Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, Vilnius Nov.22 '15 |
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Posted: 23 Nov 2015 at 2:15am |
Last night first snow covered Vilnius streets - for the first time
this year. It melted still till midday, but it became obvious that
winter is already knocking on the door. Same day's night New Orlean's
Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah septet played the gig in city's Drama
Theater, right on main street, and it looked for a moment it helped
to slow down upcoming winter for a while.
Christian Scott's Septet play in Vilnius at the end of their three-months European tour but they doesn't sound tired - better to say they count their energetic resources and cleverly changing explosive rock-hard numbers with ballads or even jazz standards on scene. Atunde Adjuah himself is obviously more band leader and composer than soloist even if he plays some trumpet solos. His instrument is his band and he uses them well. Atunde is good showman too - he introduces the band, he communicates with public and in the twinkling of an eye reacts on baby's wine in a public. Atunde tells a story about his incident with police in New Orleans and band plays "Ku Klux Police Department" - the song, dedicated to this incident and full of police sirens, protest energy and some reconciliation. Excellent pianist Lawrence Fields (playing acoustic and electric piano during the gig) shows how excellent player he is soloing on his own,very jazzy song. Still. Christian Scott septet power is not in their virtuosity even all musicians are really great. Their appeal,which really conquers public in full Drama Theater hall is that they play as fresh as there was nothing before them. No decades of jazz and fusion history,no thousand of great and not so great musicians who developed,overdeveloped and simply copied all that legacy - they play as if November 2015 came right after October 1969 and they are just happy kids opening for themselves and curiously and dedicated listeners the world of new music. It's a rare feeling and it looks spoiled Vilnius listeners got the message - the gig finished in standing ovations. Edited by snobb - 24 Nov 2015 at 7:43am |
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