Four top improvisers in music that comes from listening, risk and total mutual trust.
Mat Maneri (USA) – viola; prices Resnik – tenor SA 6; only Shalamon-guitar; Samuel Ber (BEL) – drums
The Thinkers is an international Quartet with a strong and idiosyncratic jazz sound. The basic trio has released three albums in the last two years and will be joined at Ravne by the renowned Mat Maneri, probably one of the most important violists in the history of jazz and improvised music. It is the viola, which is rarely heard in jazz bands, that gives the group a special and recognizable sound color. Part of the music is written in advance, but a large part is created right on stage, so every concert is different. Quiet and gentle parts can suddenly turn into a wild, energetic group game. The band members have collaborated with many important jazz musicians and recorded for the renowned ECM and Clean Feed labels. It promises to be a concert full of unexpected turns, tension and musical energy.
Štirje vrhunski improvizatorji v glasbi, ki nastaja iz poslušanja, tveganja in popolnega medsebojnega zaupanja.
Mat Maneri (USA) – viola; Cene Resnik – tenor sax; Samo Šalamon – kitara; Samuel Ber (BEL) – bobni
The Thinkers je mednarodni kvartet z močnim in samosvojim jazzovskim zvokom. Osnovni trio je v zadnjih dveh letih izdal tri albume, na Ravnah pa se mu bo pridružil priznani Mat Maneri, verjetno eden najpomembnejših violistov v zgodovini jazza in improvizirane glasbe. Prav viola, ki jo v jazzovskih zasedbah slišimo le redko, daje skupini posebno in prepoznavno zvočno barvo. Del glasbe je napisan vnaprej, velik del pa nastane kar na odru, zato je vsak koncert drugačen. Tihi in nežni deli se lahko nenadoma spremenijo v divjo, energično skupinsko igro. Člani zasedbe so sodelovali s številnimi pomembnimi jazzovskimi glasbeniki ter snemali za ugledni založbi ECM in Clean Feed. Obeta se koncert, poln nepričakovanih obratov, napetosti in glasbene energije.