26th September 2009

Video

I’ve been poking around Norwegian free-jazz saxophonist Mats Gustafsson’s website, looking for information on his new album with the Thing trio, (specifically, why is it not out on vinyl yet?), and I stumbled across some tour info that was, if not particularly relevant to me, at least interesting.  For instance, The Thing and Otomo Yoshihide just finished up a short tour in Japan and Korea, which sounded amazing.

Hopefully of more impact on me, the Thing will be touring the US this summer. That’s a ways away, and who knows where I’ll be this summer, but hopefully I’ll be able to catch them, as I’ve really dug the small amount of their stuff that I’ve heard.

And a quick YouTube search shows that Gustafsson has some neat friends as well. The above video is Gustafsson (on the right) performing with Evan Parker (on the left, naturally), who you might remember from Thursday’s excellent Solos and Duos performance.  You can tell from the vid that Gustafsson is a bit more of a rocker … it’d be interesting to see these guys interact in real life.

Favorite YouTube Comment: It sounds like he’s farting

Right on.

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