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Palm Jazz 2021: Nils Petter Molv?r & Wac?aw Zimpel

Courtesy Michal Buksa
Jazovia Cultural Centre
Gliwice, Poland
October 10, 2021
Gliwice is in the south of Poland, not far from Katowice, or even Kraków. It has its own jazz festival, which usually spreads over several weeks, featuring two concerts each evening, in the dedicated Rynek market square venue Jazovia. This upstairs theatre has a capacity of 200, so intimate conditions prevail. Palm Jazz was founded by the pianist and entrepreneur Krzysztof Kobylinski, and its 12th edition featured

Marcin Wasilewski
pianob.1975

Dave Douglas
trumpetb.1963

Trygve Seim
saxophoneYour scribe hit Palm straight after the Jazz Juniors festival in Kraków, catching two excellent sets in a single evening. The

Nils Petter Molvaer
trumpetb.1960
Jo Berger Myhre
bass
Erland Dahlen
drumsb.1971
The second number began with a sense of slumber, heading up to an eventual crescendo, and the third followed a similar strategy, building then exploding, making a heavy grind that was veined with tiny details. Unusually, an

Ennio Morricone
composer / conductor1928 - 2020

Jon Hassell
trumpetb.1937

Nana Vasconcelos
percussion1944 - 2016
Wac?aw Zimpel
Jazovia Cultural Centre
Gliwice, Poland
October 10, 2021

Waclaw Zimpel
clarinet, bassb.1983

Terry Riley
composer / conductorb.1935
In their differing ways, both of these Sunday sets explored the intersection between acoustic sources and electronic transformations, with mediation manifested either as tranquillity or storminess. Surface texture was always paramount, as calmness bloomed into a focused criss-crossing of intensifications.
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