Avant-garde jazz & visual arts: a very happy marriage

A mysterious and lovely "Ponor creature"

The marriages between different artistic forms are not always happy, even if the best artists are involved the outcome can be a disaster, since the beginning of times we can see many examples from those uncomfortable situations, but today I want to talk about the other side, when the marriage is pure happiness.

A series of videos from this year are showing the great work from some amazing artists from England, the fantastic free jazz musicians Nick Janczak (trumpet) and Phil White (drums), with the beautiful ideas from the visual artist Linda Palmer (aka Ponor).

In this brief article I want to share some of those videos, but also to talk a little about the creative independent spirit behind them, something we must enjoy, and support, in these days of ugly darkness in many artistic fields.

The partnership between Nick Janczak and Phil White is full of colors, straight warm lines, and sometimes obscure detours, with unique and refreshing sounds, and the art from Linda Palmer (aka Ponor), an artist who can paint, design an album cover, or create a marvellous world populated by her "Ponors creatures", is the perfect canvas for the music.

For The Positive Ghetto is a real pleasure to promote this new material, where music and visual arts can show us a path to make a little better the world we live in.

"We Are All Nomads"

"Machine Voodoo"

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Message in a bottle

I will call this a "message in a bottle", just an idea, a crazy one? Who knows.

Someone out there has some information about any organization, public, private, even a culture ministry from some country, with enough freedom to give support, just a small one, to The Positive Ghetto?, and going even further, to give the project a physical place of residence.

I know many, many cultural organizations, from previous projects I was involved, but this time I’m opening all the paths to use the social networks and my contacts in the cultural field the best possible way.

I believe The Positive Ghetto has the quality and the strength to be a worldwide center to help good art to connect and survive.

I'm thinking in Europe, the USA, I know about the crisis, everywhere, but, crazier things have happened.

Best wishes, as always,


Voy a llamar a esto un "mensaje en una botella", una idea, una loca idea? Quién sabe.

¿Alguien allí fuera tiene alguna información acerca de cualquier organización, pública, privada, incluso un ministerio de cultura de algún país, con la libertad suficiente para dar apoyo, sólo uno pequeño, a The Positive Ghetto?, y yendo aún más lejos, dar al proyecto un lugar físico de residencia.

Conozco muchas, muchas organizaciones culturales, de proyectos anteriores en los que participé, pero esta vez estoy abriendo todos los caminos para utilziar las redes sociales de la mejor manera posible.

Creo que The Positive Ghetto tiene la calidad y la fuerza para ser un centro mundial para ayudar el buen arte a conectarse y sobrevivir.

Estoy pensando en Europa o los EE.UU., sé sobre la crisis, en todas partes, pero, cosas más locas han ocurrido.

Los mejores deseos, como siempre,

Federico Antin
Founder & CEO
The Positive Ghetto
thepositiveghetto@gmail.com

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Norris Trío: fantastic jazz this weekend, live at / fantástico jazz este fin de semana, en vivo en Virasoro Bar (Argentina)

The Norris Trío (Enrique Norris, on cornet, keyboards and percussion, Pablo Díaz on drums, and Maximiliano Kirszner on double bass) will be playing music from a new album, "Ascensión Libre" / "Free Ascension" (enonane records, 2013), this saturday, May 25, after midnight, to be honest around 12:45 am from the sunday, at Virasoro Bar, Guatemala 4328, Palermo, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

And for this special presentation three very talented guests: Ada Rave on tenor sax, Nicolás Chientaroli on piano, and Mariano Bertolini on pocket trumpet.

You can listen this beautiful new jazz live next weekend, and before, all the brilliant compositions from "Ascensión Libre" / "Free Ascension" (enonane records, 2013) are here at Bandcamp, and also in the widget down to the right.

As always, everyone is invited to enjoy good music!

