straight from the copy desk:
Rova heads back to Europe for the first extended tour in some years. In Bern, there will be a workshop during the days Feb 21-23, and a performance with the workshop players on Feb 23. A quartet concert on Feb 22. Bring an instrument, or tell friends who play to check it out.
2012 winter European Tour
Feb. 18 – Wels, Austria; Minorite Monastery
Feb. 19 – Vienna, Austria; Porgy und Bess
Feb. 21-23 – Bern, Switzerland; Dampfzentrale Bern
Feb. 24 – Jena, Germany; Saal zur Rosen
Feb. 25 – Berlin, Germany; Jazzwerkstatt Berlin
Feb. 26 – Beyreuth, Germany; Jazz Beyreuth
Feb. 27 – Cottbus, Germany; Glad-House
Feb. 28 – Metz, France; Les Trinitaires
Mar. 1 – Paris, France; Collège des Bernardins
Mar. 2 – Bruges, Brussels; De Werf
Mar. 3 – Torino, Italy; Centro Jazz Torino
In Wels, Metz and Paris, Rova be performing music from our special “sound in space” project where the music – the sound – is more influenced by the performance hall – the space – than normal, especially because, in many of the pieces, the sax quartet surrounds the audience instead of playing in front of it.
They will also be travelling with a brand new Rova CD released by Jazzwerkstatt (…it’s called “A Short History”…), including original music by Lawrence Ochs dedicated to Morton Feldman, Cecil Taylor and Giacinto Scelsi.
