Ada Rave Solo – Clear Water : No front / No back
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Release concert at De Ruimte October 7
‘A grain of Earth’ is the first solo venture and expression of several years of working with instant composition and the timbral possibilities of an acoustic piano. This has been wrapped in an idea of realities beyond our perception, and a thought that we are a part of a big organism where everything goes endlessly bigger and smaller in scale of size, time and speed. Everything moves in constantly interfering waves of energy; echoing and reflecting, in ceaseless dance of creation and destruction.…
Concerts in the USA
09/22 Merriman’s Playhouse, South Bend, IN
09/23 Spot Tavern, Lafayette, IN
09/24 Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Logan Center for the Arts (Univ of Chicago), IL
Amsterdam
10/19 De Ruimte
…“”The shit swings like mad, with reedist Keefe Jackson out front blazing melodic puzzles and the rhythm section playing with time like taffy. Every once in a while I need that reminder of why I love jazz, and here it is.”
Ada Rave – saxophones
Onno Govaert – drums
Aaron Lumley – double bass
“Bioluminus is a combustion machine of musical ideas and interaction. Ada Rave’s tenor playing has always boasted a voluminous tone and great control over extended techniques, but this trio with bassist Aaron Lumley and drummer Onno Govaert allows her to emphasize her melodic and harmonically based playing which is full of grit and vigor, to say nothing of the swinging, breathing rhythmic interplay amongst these three equal musical partners.…
After 20 pleasurable years working for Doek, Carolyn decided to pass the baton on to someone with new ideas and new energy. And that person is Sara Tompkins. Welcome Sara! Carolyn and Sara have been having fun with the hand over, going through the Doek archives and looking into the future. Stay posted.…