El Norris Trío (Enrique Norris, en corneta, teclados y percusión, Pablo Díaz en batería, y Maximiliano Kirszner en contrabajo) estará tocando música de un nuevo álbum, "Ascensión Libre"(enonane records, 2013) , este sábado, 25 de Mayo, después de la medianoche, para ser honesto alrededor de las 00:45 del domingo, en Virasoro Bar, Guatemala 4328, Palermo, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Y para esta presentación especial tres invitados muy talentosos: Ada Rave en saxo tenor, Nicolás Chientaroli en piano y Mariano Bertolini en trompeta de bolsillo.

Pueden escuchar este hermoso nuevo jazz en vivo este fin de semana, y antes, todas las brillantes composiciones de "Ascensión Libre" / "Ascensión Free" (enonane records, 2013) están "Ascensión Libre"(enonane records, 2013) are aquí en Bandcamp, y también en el widget de abajo a la derecha.

¡Como siempre, están todos invitados a disfrutar de la buena música!

Virasoro Bar (entidad adherida a CAMUVI)

Tapas, drinks and woks / Tapas, tragos y woks.

Guatemala 4328

Palermo
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Argentina

4831-8918

Limited capacity - Minimal consumption / Capacidad limitada - Consumición mínima.

Tickets / Entradas: $ 30.-

Virasoro Bar at / en Facebook

The show at Facebook events / El show en Eventos Facebook

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Norris Trío: refreshing new jazz just a click away

The beautiful Norris Trío (Enrique Norris, on cornet, keyboards and percussion, Pablo Díaz on drums, and Maximiliano Kirszner on double bass) last album, "Ascensión Libre" / "Free Ascension" (enonane records, 2013) is out there waiting for you to spend just U$S 7.- to discover one of the best jazz albums from 2013.

Of course you can listen Norris Trío's "Ascensión Libre" / "Free Ascension" (enonane records, 2013) right now, and for free, just using the Bandcamp widget down to the right.

Everyone is invited to enjoy good music!


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Liz Gilbert: an independent artist we must protect

If I’ve got to think in the best example of an independent artist I must say just one name: Liz Gilbert.

Since some time ago she’s facing very complicated issues, her health isn’t too well, and some financial troubles make the situation much worse, but even under those burdens she’s always thinking in ways to write new music, to record it, and to help other artists.

Liz Gilbert was born in Canada, but lives since ages ago in the United States, she's a talented singer and multi-instrumentalist, a very gifted composer, and if you don’t know her I’m inviting you to to do it, it will be the best investment for good music lovers.

From jazz to blues, rock, folk, contemporary music, there's no a single genre or style unknown for her.

I really wish to see Liz Gilbert coming back soon in top form, if The Positive Ghetto is alive is thanks to brilliant artists and beautiful human beings as her.


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Stephan Moore's JazzWrap: amazing independent jazz is waiting for you

Many people is out there helping us to discover new and wonderful independent music, and one of them is the great Stephan Moore, with his fantastic  blog dedicated to jazz called JazzWrap.

In The Positive Ghetto we want to invite you to visit JazzWrap, and to discover and enjoy the pleasures from good independent  music.

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Norris Trío: open your souls, hearts, and ears of course, to beautiful new jazz

I like to say it very loud, for me jazz is a musical playground, a lot of creativity is involved, but also the ability to keep it alive as a beautiful game, and my friends from the Norris Trío are a fantastic example from my theory.

A real pleasure to work with his founder Enrique Norris, on cornet, keyboards and percussion, Pablo Díaz on drums, and now Maximiliano Kirszner on acoustic bass, until some months ago Cristián Bórtoli was the band bassist, now the talented musician is back in his Santa Fe's home.

Jazz, free jazz, avant garde, just put those labels aside and enjoy the beauty of independent art.

Bandcamp is a great musical place where you can find some of the best music from the Norris Trío, just a few dollars for each one of the great recordings they made, and I hope to listen much more magical new music produced by these amazing artists in the near future.


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