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Robert Stillman, saksofon; Chelsea Carmichael, saksofon; Tom Herbert, kontrabas; TBC, violončelo; Tom Skinner, bobni Britanski bobnar, skladatelj in producent Tom Skinner je že dve desetletji ključna in osrednja osebnost cvetočega londonskega glasbenega podzemlja. Poznamo ga kot ustanovnega člana zasedbe Sons of Kemet, ki jo je ustvaril s pogostim sodelavcem Shabako Hutchingsom. Je tudi bobnar skupine The Smile, v kateri se med jazzom in krautrockom giblje z Radioheadoma Thomom Yorkom in Jonnyjem Greenwoodom. Nastopal in snemal je z Grace Jones, Meshell Ndegeocello, Mulatujem Astatkejem, Floating Points in The Invisible, če jih omenimo le nekaj. Je iskan sodelavec najuglednejših elektronskih producentov in avtor lastnih nekonvencionalnih glasbenih projektov.
Leta 2022 je kot vodja septeta izdal prvi album Voices of Bishara, ki ga je navdihnil solo By Myself violončelista Abdula Waduda iz leta 1978. Lani pa je pri cenjeni čikaški založbi International Anthem pod svojim imenom izdal drugi album Kaleidoscopic Visions, ki se nagiba k osebnoizpovednim, v celoti komponiranim skladbam, obogatenim z improviziranimi deli basista Toma Herberta in violončelista Kareema Dayesa ter atmosferičnimi melodijami Roberta Stillmana in Chelseaja Carmichaela na različnih pihalih in trobilih. Občasno se pojavijo tudi kitarski vložki Adriana Utleyja iz skupine Portishead, v zamaknjenem spiritualu The Maxim pa še astralni vokalni in basovski vložek Meshell Ndegeocello – Skinnerjeve vzornice, za katero je kot najstnik romal v Glastonbury, zdaj pa z njo snema albume.
Kalejdoskopske vizije, ki naslavljajo Skinnerjev album, so nekakšna kontemplacija minulega dela, življenjskih odločitev, revizija zmag in zmot – kot se spodobi za ustvarjalca v srednjih letih. Skinner torej vrača pogled na osvojena ozemlja in na pot pred sabo, ki je morda res krajša, a še vedno vijugasta in polna možnosti, čeprav ne več tako široka. Z modrostjo in bolečimi izkušnjami neuspehov ter z zmagovito vznesenostjo v senci smrtnosti, odgovornosti in neizogibnosti se Skinner med prijatelji in vzorniki pokloni tudi romanopiscu Paulu Austerju in svoji mami, nekoč obetavni koncertni pianistki, ki je uspešno pot opustila in se predala družinskemu življenju.
Koncert Toma Skinnerja obljublja pogled nazaj in naprej ter pregled čustvenega tukaj in zdaj.
Klub CD, 18, 15* EUR
* EUR za mlajše od 25 in starejše od 65 let ter upokojence.
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Robert Stillman, saxophone; Chelsea Carmichael, saxophone; tbc, cello; Tom Herbert, double bass; Tom Skinner, drums
Drummer, composer and producer Tom Skinner has been a vital, central figure in London’s burgeoning underground music scene for two decades. He is best known as a founding member of Sons Of Kemet, the jazz group he formed with his frequent collaborator Shabaka Hutchings. He is also the drummer for The Smile, where he blends jazz and krautrock with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. He has performed and recorded with Grace Jones, Meshell Ndegeocello, Mulatu Astatke, Floating Points and The Invisible, to name just a few. A sought-after collaborator with some of the world’s most renowned electronic producers, he has also launched several unconventional musical projects of his own.
2022 saw the release of Voices of Bishara, his debut album as the leader of a septet, inspired by Abdul Wadud’s 1978 solo cello album By Myself. Last year, his second album, Kaleidoscopic Visions, came out under his own name on the esteemed Chicago-based label International Anthem. The album leans towards introspective, fully composed pieces, complemented by the improvisations of bassist Tom Herbert and cellist Kareem Dayes, the atmospheric melodies of Robert Stillman and Chelsea Carmichael on various woodwinds and reeds, and occasional guitar interludes by Portishead’s Adrian Utley. The meditative spiritual The Maxim features the astral vocals and bass playing of Meshell Ndegeocello. A role model whom Skinner first saw perform at Glastonbury as a teenager, Ndegeocello is now, years later, working on an album with him.
The kaleidoscopic visions that define Skinner’s album are a meditation on his past work and life choices, a reckoning with his wins and losses – as befits an artist in his middle years. Skinner thus looks back at the territory he has covered and towards the path ahead, which may indeed be shorter, but is still winding and full of possibilities, even if perhaps no longer as wide. Drawing on the wisdom and painful experience of failure, as well as the elation of victory – all in the shadow of mortality, responsibility and inevitability – Skinner pays tribute to two figures among his friends and role models: the novelist Paul Auster and his mother, a former concert pianist prodigy who abandoned her own promising career to devote herself to family life.
Tom Skinner’s concert promises a backward glance, a vista of the future, as well as a contemplation of the emotional here and now.
CD Club, EUR 18, 15
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