This is an evening I’m looking extremely forward to. Not only is it great to be invited to play at the Copenhagen Winter Jazz Festival, the lineup itself is very exciting for me. Christian Hougaard Nielsen, who plays on my first CD, when Sharks Bite, is back. He’s a wonderfully imaginative and extremely gifted bass player who masters the melodic and virtuosic playing style of his former teacher NHØP. Behind the drums is Anders Ramhede. As a jazz drummer, Anders has a rather unusual “day time gig” being rockstar in the Danish rock band Magtens Korridorer…. but armed with a set of brushes and sat behind a small jazz drum kit he works absolute magic. Finally, but not least, the young and extremely talented harmonica player, Mathias Heise, will be joining us. Mathias is this years receiver of the 40.000 kr music award, Rødovre Music Award…. well, the city of Rødovre are lucky to be associated with such talent as are we.
We’ll be playing music from my two CD’s, When Sharks Bite and The Speed of Why as well as some new pieces I’m looking forward to present to you.
I hope to see as many of you as possible for a night of good music, excellent beer and if you’re hungry, great food.
This summer I was commissioned to write a piece of music for a Henry Heerup work of art of my choice. I chose the sculpture “Fotografen” (“The Photographer”) from 1963. The photos I took of the guests at the opening I’ve put together in this small video… enjoy:0)
Together with Chris Lavender I have had some really great concerts this past week… their are still two left, one is tonight at Vor Frelser Cathedral and the other one is tomorrow night at Copenhagen Jazz Festival at Nørrebro Bryghus 9 pm. The one tomorrow will be with Anders Ramhede from Magtens Koridorer (drums) and 17 year old Mathias Heise who is an extremely talented harmonica player. I can’t wait!!!
Now you can order directly from CDBaby using this store and get a 20% discount if you get two CD’s
You can read the reviews here:The Speed of Why, When Sharks Bite(Hint: They’re both very good:0))
A picture from last night’s jam session in Sag Harbour…. the guy to my right, who had a great presence in his sound, is Morris Goldberg who played on Paul Simons Graceland album and does the penny whistle solo on You Can Call Me Al,- how cool is that? Also, Claes Brøndal, my all time favorite drummer is behind the drums. It was the first time in 18 years that we played together. He made me feel right at home and kept everything together with his wonderful sense of time. It was a great night:0)
A brand new CD with chris Lavender and I has just been released.
Hurry up and get a copy of this CD… we offer a 100 year full satisfaction guaranty:0) GDC – europe CDBaby – the rest of the world
Itunes – Denmark (the CD will be on Itunes everywhere but the links might be different)
This is how we would describe the music:
Smooth sonic textures and catchy melodies are the key elements of this unique duo comprised of Martin Fabricius and Chris Lavender. As long time friends and collaborators who met as students at the Berklee College of Music, Martin and Chris have honed a specific sound that crosses the production aesthetic of 1970′s ECM recordings with the melodic sensibilities of popular European and American folk traditions. The combination of the pristine and silky sound of the vibraphone with the low and timbrally rich sound of the touch-guitar is a perfect match.
