"Free jazz is a hard sell these days, but the sixth annual Free Jazz Festival in Prague is stronger than ever. The first night of the festival opens with European avant-garde improvisers Trio Hot: master clarinetist Theo Jorgensmann, violinist and fiddler Albrecht Maurer, both from Germany, and double-bassist Peter Jacquemny from Belgium. Trio Hot puts a postmodern spin on traditional "hot jazz:" at times, they can be soothing; other times, and especially with their vocals, they sound like a madhouse set to erupt.
Headlining the festival Friday is Trio Bouge, featuring Luc Ex, bass guitarist of the legendary Dutch punk/post-punk/no-wave-band the EX from 1983-2002. Since, he has continued to be a force on the sonic-experimental music scene in Europe. Luc now plays acoustic guitar, joined by the veteran German jazz trombonist Johannes Bauer and the vocal hysterics of Isabelle Duthoit from France.
Headlining the second evening of the festival are two American heavyweights of free jazz, both based in New York City: pianist, saxophonist and percussionist Charles Gayle with his trio, and alto and tenor saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, conductor and poet Sabir Mateen with his ensemble."Read more at THE PRAGUE POST
