Welf Dorr Quintet
with Kenny Wollesen and Jonathan Finlayson
April 28, 6pm
German House Auditorium, 871 UN Plaza (1st Ave @ 49th St), New York City
this concert is free,
but for security reasons you have to RSVP to
german-consulate-ku@nyct.net
or 212. 610 9759 and bring a photo I.D.
Kenny Wollesen (drums)
Henock Temesgen (bass)
Shoko Nagai (piano)
Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet)
Welf Dorr (alto, flute)
Welf Dorr’s composing and (alto) playing are taking impulses from the jazz of the 60’s (from free jazz in general to Miles’ band with Wayne Shorter in particular) mixing it with contemporary elements from hip hop, drum&bass and world music.
For this concert he was able to assemble an international cast of stellar musicians: Kenny Wollesen (Santa Cruz, CA) on drums, Henock Temesgen (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) on bass, Shoko Nagai (Nagoya, Japan) on piano and Jonathan Finlayson (Berkeley, CA) on trumpet.
As part of the Einsteinyear 2005 they will treat some of Albert Einstein’s ideas musically and perform the composition “Flowers for Albert”.
Originally from Munich (Germany) Welf studied at Berklee in Boston before he moved 1995 to New York.
Here he played and recorded a.o. with Frank Lacy, Sabir Mateen, Steve Swell, Jim Payne, Juini Booth, Richard Bona and the David Murray Big Band and participated in several conductions by Butch Morris.
Besides playing in different jazz clubs in the city he performed last year at City Hall (Inauguration of Demokrat Anabel Palmer).
1996 he founded Funk Monk with members from the U.S., Europe and Africa, a band which combines the hypnotic groove of hip hop with the komplex harmonies of jazz.
1998 Funk Monk recorded their debut cd “Live at the Knitting Factory”.
Besides performing in the U.S. he continues to play in Europe.
Kenny Wollesen is no unfamiliar name in the NYC downtown jazz and avantgarde scene. Besides leading his own band he has recorded and toured with all kinds of musicians, from Jim Hall, Greg Osby, John Scofield, John Zorn to Tom Waits.
Jonathan Finlayson has become a recognized figure in the creative music scene, having recorded and toured with Steve Coleman and Five Elements for some years now. He also played with Ravi Colltrane, Craig Taborn and Jason Moran a.o.
Henock Temesgen has been working with all the big names in the Ethiopian music scene, such as Aster Aweke or Gigi. As cofounder of the ethiojazz band Admas he has collaborated with famed producer Bill Laswelll.
Shoko Nagai established herself in the improvised music scene performing with such renowned artists as Rashied Ali, John Zorn, Roy Campbell and Sam Newsome. She released two records under her name and played in Europe, Japan and Israel.
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