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Courtois – Erdmann – Fincker «jack» (d/f) at Opus Jazz Club

Courtesy of BMC - Opus Jazz Club | Posted on March 20, 2018

Where

Opus Jazz Club
Mátyás Street 8.
Budapest
Map
+36 1 216 7894

When

Thu, April 12, 2018
20:00

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Musicians

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Vincent Courtois - cello
Daniel Erdmann - saxophone
Robin Fincker - saxophone

For over twenty years, his path – from classical conservatoire to free improvisation, from aesthetic song to all sorts of soundtracks – says it all: Vincent Courtois is more than a wonderful cellist. One among his numerous projects recently was Mediums, an original piece of work, far from the constraints of pre-calibrated formats, for which he invited tenor saxophonists Daniel Erdmann and Robin Fincker to form a singular trio with an unusual instrumentation. “As well as looking for complementary instruments to broaden the sound palette, I have regularly played with tenor saxophones. In a way, they are the cello’s twin brothers; they share central tessitura and axial tone. Something works organically between these two middle range of pitch instruments where all combinations are possible in bordering registers. Mediums was a story that I imagined then wrote, guided by my boyhood memories of the fantastical world of fairground people. When interpreting it, saxophonists Daniel Erdmann and Robin Fincker entered the gallery of strange caravan dwellers and, with exceptional talent, breathed life into them.” said Vincent Courtois about the trio’s last project....

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