Alex Harding amp Lucian Ban DARK BLUE Live at Insomnia

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Alex Harding Lucian Ban DARK BLUE LIVE at INSOMNIA November 29, 2023. • Alex Harding (bari sax) • Lucian Ban (piano) • Get DARK BLUE album HERE: • https://lucianban.bandcamp.com/album/... • With DARK BLUE, Detroit born baritone saxophonist ALEX HARDING, and Transylvanian expat and NYC based pianist LUCIAN BAN are celebrating more than two decades of collaboration that started with their first duo release “Somethin’ Holy” in 2002. Their musical brotherhood spearheaded countless concerts and tours in US and Europe and a dozen album releases for various labels with ensembles featuring some of the most significant jazz musicians today: Bob Stewart, Sam Newsome, Nasheet Waits, Brad Jones, Bruce Cox, Hilliard Greene, Barry Altschul, Curtis Fowlkes, Bruce Williams, Brandon Lewis, Mat Maneri and many more. • Their duo showcases an amalgamation of original pieces and improvisations informed by traditions of jazz, blues, and European chamber music. As legendary tuba player Howard Johnson writes in the liner notes for DARK BLUE album: “Lucian and Alex have been honing their duo craft for some years. Now they have become one voice when they want to and still manage to complement each other” • ALL ABOUT JAZZ • “Soul-stirring dialogues , lyrically tapestries of sound . . . magical moments throughout this incisive set “ • JAZZ WEEKLY • “Visceral Duets” • ALL ABOUT JAZZ Italy • Through its intimate concentration, Dark Blue recalls historical duets such as those by Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron or by Dollar Brand and Archie Shepp” • ALL MUSIC • “By the time of “Somethin’ Holy,” the powerful braying of Alex Harding overwhelms with its muscular force” • All About Jazz • “Alex Harding and Lucian Ban have developed a fruitful partnership over the years. Harding's bluesy, church-steeped baritone sax is the logical heir to Hamiet Bluiett's, while Ban's tasteful, reflective piano playing combines the elegance and technical precision of the European classical tradition with wide-ranging musical interests and a passion for improvisation” • www.lucianban.com | www.alexharding.net • 00:00 - Not That Kind Of Blues • 05:30 - Dark Blue • 11:51 - Zoe Cicio • 18:19 - Used To Be • 25:17 - Chackra • 31:25 - Band Member and Credits • • Produced by: Thomas Mendel • Camera Operators: Antal Bence, Márton Zsombi, Nagy Ákos • Director Post Production Editing: Bogács Arnold • Sound Recording: Ovidiu Buhățel • Mix Mastering: Micha Mendel • Lights: Victor Lup • Photography: Karim Rosati • Presenter: Virgil Mihaiu • Piano by: Alba Piano Services • Piano Tunning: Andrei Dragomir • Special Thanks: Tünde Márkos, Gligor Boancă, Nur Saadeddin, Marisalda Colniceanu, Rafael Selegean, Sorin Szabo, Cătălin Șuteu, Zoli Vass. • Recorded at Inosmnia, Cluj-Napoca, 2023. • 🌐 https://mendelcollective.com

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