Concert: The Carlo Mombelli Project

Carlo Mombelli (Johannesburg) is artist in residence at the bird's eye jazz club during the month of April.

The visionary bass player and composer from South Africa toured the region in October 2009 with his band The Prisoners of Strange. Now he is back for a residency during which he performs with both established and upcoming musicians. Mombelli creates music at the border of jazz and sound design. He creates an athmospheric space based on accoustic and electronic elements, in which he establishes new compositions through improvisation. Like a wizard he absorbs the sounds of his surroundings. In the process springs, sheets of metal, bells, but also kids' toys become the basis for new instruments. www.carlomombelli.com, www.myspace.com/carlomombelli
CDs: XYZ (2010), I stared into my head (2007), When serious babies dance (2002), Bats in the Belfry (1999), Abstractions 2002

The Carlo Mombelli Project consisting of ecellent students of the Basel Jazz School has a very original line-up featuring two singers and two bass players.

Line-up:
Song-yi Jeon: vocals
Julie Fahrer: vocals
Simon Spiess: tenorsax
Jan Andrea Bard: piano
Eva Kesselring: bass
Carlo Mombelli: e-bass
Ines Brodbeck: percussion
Bärbel Schwarz: drums
    
Venue: the bird's eye jazz club, Kohlenberg 20, Basel
Time: 20.30 bis ca.22.45 Uhr
Entrance fee: CHF 12.- (plus 5.- voucher for a drink)
Info: www.birdseye.ch, www.africanmusic.unibas.ch

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