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Five years ago, when the saxophonist and composer was 60, he was entitled to a share of programming. The "mythical figure", in the words of programmer Rui Neves, has now dedicated the entire Jazz in August.
Nothing is more appropriate for an inaugural concert than an unprecedented training. For the night of the largest lunar eclipse of the century was planned the company of Thurston Moore (guitar) and drummer Milford Graves, but health problems prevented the arrival of the latter. Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Mary Halvorson and Matt Hollenberg (electric guitar), Drew Gress and Greg Cohen (double bass) will perform on stage.
On Saturday, Zorn presents a double session with the Mary Halvorson Quartet and Masada (in addition to Zorn and Cohen, Dave Douglas on trumpet and Joey Baron on drums). In the menu is the volume 32 of Book of Angels (series of Zorn compositions) and all the Jewish sound universe
The first two concerts of Jazz in August are exhausted.
The Augustan Jazz considers "one of the most intriguing, inspiring and inspiring figures" that occurs one last time Sunday. In the Great Hall of the Gulbenkian, Zorn will play the pipe organ. This piece presents The Hermetic Organ in two versions, with the Japanese Ikue Mori. As a curiosity, both played in Lisbon with Mike Patton (Faith No More) in 1996 in the voice of the operator.
Zornian's Sunday has two other moments. At 18h the film John Zorn (2016-2018) by Mathieu Amalric is screened. a composition inspired by the Finnish epic Kalevala, and given to life by Barbara Hannigan (19459004) (19459005). soprano) and Stephen Gosling (piano)
Until Sunday 5, there are 18 concerts and five films to gravitate around star John Zorn. An essential proposition for anyone who wants to discover or deepen the Zornian universe.
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