar. He said he figured you'd quit in a few weeks anyways". And when I thought about it, I realized that they were probably both telling the truth"
Marc Ribot is interviewed by Bill Milkowski, JAZZIZ, winter 2015 

Marc Ribot Solo

Jamboree, Barcelona, 24.01.16

Jen Shyu featuring Mat Maneri & Randy Peterson

Maubisse

There is an opening of land off the Flecha road
Where the earth spreads wide its grassy skins
Til it breaks and reveals red clay
Flesh where the wild horses graze
Just beyond
From afar their exhales fluttering
Sighs in the expanse
I knew not where I was, whom I strove to be
It was cold
Mother, I give you the sign
I grabbed the first warm hand
I rush home, and I see
I was home all the time

- Jen Shyu, from Solo Rites: Seven Breaths

Excerpt published in Arcana VI: Musicians on Music edited by John Zorn

Jen Shyu featuring Mat Maneri & Randy Peterson - "Sounds & Cries of the World"
Jen Shyu_vocal, piano, gat kim (2-stringed Taiwanese moon lute), gayageum (12-stringed Korean zither), ggwaenggwari (Korean gong), kemanak (Javanese gamelan idiophone)
Mat Maneri_viola
Randy Peterson_bateria

Jamboree, Barcelona, 15.12.15