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Nefertiti Quartet & NDR Bigband / Luigi Grasso

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Fri, Jul 12, 2024, 20:00
Nefertiti is well-known as an Ancient Egyptian queen, but jazz lovers know that it is also the title of an album recorded by the second Miles Davis quintet. The title song itself was written by Wayne Shorter. »Shorter is our god,« says pianist Delphine Deau. The unique melodic and harmonic ideas of the American saxophonist, who died in March 2023, remain an influence on the compositions that Deau writes for the band founded in 2013. The quartet was formed at... Read full text

Keywords: Chamber Music, Jazz & World

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Musicians

Set I
Delphine DeauPiano
Camille MaussionSaxophon
Pedro Ivo FerreiraBass
Pierre DemangeDrums
Set II
»La Dimora dell’Altrove«
NDR Bigband
Luigi GrassoSaxophon
Jeff BallardDrums
Geir LysneDirector

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