Notes:

Amina Figarova On Above the Clouds (Munich Records) one of the most cosmopolitan and accomplished artists in jazz today proves that the music is a natural not a national language. Amina Figarova, the globe-trotting Azerbaijan-born, Rotterdam-based composer-pianist-bandleader with more than a dozen recordings to her credit has created a new album of original songs that refresh the classic post-bop idiom established by labels such as Blue Note, Prestige and Impulse! during the 1950s and 1960s. Far from derivative or concept-conscious, though, Above the Clouds unfolds as a personal, vividly colored, confidently-propelled contemporary soundtrack, satisfying in and of itself.

 

Friday, March 5
8:30 -12:30am

 

 

AmAina Figarova – piano; Bart Platteau – flutes; Ernie Hammes – trumpet; Marc Mommaas– tenorsax; Jeroen Vierdag – bass; Chris “Buckshot” Strik - drums