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Craig Taborn & Mats Gustafsson Duo at Jazz Festival Ljubljana at Cankarjev Dom
Courtesy of Darinka Hvalec | Posted on June 30, 2015
Where
Cankarjev Dom
Jazz Festival Ljubljana
Prešernova Cesta 10
Ljubljana
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When
Thu, July 2, 2015
22:30
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Musicians
Craig Taborn
pianoMats Gustafsson
woodwindsAbout
Craig Taborn, piano; Mats Gustafsson, reeds
This duo of modern jazz giants from two seemingly distant corners of the world or genres is one of the festival’s most eagerly anticipated concerts. Taborn is the foremost exponent of modern jazz piano and an ECM recording artist, and has been playing with a long line of illustrious artists, including Tim Berne, Chris Lightcap, James Carter, Roscoe Mitchell, Michael Formanek and David Binney, to name but a few. On the other side we have Gustafsson, a European sax ace in the lineage of Peter Brötzmann, who can scream louder than your ears can bear but who also can deliver the most phenomenal slap-tonguing you can imagine, barely playing any orthodox saxophone sound. Will they find a way? If you know them well enough and you know about their commitment to music you know what they’re capable of....