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Potsa Lotsa XL: Amoeba's Dance
by Ian Patterson
Like an amoeba, whose shape-shifting properties enable it to adapt to its surroundings, Silke Eberhard's Potsa Lotsa expands and contracts according to its needs. Originating as a four-horn ensemble inspired by the music of multi-instrumentalist/composer Eric Dolphy, Potsa Lotsa blasted off with Potsa Lotsa: The Complete Works Of Eric Dolphy (Jazzwerkstatt, 2010). An auspicious debut, Eberhard's quartet stripped Dolphy's compositions down to their melodic essence before reimagining--a fittingly inventive homage. Then came Potsa Lotsa Plus, an octet featuring ...
Continue ReadingPotsa Lotsa XL & Youjin Sung: Gaya
by John Sharpe
German saxophonist Silke Eberhard received deserved plaudits for her trio effort Being The Up And Down (Intakt, 2021), but Potsa Lotsa, which has been one of her prime outlets for considerably longer, also merits attention. Originally a wind quartet convened to realize The Complete Works Of Eric Dolphy (Jazzwerkstatt, 2010), and named after one of his tunes, the outfit has grown in both repertoire and size. Now a ten-piece band, hence the XL, they are primarily a vehicle for Eberhard's ...
Continue ReadingPotsa Lotsa XL & Youjin Sung: Gaya
by Ian Patterson
Potsa Lotsa, the moveable feast headed by saxophonist/clarinetist Silke Eberhard, began life in 2010 as a wind quartet, debuting with The Complete Works Of Eric Dolphy (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011), an innovative tribute to the tragically short-lived multi-reedist. The quartet expanded to an octet--Potsa Lotsa Plus--for Plays Love Suite By Eric Dolphy (Jazzwekstatt, 2014), breathing new life into a little-known Dolphy work that was incomplete at the time of his death. Potsa Lotsa XL featured even more hands in 2017, but with ...
Continue ReadingEkkehard Wölk Ensemble: Homage to Nino Rota
by AAJ Italy Staff
Non è la prima volta che le musiche da film di Nino Rota vengono riprese per essere rielaborate in chiave jazzistica. Tuttavia questo lavoro dell'Ekkehard Wölk Ensemble ci sembra particolarmente riuscito. L'approccio agli spunti melodici del compositore milanese è infatti molto libero e riesce a dare nuova linfa a brani che, essendo parte integrante di capolavori della cinematografia mondiale, sono sedimentati e consolidati nella nostra memoria collettiva. Il rischio insito in operazioni di questo genere è infatti quello della riproposizione ...
Continue ReadingEkkehard Wölk: Desire for Spring
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'idea non è certo nuova: l'obiettivo è quello di partire da composizioni di autori della musica classica e di riarrangiarle per una formazione contemporanea, attualizzandole con una pronuncia fluida e cadenzata, più o meno compromessa con il jazz, come nell'ultimo decennio sta perseguendo sistematicamente The Classical Jazz Quartet (Kenny Barron, Ron Carter, Stefon Harris e Lewis Nash). In questo caso si rinforza un canonico trio jazz con due archi (il violino e il violoncello) che rimandano automaticamente alla tradizione della ...
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