All photos copyrighted by Carlo Dainese
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San Servolo Jazz Meeting 2010
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Tarana will be performing at the San Servolo Jazz Meeting, in Venezia, Italy, on November 4, 2010, as part of our Italian tour.
Excerpted from “WIRE” magazine:
From 04/11/10 to 25/11/10: Location: Venice, Italy:
“Series of four concerts exploring contrasting takes on contemporary jazz, taking place on the small island of the Venetian lagoon. With Ravish Momin Tarana Trio (4 November), Matthew Shipp (11), Wayne Horvitz & Robin Holcomb (18), Rob Mazurek & Chad Taylor (25). Venice , presented by: Teatro Fondamenta Nuove.”
Tour Details forthcoming, stay tuned!
Canadian Tour 2010
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So psyched to be playing in the 2010 Editions of The Guelph Jazz Festival (sharing the billing with Charles Lloyd, George Lewis, Us. Zakir Hussain, Chicago Underground Duo, Kid Koala, et al) as well as LOLA Fest (where we shift gears, sharing the billing with some amazing/cutting-edge Indie-artists such as Caribou, Fond Of Tigers, Rhys Chatham, Jamie Lidell, DJ Spooky, Lee Ranaldo, et al)
Solo in Beirut
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Photos by: Maria VVanted Photography (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariawanted)
My first ever solo-performance, in Beirut, Lebanon was a success! Great turnout and audience reaction to boot!!! This presentation was inspired by the AACM credo of “Ancient to the Future.” Inspired by their music, I’ve continued to explore various genres, to investigate the limits of improvisation, by learning/absorbing music as diverse as Indonesian Kekak chants to Pygmy-music of Madagascar to experimental electronica. The solo-work was presented at The Beirut Art Center on Sept. 8th, 2010, and drew upon how ‘time’ in music itself was liquid, and explored the tension between rigid and free-rhythms. Furthermore, by juxtaposing acoustic drums with electronically generated sounds/rhythms, I blurred the boundaries between the electronic and the acoustic, to create a seamless whole-sense.
Tarana at the Warhol Museum
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Posting a brand new podcast & interview from Pittsburghnewmusicnet.com where I was recently interviewed by Phil Thompson for our upcoming performance at The Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh on Friday, June 25th
NMASS in Austin
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Tarana heads to Austin, TX, to perform at the New Music and Sound Summit (NMASS) on June 19th.
The festival is a three day summit of creative music including performance art, film, and installations :: a positive alternative to predictable music festival ‘business as usual’, according to their site. We’ve been working on this one since March, so we’re really excited about it. Expect collaborations with local Austin musicians as well! Following this, we’re also going to be performing in Dallas (June 20th) and New Orleans (June 21st) as part of the tour.
Encore in Aguascalientes
The tour of Mexico was a success! We had unbelievably amazing and open-minded audiences everywhere. On the second night of the tour, in Aguascalientes, we played to an audience of 700+ folks who kept us on for an encore, which was fortunately captured on video here:
May Tour of Mexico
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We’ll be playing a show on the UNAM campus on May 14th. We’re also going to be playing shows in Guanajuato, Districto Federal (DF), Queretaro, a Jazz Festival in Aguascalientes, 2 nights at the premier Zinco Jazz Club (DF) and a collaboration with local musicians in Cuernavaca, during our very first tour of Mexico (May 7-17). Details can be found on the “2010 shows” page.
Tarana March US Mid-west Tour Announced:
This upcoming US Mid-west tour (16-22) takes me back to my Alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University, for a workshop at the Music Department as well as a performance at The Underground. The Mid-west is always been a favorite touring area for me, with its plethora of college venues, progressive campus-radio stations and eager audiences. We will also be returning to St. Louis after 5 years. Other scheduled stops include our debut in Columbus, OH and Madison, WI as well.
Details can be found on the “2010 shows” page, and also at: Fanbridge.
Still More from Shakira.com…
[from shakira.com: Here’s a little film featuring Ravish Momin and Rajesh Bhandari, the two percussionists who performed alongside Shakira when she debuted her new single, Gypsy, on US TV at the end of 2009. Enjoy!]