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Composer / producer/vocalist/ multi-instrumentalist Xantoné Blacq and his all-star band together with Troy Miller will discover and have fun the jazz funk music improvements and collaborations of Herbie Hancock @ Jazz Café POSK on Saturday 23rd of March. “The affect of Herbie and ‘Head Hunters’ on the historical past of funk and jazz funk can’t be overstated,” says Blacq. “Count on the well-known classics and… count on the surprising. And be prepared to bounce!” Preview/interview by Tomasz Furmanek (*)
London Jazz Information: Inform us concerning the “Celebrating Herbie Hancock”. What features of Herbie’s music will you be specializing in through the present?
Xantoné Blacq: Three world class musicians and I will likely be performing music that Herbie Hancock created and collaborated on through the Nineteen Seventies. This contains the music of individuals like Jaco Pastorius that Herbie carried out on. We’ll give attention to the jazz-funk aspect of Herbie’s creativity. I’m a selected fan of this music because it is filled with improvisation and the spirit of jazz and funk mixed. It feeds the psychological and emotional elements of all us listeners and, very importantly, we are able to dance to it!
LJN: What do you’re keen on most in Herbie Hancock’s music?
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XB: Herbie has all the time been keen on potentialities and that is evident in his music. He searches for and normally makes use of uncommon harmonies, rhythms, textural colors with synthesisers and extra. His music additionally has a really beat and rhythm pushed nature which is filled with groove and connects to the rhythms of Africa.
LJN: Who will you be on the Jazz Café POSK stage with, and why these explicit musicians?
XB: I’m honoured to have three nice associates and killer musicians come play with me. Troy Miller on drums has performed with so many individuals, produced many main artists and stays a monster musician. Ed Riches on guitar and Matheus Nova on bass have each performed with prime artists on this planet and have a lot funk and flexibility in their enjoying. And… we’re all nice listeners so issues are being created and evolving on a regular basis. We performed a New 12 months’s gig collectively for enjoyable and it was so funky and enjoyable that I instantly invited the blokes to come back play with me on this Herbie Celebration. Unbelievable chemistry.
LJN: What precisely is the “Free-Vary Sunshine Music”?
XB: “Free-Vary Sunshine Music” is how I describe what I compose, document and produce. It’s the concept of enjoying music with out boundaries/genres and the music all the time being one thing that lifts the particular person listening to it. The solar might be many forms of orange, yellow… whether or not that be darkish, moody orange all the way in which throughout to blazing, vibrant yellow. Nevertheless, irrespective of which color it’s, it all the time blesses us with heat and evokes issues to develop. That’s what “Free-Vary Sunshine Music” is and does.
LJN: Why ought to all jazz funk lovers come to Jazz Café POSK on 23 March?
XB: I want to invite everybody who enjoys inspiration, exploration and pleasure to come back to our efficiency at Jazz Café POSK on 23 March. Whether or not you consider that you’re a fan of improvisation/jazz/funk or not, our efficiency is a human expertise that we the band and everyone who attends will create collectively and share. We could have a beautiful time collectively and create stunning reminiscences. That’s the essence of Life! Proper?…
(*) Tomasz Furmanek is Creative Supervisor at Jazz Café POSK
Line up:
Xantoné Blacq – keyboards, vocal
Ed Riches – guitar
Matheus Nova – bass
Troy Miller – drums
XANTONE BLACQ AND FRIENDS: CELEBRATING HERBIE HANCOCK! @ Jazz Café POSK
Saturday 23 March 2024 / Bar 7:30 pm / music 8:30 pm
Tickets £20 on the door and Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/xantone-blacq-and-friends-celebrating-herbie-hancock-tickets-846454637607
Web site: www.xanblacq.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@xanblacq/movies
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