Without announcement, the revamped Tord Gustavsen trio enters the stage of Rotterdam’s packed LantarenVenster theatre. Gustavsen bends deep over the keys of the grand piano and begins a hushed arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Jesus Meine Freude. Drummer Jarle Vespestad and bassist Steinar Ragnes drop in simultaneously. The new bassist who has experience in rock […]
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Keith Jarrett’s last album?
In a recent interview with the New York Times Keith Jarrett (1945) explained why he has not appeared in public for some time. In 2018, the American pianist had two strokes that left him unable to use his left hand. Jarrett had interrupted his impressive career in the late 1990s because of his chronic fatigue […]
Avishai Cohen and Yonathan Avishai’s musical wonder
Wednesday 11 December Avishai Cohen and Yonathan Avishai played at a sold-out LantarenVenster in Rotterdam. From the moment that trumpet player Cohen entered the stage and pianist Avishai took a seat behind the grand piano, until the encore, about an hour and a half later, the audience listened attentively to the exciting interplay of these […]