Please find some proposals for Spring 2019:
1. LEWIS PORTER (USA) - Beauty & Mystery project - for March/April 2019
Lewis Porter is not just a jazz pianist. He is also a musicologist, an educator, and author.
His books are read all over Europe and are available in French, Italian and Russian. He wrote the most famous biography on John Coltrane: https://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~gradnwk/jazz/lewis_porter/index.php
Very often when he tours, he will give lectures or workshops during the day as part of a "package deal."
Audio: Here you can listen to Beauty & Mystery the whole album::
https://open.spotify.com/album/6mrWOqoOXKzCH8Ne7Bnlpn?si=L2vXRPlfT_ufyJrCPc-Ppg
Promo videos:
'Beauty & Mystery' album release promo video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EBvgMwPBP4&feature=youtu.be
Behind the scenes' video of the studio session:
Live at Scullers Boston (January 2018):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Yrlf9A9XA&feature=youtu.be
Lewis Porter - piano
Rudy Royston - drums
Kenny Davis - contrabass
Tia Fuller - sax
2. Carsten Lindholm Trio (Denmark)
videos:
Carsten Lindholm is a drummer, composer, producer from Denmark, who specializes in nordic Ecm inspired jazz mixed with different elements.
His latest release Indispiration mixes nordic Jazz with indian rhythms, and on a deeper level it wishes to raise attention to the importance of inner peace, as well as keeping a cultural open mind between countries.
Line up:
Jan Gunnar Hoff - piano, Shri - bass, Carsten - drums
3. Shijin (France, Belgium, USA, Switzerland)
http://www.alter-nativ.fr/label/projects/shijin/
You can find the entire album on the Pro Page, the code is 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX1XxGnEKWY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjfPdaCvEUk&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjfPdaCvEUk&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gvxELjEZMM&index=2&list=PLjCvToCZP8_Y8qDCITN8EK2PKW0rewYzd
Jacques Schwarz-Bart - saxophone (USA)
Stéphane Galland - drums (Belgium)
Malcolm Braff - piano, keys (Switzerland)
Laurent David - bass (France)
4. Carlo Maria Nartoni (Italy)
https://www.carlomarianartoni.com/norwegian-trio
New cd recorded by Radio Svizzera Italiana in Lugano: https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/syria-carlo-maria-nartoni-norwegian-trio/dd4cdl0xco0za
Two possibilities:
a. Carlo Maria Nartoni Norwegian Trio (Italy/Norway)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iXh-8syEss&feature=youtu.be
Carlo Maria Nartoni - piano
Adrian Myhr - contrabass
Tore Sandbakken - drums & percussion
b. Carlo Maria Nartoni solo piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRyJRreMbM&feature=youtu.be
5. DJABE - The best Fusion / Jazz experience from Hungary!
Preview of new album FLOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yn8LyCkjb8
Listen to the whole album: https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/flow-djabe/yigaqrpsmelja#item
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCG4iu-iEJQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An8tcUbyyp8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24-qjyPcMoc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXPCm3D2AsU
Attila Egerhazi - guitar
Tamas Barabas - bass
Aron Koos-Hutas - trumpet
Peter Kaszas - drums
Janos Nagy -keys
For bookings:
Roger Salem
SALEM MACHINE PROMOTIONS - Lugano, Switzerland
Tel: +41 79 468 4208 - deegish@yahoo.co