Larchey Zore quartet
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Larchey Zore quartet
A band with a lot of character, driving its ressources on jazz affected by the erosion of the new times, by the wind of energy coming down on a recent era of bands, thriving on the amplified scene but also on creative refinement of the 20th century and the rythmical complexity of the Indian Karnatic Music. Definitely Metal, this band mixes in a virtuous interpretation, improvisations and written music largely influenced by famous bands as Meshuggah, Deftones, the Mars Volta and Fantomas. Charley Rose founded this band in 2012 based on his researches on Meshuggah’s composition techniques. Later he embraces more of his favourite bands, generally the most powerfuls of the amplified scene, in order to explore a new musical language combined to jazz improvisation. Usually Larchey Zore quartet is accompaigned by Johan Ponsin, a great sound engineer who works together with the band to adapt its particular sound to the live conditions. From the 30th of January until the 4th of february, the Larchey Zore quartet records an album in Pau with Johan Ponsin in La Centrifugeuse, a concert room where they presented their work on the 4th of February. The CD will be released in April 2015. Charley Rose : He starts to play music with various bands as a singer and saxophonist. Later he plays jazz with the trumpet player Jacky Berecochea in the New Orleans band Dixie Five. After obtaining his diplomas in jazz and classical music in Mont de Marsan and Pau, he graduates in Musikene, the Higher school of music of the Basque Country where he studied with Mikel Andueza and wrote a short thesis about Chris Cheek (Chris Cheek: el lirismo en el jazz moderno). In 2013 he graduates as a Jazz Master student in the Conservatorium Van Amsterdam. He received master classes from great musicians of the international scene such as Jorge Rossy, Loren Stilman, Mark Turner, Ben Street, Ben Monder, Peter Bernstein, Dick Oatts, Michael Kanan, Doug Weiss, Bill McHenry... He played in Xan Campos quintet with Iago Fernandez on drums in various festivals : III ciclo 1906 de jazz, Heineken Jazzaldia... In Amsterdam, he founded his own quintet with his compositions: Larchey Zore and his Cheerful Cheerfuls and played in different venues as the Bimhuis, Overtom 301, Descartes Institute, the BadCuyp, Zaal 100 in the Trytone... He had the chance to form part of a quartet with the guitarist Guillermo Cellano and played with Harmen Fraanje, Reinier Baas, Martijn Vink and Clemens van der Feyn. He Founds the duo with the guitarist Matis Cudars: Cudars/Rose and forms part of the Matis Cudars’ quartet.He teaches in Ventspils Groove jazz seminary in Latvia in august 2013. Since April of 2012: he is a co-founder of the band Gabacho Maroconnection mixing gnawa music and jazz. The result is a brand new repertoire of world music after two residences in El Jadida (Morocco), an album and a tour in Spain and France on July 2013 in different festivals: Jazz al dia in San Sebastian, Valladolid, Escaray, Cerezales del Condado... In 2014 they play more than 40 concerts in festivals and theaters through Italy Spain and France. During his master, he redacts and presents a thesis about Meshuggah, a Sweddish metal band, about how to use their composition material in order to apply it to a jazz amplified quartet. From this work was born the Larchey Zore Quartet, mixing Metal arrangements and his own compositions. Matiss Cudars : Matiss Cudars, born in 1991, is a Latvian jazz guitar player and composer. He’s been acknowledged as one of the most prominent up-raising young music talents from the Baltic States. His unique, highly personal sound, together with the artistically integral, energetically saturated and yet lyrical compositions gives an esthetic enjoyment to a music knower, as well as to a regular listener. At the age of 18 he moved to The Netherlands to study at the prestigious Amsterdam Conservatory with Jesse Van Ruler and Maarten van der Grinten. Since then Matiss has been performing throughout Europe with some of the finest musicians of the scene. Over the past years Matiss has received various awards. On 2010 Matiss Cudars Trio won the 1st prize at the dutch young talent competition “Prinses Christina Jazz Concours” which gave him the opportunity to study with Brad Mehldau and attend the prestigious Banff Centre Workshop in Jazz in Canada, where he studied with Dave Douglas, Clarence Penn, Donny McCaslin, Matt Brewer a.o. On 2012, with his project «North By Northeast», Matiss won the 1st prize at the Keep An Eye international Jazz award that incorporated bands from New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Amsterdam. On 2013 Matiss Cudars Quartet won the 1st prize at the world wide renowned Burghausen Jazz Award. On March 2012 Matiss went to studio «Fattoria Musica» in Germany to record his debut album with his quartet. The CD is available for sale on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Bancamp, and other online stores. (Go to BUY A CD section to get a copy) On 2013 Matiss lived in Berlin, Germany, doing an Erasmus exchange programme at the Jazz Institute Berlin, studying with Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Hollenbeck, a.o. Currently Matiss ir residing in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and plays with the brilliant Slovenian piano player Kaja Draksler. Andris Buikis : Andris Buikis was Born in Latvia, Çrgïi city in 1982. Before joining rock Highschool nr. 100 in Riga in 1999, Andris played with Madona’s heavy rock bands as pianist, guitar player, bass player and vocalist. Andris starts Highschool as an electric guitar player but switches to drums in 2000. After finishing Highschool in 2002, Andris was already one of the most demanded drummers in Latvia and played with such artists as «KEKSI», Arnis Mednis, Jânis Stîbelis, Dons, Intars Busulis, Aija Vîtoliòa, Laimis Râcenâjs, Laima Vaikule, Marija Naumova, Uldis Marhileviès, Raimonds Pauls and many other artists of Latvia. He wins the Sony Jazz Stage Grand Prix award as a jazz drummer in 2008. In 2009 he went to Amsterdam’ Conservatory and graduated in 2013 as a Jazz drummer. He played there with various Dutch jazz artists such as Harmen Fraanje, Clemens van der Feen. In 2013, Andris went back to Latvia and taught drums in the rock school «BJMK» as well as plays and works as a studio session drummer. In 2014 Andris signs a contract with the Latvian drum company «BROCREATION» and is nowadays one of the main artists of their production. In 2015, he is still playing with international contemporary jazz bands as «The Brag Pack» and «K Trio» Wilfried Wilde : He was born in Mont de Marsan in 1987. He graduates in Musikene, the National Conservatory of Basque Country (Spain) as a jazz guitar player, and shares the stage with many of the best Spanish jazz players as Perico Sambeat, Paco Charlin, Iago Fernandez and Xan Campos. In 2011, he wins the Keep an Eye European Competition as best soloist ; the jury said that he is «a gifted guitar player, who communicates his ideas on stage with great eloquence». In 2015, he joins the Larchey Zore quartet as a bass player. Now he lives in Galicia, where he plays guitar in the Iago Fernandez Quintet and teaches at the Pontevedra jazz seminary and participates to many Spanish festivals.. Band managers Charley Rose [email protected] +33 651 645 427 Andris Buikis [email protected] +37 120 217 790