Jef Giansily: Piano
Matthew Hall: Double bass
Darrell Green: Drums
Jef Giansily (Paris, 1980) is a French pianist who currently resides in Istanbul. As a leader of his own band the music he writes and performs is usually characterized by a dynamic approach where changing moods or stretching tempos often occur within a song while lyricism is given a central role. This performance featuring New Yorker drummer Darrell Green and Richmond’s native bass player Matthew Hall will display a full repertoire of original music by the pianist. Jef Giansily’s last album Sketches was released on the label Circle which he founded in 2009 aiming to capture encounters between improvising musicians of varied horizons....
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Jef Giansily: Piano
Matthew Hall: Double bass
Darrell Green: Drums
Jef Giansily (Paris, 1980) is a French pianist who currently resides in Istanbul. As a leader of his own band the music he writes and performs is usually characterized by a dynamic approach where changing moods or stretching tempos often occur within a song while lyricism is given a central role. This performance featuring New Yorker drummer Darrell Green and Richmond’s native bass player Matthew Hall will display a full repertoire of original music by the pianist. Jef Giansily’s last album Sketches was released on the label Circle which he founded in 2009 aiming to capture encounters between improvising musicians of varied horizons.
Bass player Matthew Hall, also an Istanbul resident has been performing and recording in various situations with artists such as Jimmy Cobb, Justin Kauflin, Matt Wilson, Alan Parker... We can hear him on several records out of Istanbul’s jazz scene.
Over a career that has spanned more than two decades Oakland, California native Darrell Green has become a master drummer and prolific sideman, sharing stages with everyone from Blue Note trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire to saxophonist Red Holloway. Though jazz is his primary focus, Green is conversant in every genre from straight-ahead jazz to Latin and West African Music. Green currently tours with Pharoah Sanders, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Antoine Roney, Sherman Irby, Russell Malone, Steve Turre, Wallace Roney, James Carter, Jeremy Pelt … and his own band the Darrell Green Quintet. He is one of the most in-demand drummers in New York, Europe and Japan.
Jef Giansily, Matthew Hall, Darrell Green:
Jef Giansily,1980 Paris doğumlu ve halen Istanbul'da yaşayan Fransız bir piyanisttir. Kendi grubuyla yaptığı müzikte dinamik, içinde değişken tempo ve ruh halleri barındıran, ama merkezinde hep lirik ögeleri ön planda tutan bir yaklaşım vardır. 2009 yılında kurulan ve farklı renkleri olan müzisyenleri bir araya getirmesiyle bilinen Circle şirketinden ilk albümü Sketches'ı çıkardı. Kendi bestelerini icra edeceği bu konserde, piyanist Jef Giansily'e New York'lu davulcu Darrell Green ve şimdilerde Istanbul'da yaşayan Virginia'lı basçı Matt Hall eşlik edecekler.
İstanbul'da ikamet eden basçı Matthew Hall, Jimmy Cobb, Justin Kauflin, Matt Wilson, Alan Parker gibi sanatçılarla çaldı ve kayıt yaptı. İstanbul'da da farklı caz albümlerinde kayıtları yer almaktadır.
Oakland, California'lı usta davulcu Darell Green, 20 yılı aşkın kariyeri boyunca Blue Note trompetçisi Ambrose Akinmusire'den saksafoncu Red Holloway'e kadar birçok usta isimle çalıştı. Esas müzik türü olan cazın dışında Latin ve batı Afrika müziği de icra eden Green, şu anda Pharoah Sanders, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Antoine Roney, Russell Malone, Steve Turre, Wallace Roney, James Carter, Jeremy Pelt ve kendi grubu the Darrell Green Quintet ile turne halindedir. Darell Green, günümüzde New York, Avrupa ve Japonya'daki en aranılan davulcular arasındadır.
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