Mombelli’s ‘Angels and Demons’ in city over weekend
MASTER composer and electric bass wizard Carlo Mombelli will entertain crowds during his Angels and Demons concert at two Cape Town venues this weekend.
He will be joined by Kyle Shepherd on piano, Keenan Ahrends on guitar and Jonno Sweetman on drums.
The concert will also feature Patrick Bebelaar on piano and Frank Kroll on saxophone from Germany, Vladimir Goloukhov from Russia on Vibraphone and Ulrich Suesse on electronics.
Die Rheinpfalz, a German newspaper, said Bebelaar compresses his performance into complex nested rhythms and sharply pointed harmonies.
His style was also described as “Avant-garde piano style and respectful continuation of tradition” while the The New York City Jazz Record said his piano, in the sense of both Bach and Abdullah Ibrahim, gives these melodies “emotional intimacy and honesty”.
Mombelli is a South African composer and bassist, who has recorded and performed at many international festivals, including the Rome Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival, the Stockholm Jazz Festival, the German Moers and the Leipziger Jazztage festivals, Banlieues Bleues festival in Paris, the On the edge of Wrong festival in Norway, with among others, Mick Goodrick, Charlie Mariano, Jeroen van Vliet, Malcolm Braff, Adrian Mears and Samuel Bläser.
He has recorded on Enja Records with Egberto Gismonti, as well as with Lee Konitz, and has contributed music and played on the 1989 tribute for Jaco Pastorius, ‘Basstorius’, that also features the bassists Mathew Garrison and Carles Benavent.
He currently teaches at University of the Witwatersrand where he received his doctorate in composition in 2009.
The concert takes place at the Labia Theatre tomorrow and at the Olympia Bakery in Kalk Bay on Saturday. Tickets R150 at quicket.co.za – Staff Writer