03.11.2024 - Einlass: 15:00:00 Beginn: 15:30:00
Industriesalon Schöneweide - Reinbeckstr, 9, 12459

Jazzkeller69 im Industriesalon: Herbie Nichols SUNG Berlin Edition

Herbie Nichols SUNG Berlin Edition - Achim Kaufmann - Piano
Herbie Nichols SUNG Berlin Edition - Tobias Delius - Tenorsaxophon, Klarinette
Herbie Nichols SUNG Berlin Edition - Fay Victor - Vocal
Herbie Nichols SUNG Berlin Edition - Nick Dunston - Bass
Herbie Nichols SUNG Berlin Edition - Michaël Attias - Altsaxophon

Die New Yorker Vokalistin Fay Victor widmet sich seit fast 30 Jahren den Kompositionen 
des wegweisenden, früh verstorbenen Jazzkomponisten Herbie Nichols, für die sie eigene 
Songtexte schrieb. Zusammen mit Misha Mengelberg, Rosell Rudd, im Trio mit Tobias 
Delius und Achim Kaufmann und vor allem mit ihrer langjährigen Formation Herbie 
Nichols SUNG brachte sie ihre Interpretationen von Nichols‘ Musik zu Gehör, zuletzt 
auf der viel beachteten Platte Life Is Funny That Way.

Im Industriesalon wird Fay Victor dieses Programm zusammen mit vier herausragenden 
Improvisatoren und musikalischen Weggefährten dem Berliner Publikum vorstellen.

Pressestimmen:

„Fay Victor is the rare singer who can demonstrate and interact with the deep vocal tradition 
while also delving into the daring freedoms that have long been the province of instrumentalists 
to explore. She does all of this while telling stories with her lyrics as well. To top it off, her vocal 
tone and control have never sounded better…This is Fay Victor’s best recording to date, not 
because it encounters “the tradition” but because it looks at a great composer from the past 
and reimagines the tradition as part of the music’s daring vanguard.“
~ Will Layman, Popmatters.com (9/10)

„An avant-garde Nina Simone with the performance punch of Betty Carter, Victor’s unabashed 
acrobatics mesmerize…“
~ Andy Cowan, MOJO Magazine (4 STARS)

“In 2013, Victor formed Herbie Nichols SUNG, the first Nichols repertory project led by a 
,black or female musician. It’s very much her vision – and the arrangements are as inventive 
as they are tight. In an inspired move, Victor has set lyrics to Nichol’s compositions, adding 
new layers of meaning”
~ Steve Smith, The Wire

He (Herbie Nichols) was not well known in his lifetime, but today he’s considered one of 
the great unsung jazz composers. Victor started writing lyrics for his tunes, performing them 
with the Herbie Nichols Sung band she put together in New York City in 2013. She’s now recorded 
11 of these compositions and they’re outstanding.
~ J. Poet, DownBeat Magazine (4 STARS)