French cellist Vincent Courtois has invited tenor saxophonists Daniel Erdmann and Robin Fincker to form a singular trio with an unprecedented instrumentation. Mediums will perform in Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Finland from March 4th to 15th.
“Mediums is the story of a set of music I imagined, then wrote on the page of my childhood memories lived in the fantastical world of fairgrounds. When interpreting it, saxophonists Daniel Erdmann and Robin Fincker inhabited this gallery of strange characters who had come straight out of caravans and managed to give them life. As well as looking for complementary instruments to broaden the palette I have regularly played with tenor saxophones. It is in a way the twin brother of the cello and there is natural evidence between these two instruments from “the middle” where all the combinations are possible in neighboring registers.”
Vincent Courtois
Vincent Courtois Mediums (FR, GER)
Vincent Courtois, cello
Daniel Erdmann, tenor saxophone
Robim Fincker, tenor saxophone
Tedesco photo by Carine
Tour program Poland, Latvia and Estonia
04/03 Warsaw, club Tygmont (PL)
05/03 Madona, House of Culture (LV)
06/03 Tartu, Tartu Jazz Club (EST)
07/03 Tallinn, Jazz club No99 / Jazzkaar Spring season (EST)
Vapaat äänet Tour 2014, Finland / coproduction with the Finnish Jazz Federation
All concerts as a double bill with Mikko Innanen & Innkvisitio
25th French & Finnish Contemporary Jazz “Vapaat äänet” Tour since 1996!
08/03 Turku, Turun seudun musiikkiopisto
09/03 Loviisa, Keskus-Centralen
10/03 Turenki, kirjastotalo /Janakkalan Musiikkipäivät
11/03 Pori, Valimo sali
12/03 Tampere, Telakka / AMC Klubi
13/03 Espoo, Sellosali / 25th French & Finnish “Vapaat äänet” Tour Celebration concert
14/03 Kuopio, DNA-jazzklubi
15/03 Joensuu, Teatteriravintolan terassi
Tour support: Institut Français, Adami, Spedidam.
In cooperation with the AJC.
The album “Mediums” has been released on La Buissonne record label on October 2012:
http://labellabuissonne.bandcamp.com/album/mediums
teaser: “Mediums – Vincent Courtois” film by Josselin Carré
Biography of Vincent Courtois:
http://violoncelle.free.fr/
Review of the album “Mediums”
“French cellist Vincent Courtois goes back to the times of his youth, watching the world and creating stories out of what he sees, trying to understand, fantasising and embellishing or fearing the worst. For this journey he is accompanied by two tenor saxophonists, Daniel Erdmann from Germany and Robin Fincker (French who has spent 10 years in the UK). An unusual line-up yet one that works well to create this world of intimate feelings, with a scene that is each time beautifully set, cautiously presented, and nicely crafted.” (…)
By Stef, Free Jazz Collecctive
The whole review:
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2013/03/vincent-courtois-mediums-la-buisonne.html