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Sunday June 11
 Emil de Waal Emil de Waal is a Danish drummer born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has appeared on about 150 releases since 1986 and has toured nationally and internationally as one of the most heavily engaged drummers in Danish rhythmic music. De Waal covers a wide variety of styles, playing the drums and percussion as well as band-leading, programming, composing and arranging for artists such as the Blue Note recording jazz vocalist Cæcilie Norby; Quadruple Grammy Award laureate vocalist Randi Laubek; Moroccan Gnawa artist Moustapha Baqbou, South African vocalist Ray Phiri; David Williams (guitarist with Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bryan Ferry) and Andrew Strong (the Commitments). After two releases co-leading the "Danish Jazz Grammy"-nominated "Band Mrazem", Emil has now released his first album as a solo-artist, "Emil de Waal Plus." The CD presents the Swedish multi-musician Gustaf Ljunggren who plays almost all instruments together with Søren Kjærgaard on key instruments. Emil himself appears on drums, guitar, vocal and laptop. De Waal wanted to inhabit that space where jazz borders on modern dance music and use electronics as an instrument to be played from a previous recording (as a "backing") or in the foreground, with the instrumentalists being the "backing. The idea behind the project is to use the computer as an extra member of the band in a new way. The same improvisation can be played by the computer every time, while the backing relates to the solo in a more improvising manner. The electronic parts can form both the bottom and the top of the music. After having finished the preliminary recordings in the RMC studios, Emil went to New York in March 2004 to present his material to a number of musicians and soloists: Marina Rosenfeld, art/noise-dj, known from her cooperation with DJ Olive and as a solo-performance artist; Erik Sanko, multi-instrumentalist, who has worked with Skeleton Key, Lounge Lizards, Yoko Ono, John Cale and many others; Andy Green, the technician and guitarist, who has worked with John Cale, Velvet Underground, among others. All the musicians mentioned above use very exciting methods to explore the sound possibilities of instruments and hard disc recording programs. In New York, they worked with Emil?s recorded material and added solos and backing to the preliminary recordings. New music was created from Emil?s earlier recorded compositions. Safely returned to Denmark in June, Emil and his trio continued to work with the material from New York and created new backing and new music. Fredrik Lundin added an extra dimension to the result with his excellent performance on tenor saxophone and bass flute. Website
Blues Fest Aftersets:
The intensity that Jackie makes happen during a performance is amazing. She "makes" fans wherever she performs and frequently proclaims that she tries to "spoil" her audiences. They in turn spoil her. Whether it is one set or all night long, "Miss Sweetheart" gives her all. Her intense, Blues performances are quickly making her a household name around the Jackson, Mississippi area. Close your eyes and listen to Jackie croon a saucy Billy Holiday tune and you are back in a smoked-filled dive living the blues of the fifties. Blink your eyes and you are listening to a raw Ruth Brown sing about her man and the blues he left her. Her stirring, passionate, fervent, fanatical music, laced with racy, sexy moves and dress will continue to assure that Blues is here to stay. . Jackie is at her best out front; she loves to perform. She writes, composes and arranges most of her material. However, it is her gift at reading the audience and involving people in her performances that truly make her "Miss Sweetheart". |
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