Space is the Place: KODIAN TRIO + Dikeman/Govaert

Wednesday, March 23, 20:30, entrance €11 / CvA €8

THIS CONCERT WILL BE AT THE OLD RUIMTE, BUIKSLOTERDIJK 270!!

KODIAN TRIO

Some are building directly on the foundations of pioneers like Evan Parker, John Stevens and Derek Bailey, while others are always on the lookout for fresh, contemporary sounds, or try to combine them. But they’re all united by a similar curiosity, a search for finding their own voices and a never-ending reinvention of themselves. This also seems to be the case with the brand new Kodian Trio of Andrew Lisle, Dirk Serries and Colin Webster. While they first played together as members of a quartet with Amsterdam-based saxophone player John Dikeman and recorded two albums in April of 2015 (a live album that appeared on Webster’s Raw Tonk Records and a double studio album on New Wave Of Jazz), the trio reconvened for a studio session at the end of October that same year.

Kodian Trio’s debut release immediately makes a strong case for these guys’ adaptive skills, as the results here are recognizably theirs, but also very different from the releases with John Dikeman. It sounds as if all three of them even widened their range and dynamics to compensate for the loss of a colleague. Serries is more assertive, sometimes front and center of the collective. Webster also brought his alto and tenor saxophones to the studio. And Lisle also goes way beyond the usual abstractionism, using pretty extreme textures one moment and offering a forceful attack the next .

This is free music that actually lives up to its ambitions and frequently uses its maximum potential for individual and collective freedom, while at the same time maintaining a coherence that only becomes apparent with repeated and/or intense listening. It requires an effort, but the rewards are an insight into a unique musical language.

Colin Webster – Saxophones
Dirk Serries – Electric Guitar
Andrew Lisle – Drums

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Dikeman/Almeida/Hadow

John Dikeman is an American saxophonist currently residing in Amsterdam. Drawing inspiration from a wide range of sources, John’s playing runs the gamut of improvised music and technique, ranging from reductionist extended technique based improvisation to full throttle free jazz. The underlying characteristic of his music is an unnerving commitment, a total abandonment to sound. Dikeman has previously performed with musicians such as Han Bennink, Ab Baars and Michael Vatcher. Tonight he will be performing with Goncalo Almeida and George Hadow. Drummer Hadow has been described by Jazzism Magazine described as ” a good dosing and especially original phrasing drummer who undoubtedly will have a great future.” Bassist in this trio is the versatile Almeida, who explores his instrument from modern jazz and free jazz to jazzcore and free improvisation music

John Dikeman – Tenor Sax
Goncalo Almeida – Double bass
George Hadow – Drums