Dawda Jobarteh: Kora meets trumpet on Flekkerøy at ALICE på Stairway // Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2023
Dawda Jobarteh: Kora meets trumpet on Flekkerøy at ALICE på Stairway // Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2023
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Elastisk og frisættende kombinerer den gambisk-fødte kora-innovatør sit sublime strengespil med vestafrikanske melodier, jazz og nordisk eftertænksomhed. ALICE på Stairway glæder sig til at præsentere det nyeste projekt fra Dawda Jobarteh, som udforsker skandinaviske stemninger og lyse nætter i samarbejde med den norske trompetist Gunnar Halle.
“Kora meets trumpet on Flekkerøy” er et jazzpræget projekt med en luftig stemning, der åbner vide rum for improvisationer for både kora og trompet. Gunnar Halles trompet tilføjer tydeligt nordiske karakteristika, som fremmaner indre billeder af skandinaviske landskaber. Koraen rodfæster lydbilledet i vestafrikansk musikkultur, men samtidig strækker Dawda Jobarteh sit kora-spil over tid og sted og skaber et elastisk rum på tværs af kulturer, århundreder og kontinenter. Projektets titel henviser til en lille norsk ø, som Dawda selv forbinder med skønhed og eftertænksomhed. Jobartehs egne kompositioner sammenflettes med omarrangerede vestafrikanske melodier såvel som coverversioner af “Togo” af Don Cherry og Jackie-ing” af Thelonious Monk.
Koncerten tager udgangspunkt i 2022-albummet “Do you know a place called Flekkerøy?”, hvor Dawda Jobarteh udforsker en ny retning på sin musikalske og personlige rejse i samarbejde med den norske trompetist Gunnar Halle. På albummet suppleres de to musikere af den gambiske percussionist Sal Dibba såvel som den danske trommeslager Stefan Pasborg og den malisiske bassist Elisée Sangare. Til koncerten fremføres materialet i en intim duo-konfiguration med Dawda Jobarteh og Gunnar Halle.
Hos Dawda Jobarteh mødes ældgamle afrikanske traditioner med et åbent sind og en moderne tilgang. Den gambisk-fødte musiker er født ind i griot-familien Jobarteh, som i generationer har været musikere og historiebærere. At han har den musikalske arv i orden, høres i hans sublime strengespil på den harpelignende kora.
For Dawda Jobarteh, der nu har gjort Danmark til sit hjem, er der dog ikke nogen modsætning mellem at tage griot-arven dybt seriøst og udforske koraen i relation til nye klangmuligheder og samarbejdspartnere. Hans spil er således kendetegnet ved en stor glæde ved at eksperimentere med effektpedaler og elektrisk forstærkning af koraens særlige lyd.
Især henter Jobarteh stor inspiration i jazzen. Herhjemme er han da også blevet et kendt navn i jazzmiljøet, bl.a. gennem sine freejazzede udforskninger i duo med trommeslager Stefan Pasborg, i samarbejder med Pierre Dørge’s New Jungle Orchestra, mm.
Internationalt er han anerkendt som en af de mest spændende moderne udforskere af koraen. Albummet ‘Transitional Times’ udkom eksempelvis på hæderkronede Sterns Music, der siden 80’erne har været et af de helt centrale labels inden for afrikansk musik, og han har optrådt på en lang række internationale scener.
In English:
Dawda Jobarteh is a Gambian kora player decenting from a long line of Mandinka griots. Unlike other boys in the family, he played percussions rather than the kora and did not begin to learn playing the 21-stringed harp before moving to Denmark in his early 20s. His music is an expression of the oscillations between tradition and modernity, old and new, different cultures and different genres. It is a more or less constant movement between opposites followed by waves of feeling lost and finding a way. It is Dawda’s story, but it is also the story of many other people in today's world. In his own words he somehow lost tradition at a young age by not playing the kora and by leaving his birth country. In Scandinavia he found a way connecting to the tradition he left behind along with evolving it by exploring the possibilities of the kora.
On his album ”Do you know a place called Flekkerøy?”, Dawda explores yet another road on his musical and personal journey featuring Norwegian trumpet player Gunnar Halle. The two of them are backed up by Gambian percussionist Sal Dibba, Danish drummer Stefan Pasborg and Malian bass player Elisée Sangare.
The album is jazzy with a lot of space for improvisational parts for both the kora and the trumpet. It is very dreamy and Gunnar Halle’s trumpet contributes with a distinct Nordic vibe that emphasises Scandinavian landscapes. With the kora reminding the listener of its Westafrican roots, Dawda Jobarteh plays across time and space creating a unique room of elements from different cultures, centuries and continents.
The album title refers to a small Norwegian island which, to Dawda, is associated with beauty and contemplation – a state of mind, a place for reflection. The eight tunes are a blend of Jobarteh’s own compositions, a rearranged traditional West African tune and covers of ”Togo” by Don Cherry and ”Jackie-ing” by Thelonious Monk.
Do you know a place called Flekkerøy is released by the prominent Swedish record label Ajabu! - home to Antonis Antoniou, Raf Vilar among others.
Organiser
Opened on the 1st of February 2018, ALICE is Copenhagen’s powerhouse for adventurous music. ALICE is presenting a bold and high quality program of global roots, jazz/improv, electronic music, sonic experiments and much more, shedding light on musical roots and legendary artists as well as exciting new breakthroughs from all over the world.
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Stairway, Lindehøjen 12, 2720 København
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Dawda Jobarteh: Kora meets trumpet on Flekkerøy at ALICE på Stairway // Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2023
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