18:30-20:00
KABAS
20:30-22:00
PAUL VAN GYSEGEM QUINTET ft. STEVE POTTS
an 80th birthday celebration
12:00 - 14:00
BARCELLA-SNAUWAERT-MATTA TRIO
18:00 - 20:00
1000
20:30 - 22:00
YELEMANI TRIO
12:00 - 14:00
ODIL cancelled
16:45 - 18:30
KRAK + SEIJIRO MURAYAMA
19:00 - 20:00
KIM VAN DEN BREMPT wordt vervangen door SEPPE GEBREURS/ PAUL VAN GYSEGEM
an 80th birthday celebration
20:45 - 22:00
DAVID THOMAERE TRIO
i.s.m Jazzlab Series
11:00 - 12:00
PAUL VAN GYSEGEM
an 80th birthday celebration
13:00 - 15:00
ORANGE MOON
18:00 - 20:00
DIRK SERRIES / MARTINA VERHOEVEN DUO
20:00 - 22:00
MAREK PATRMAN 'INVASION'
Thursday, 2 june, 20:00 - 22:00,
PAUL VAN GYSEGEM QUINTET ft. STEVE POTTS
an 80th birthday celebration
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(NL)
Paul Van Gysegem is centrale gast op dit festival met 3 optredens en de tentoonstelling 'Partituur' in het S.M.A.K. museum.
De cd AORTA (1971) van bassist Paul Van Gysegem wordt wereldwijd erkend als een klassieker van de Europese free jazz. Ook wordt het vaak in één adem genoemd met het cultalbum 'Machine Gun'.
In 1969 waaiden heel wat sleutelfiguren van de Amerikaanse jazz over naar Europa. In Parijs vestigden zich o.m. Steve Lacy, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Alan Silva, Sunny Murray en Don Cherry. Een snelle overstap naar het dichtbijgelegen Gent was dan ook zo gebeurd. Daar organiseerde de jonge bassist Paul Van Gysegem het intussen legendarisch geworden jazzfestival in het Gravensteen. Geïnspireerd door de avontuurlijke muziek van deze Amerikaanse collega's verzamelde Paul Van Gysegem vervolgens enkele gelijkgezinde jongelingen die bereid waren om samen met hen in het diepe te springen. Het Paul Van Gysegem Sextet produceerde het baanbrekende album 'Aorta'.
De voorbije veertig jaar wijdde Paul Van Gysegem zich voornamelijk aan zijn andere passie: het beeldhouwen. Maar hij bleef ook al die tijd actief als muzikant. In 2011 was er nog het internationale succes van de heruitgave van Oarta een reden om samen met zijn oude makker, de trompettist Patrick De Groote, terug de draad eens op te nemen met de nodige versterking van Italiaans-Gentse drummer Giovanni Barcella.
Dit concert belooft terug een historische ontmoeting te worden tussen enerzijds Steve Potts en Gentse topmuzikanten!
(ENG)
Born January 21 1943 in Columbus, Ohio, Steve Potts comes from a musical family. At a very early age, he was fascinated by the saxophone after having heard his cousin, Buddy Tate, play sax in Count Basie's orchestra. While simultaneously studying architecture in Los Angeles, he also studied music with Charles Lloyd. But he dedicated himself to music after that by moving to New York to study with Eric Dolphy. He became friends with Ron Carter and frequented Coltrane, Tony Williams, Jimmy Garrison, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Larry Coryell and Wayne Shorter. He played with Roy Ayers, Richard Davis, Joe Henderson, Reggie Workman and Chico Hamilton, the latter of whom he worked with for four years.
In 1970, leaving behind his New York life, Steve left to launch himself in Europe. He landed in Paris, and immediately started working with Brigitte Fontaine and performing with Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Mal Waldron, Ben Webster and Hal Singer with whom he enjoys a continuing musical and personal relationship ... not to mention the Art Ensemble of Chicago and other American and French groups.
He formed his own group in 1973 with Christian Escoudé, Boulou Ferré, Oliver Johnson and Gus Nemeth. He also met Steve Lacy at this time. They traveled the world performing together for over 23 years and recorded over 25 albums. This did not prevent Steve Potts from leading other projects such as accompanying Jessye Norman in 1982, or working with the African group Ghetto Blaster in 1986, or composing film music. He created a new group in 1990 and recorded the CD " Pearl " with Richard Galliano, Jean-Jacques Avenel and Bertrand Renaudin. As eclectic as ever he also recorded with Imaran a group of Touareg musicians and in 2000 released "Wet Spot" with a new quartet consisting of Michael Felberbaum, Stéphane Persiani, Richard Portier.
Also about this time, Potts started a very rich period performing regularly at the Sept Lézards club, where over a period of eight years it was possible fo invite more than 70 musicians such as Alain Jean-Marie, John Betsch, François Ripoche, François Théberge, Stéphane Belmondo, Médéric Collignon, Stéphane Guillaume, Olivier Ker Orio, Jérôme Rateau, Morena Fattorini, Romain Clerc-Renaud, to play with his three regular groups: Stevie and the Boogah Band (George-Edouard Nouel, Stéphane Persiani, Jean-Claude Montredon), the Institute of Advanced Harmony (Michael Felberbaum, Michel Edelin, Thomas Savy, Stephen Kerecki, Richard Portier) and Steve Potts and Family (Michel Edelin, Sophia Domancich, Jean-Jacques Avenel, Simon Goubert).
At the same time, Steve Potts started an improvization workshop, the Menilmontant Street Band which he participates at the Ateliers du Chaudron.
The line-up:
Patrick De Groote - trumpet
Steve Potts (US) - saxophones
Fabian Fiorini - piano
Paul Van Gysegem - double bass
Giovanni Barcella - drums
