Jazzfestival Saalfelden (Austria) | August 28–31, 2014

[bluenoter]

Festival website: http://www.jazzsaalfelden.com/Schedule.381.0.html?&L=1

[bluenoter]

Festival website: http://www.jazzsaalfelden.com/Schedule.381.0.html?&L=1

At the festival website, the name of each group is linked to a personnel list. Here's a selection:

Amir ElSaffar Quintet
USA
Amir ElSaffar – trumpet
Ole Mathiesen – tenor & soprano saxophones
John Escreet – piano
Francois Moutin – bass
Nasheet Waits – drums

The Young Mothers
USA, Norway
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten – accoustic and electric bass
Jawwaad Taylor – trumpet, electronics, vocals
Jason Jackson – alto, tenor and baritone saxophones
Jonathan Horne – guitar
Stefan Gonzalez – drums/vibraphone/voc
Kenneth Kapstad – drums

Ben Goldberg
USA
Ben Goldberg – contra alto clarinet
Kasey Knudsen – alto saxophone
Rob Sudduth – tenor saxophone
Nels Cline – guitar
Ches Smith – drums

Henry Threadgill Ensemble
USA
Henry Threadgill – conductor
Jason Moran – piano
David Virelles – piano
Roman Filiu – alto saxophone
Curtis Macdonald – alto saxophone
Christopher Hoffman – cello
Jose Davila – tuba
Craig Weinrib – trap drums

Erik Friedlander (in Short Cuts)
USA, Switzerland, Japan
Erik Friedlander – cello
Sylvie Courvoisier – piano, spinet
Ikue Mori – laptop

[Ron Thorne]

Wow, that looks like quite a fine festival. If Jim Pepper was alive he would likely be involved, with Mal Waldron or a rhythm section of his own. He spent quite a bit of time performing and recording in Austria prior to his death.

[Cem]

That's a good looking line up!

[bluenoter]

Wow, that looks like quite a fine festival. If Jim Pepper was alive he would likely be involved, with Mal Waldron or a rhythm section of his own. He spent quite a bit of time performing and recording in Austria prior to his death.

Didn't know that, Ron.

In the former case, Mal Waldron would also need to be alive.

That's a good looking line up!

I thought so too, to the extent that I know. And the lineup that I posted accounts for only two of the festival's five stages/programs.


BTW, everyone, I corrected a couple of obvious errors in the festival website's info., such as a dup that shows Nels Cline and Marc Ribot hailing from Japan. There may be others.

[Ron Thorne]

In the former case, Mal Waldron would also need to be alive.

I'm hip to that, bluenoter. I'm also hip to the fact that if Jim was alive, Mal would be too. Jim passed in 1992, Mal in 2002, a decade later. Both were sad, major losses.

[bluenoter]

. . . if Jim was alive, Mal would be too. Jim passed in 1992, Mal in 2002, a decade later.

To me, that's a fascinating difference in the way our minds work. Maybe we can discuss it off the board sometime. But R.I.P., Jim Pepper and Mal Waldron, who, sadly, can't be involved in Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2014.

[Ron Thorne]

I understand your point, bn. I simply added a footnote.

[ValerieB]

you two are hysterical!! Frick and Frack!! LOL!!

[bluenoter]

you two are hysterical!! Frick and Frack!! LOL!!

. . . . . . .. (No offense, Frack.)