Ziv Taubenfeld / Michael Formanek / Luis Vicente / Jeff Williams (ISR/USA/PT)

This project is made of strong musicians associated with Lee Konitz, Mary Halvorson, Hamid Drake, Ingrid Laubrock among many others. We will play new compositions of mine, dedicated to Robert Wyatt, Mal Waldron and Sunny Murray. (Ziv Taubenfeld) Das neue Quartett von Ziv Taubenfeld vereint kreative Musiker aus den Jazz- und Improvisationskreisen von New York, Lissabon und Amsterdam. Die Gruppe wird Originalkompositionen von Taubenfeld spielen, die Robert Wyatt, Sunny Murray und Ab Baars gewidmet sind. Dieser Auftritt ist die Weltpremiere des Projekts, das emotionale Erkundungen von Klang und Rhythmus verspricht. (Pressetext) Born in the Galil region, Northern Israel, Ziv Taubenfeld started playing the clarinet as part of his primary school orchestra and continued with studies at the local conservatory. Following the attraction to low sounds, he added the bass clarinet as a second instrument that soon became his main focus. Taubenfeld's interest in improvised music grew bigger after meeting the influential saxophone player Albert Beger, who opened up a path that led to further studies of the bass clarinet with Michael Moore in the Netherlands. Amsterdam's improvised music scene turned out to be a creative home, resulting in collaborations that continue to this day. Taubenfeld is currently based in Lisbon. In parallel to the Amsterdam based activities, Taubenfeld developed compositional concepts with Bones between 2015-2019. In 2017 Taubenfeld presented the music of Bones at the North Sea Jazz Festival, July 2017. This was followed by several European tours. The third album of Bones- Reptiles- was released in fall 2019 on NoBusiness Records. Taubenfeld's most recent project – Full Sun – brings together strong individuals from the international creative music community. This flexible unit is dedicated to compositions with an exploratory spirit, often using gongs, balafon, bells, and whistles to widen the sound palette of the ensemble. Their album "Out of The Best Came Honey" was released on Clean Feed Records. The Full Sun pool of musicians include: Michael Moore, Joost Buis, Luis Vicente, Nicolas Chientaroli, Marta Warelis, Yung-Tuan Ku, Rozemarie Heggen, Shay Hazan, Omer Govreen and Onno Govaert. Other bands Taubenfeld takes part in include Kuhn Fu, ZYFT, CosJazzul and Xavier Pamplona Ensemble. Recent collaborations include Han Bennink, Dudù Kouate, Ab Baars, Hamid Drake, Ada Rave, Wilbert de Joode, Frank Gratkowski, Michael Formanek, Olie Brice, Tobias Delius and Carlos "Zingaro" among others.