 May 23, 2000 |
HOMAGE TO JACO PASTORIUS
For its latest concerts, the line-up of the band looked like this :
Conductor : Peter GRAVES (USA)
Michel HATZIGEORGIOU, electric bass
Eric VERHAEGHE, Michel PARÉ, Laurent BLONDIAU, Bert JORIS or Flavio BOLTRO, trumpets
Geoffroy DE MASURE, Michel MASSOT, Jean-Louis POMMIER, Freançois THUILLIER, trombones
Frank VAGANÉE, Fabrice ALLEMAN or Stefano DI BATTISTA, alto sax; Erwin VANN, Jeroen VAN HERZEELE, tenor sax, Laurent DOUMONT (bari sax)
Pierre BERNARD, flute
Michel SEBA, percussion
Stéphane GALLAND, drums
+ vocals, percussion.
Special guests : Félix PASTORIUS, electric bass, Toots THIELEMANS (harmonica), Othello MOLINEAUX (steel drum)
Bassist virtuoso Michel HATZIGEORGIOU knew Jaco PASTORIUS very well. He had the opportunity to tour with him and to become very familiar with his music.
When Jaco died, Michel felt that his music had to live on, especially his great big band music, which has a unique sound.
Michel recreates the bass parts and the musical direction is in the hands of another friend of Jaco, Peter GRAVES.
The repertoire includes "Liberty City", "Three Views of a Secret", "Continuum", etc... and a few pieces associated with the period during which Jaco was a member of Weather Report ("Punk Jazz" and compositions by Wayne Shorter).
The band appeared with great success in sereval festivals, a.o. at the Festival of "Les Lundis d'Hortense" in Brussels, at Jazz Middelheim Festival 99, Gaume Festival '99 (shown on RTBF TV).Management: ARGONOTE (Muriel D'Archambeau)
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