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Cote Calmet

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Thanks to the musical influence of his family, Calmet began his musical journey at an early age while growing up in Lima, Peru. His family exposed him to all kinds of styles and genres of music, including Brazilian, Peruvian, salsa, rock and jazz. This inspired him to start learning to play guitar and drums. At 18, when his musical career was just beginning to flourish, he was already recording with local musicians, working as a session drummer with different bands and playing live regularly. Calmet's musical personality has always been very broad, he would be considered primarily an improviser, but he also appreciates and has a great fascination for architectural music
Next Experiment: Next Experiment

by Ian Patterson
Without musical ideas a band's shelf-life as a vital entity is usually limited--that is a given. Commitment is perhaps a more underrated quality. Pianist Leopoldo Osio and bassist Peter Erdei have bags of that, steering the Dublin band formerly known as CEO Experiment through the choppy waters of a key member leaving, followed by the long ...
Dave Douglas & Trish Clowes: Eyes Up / Next Experiment At Bray Jazz Festival

by Ian Patterson
Dave Douglas & Trish Clowes: Eyes Up/Next Experiment Mermaid Arts Centre Bray Jazz Festival Bray, Ireland May 5, 2024 The smaller stages remained abuzz well into the wee hours on the last night of Bray Jazz Festival, but a little earlier the final act on the main stage--in the Mermaid ...
BigSpoon: The Return Of The Prodigal Son

by Ian Patterson
South African saxophonist Chris Engel has been a ubiquitous figure on the Irish jazz/improvised scene since arriving in Dublin in 2011. Whether in Chris Guilfoyle's modernist Umbra, Cote Calmet's Afro-Peruvian-inspired Phisqa, Italian guitarist Julien Colarossi's quartet or the Weather Report tribute band, Plaza Real, Engel's commitment is total, his fierce technique matched by a fearless improvisatory ...
Pachamama

By Cote Calmet
Label: Odradek Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Guacamayos; Chaqcha; Colibrì; Lima La Gris; Lullaby for Nicomedes; Suspensión; Moche; Shipiba; Foli; Manu.
Cote Calmet: Cultivating Afro-Peruvian Rhythms

by Ian Patterson
What do a dead donkey, a Seat Alhambra and Led Zeppelin's John Bonham all have in common? Whatever images your mind's eye may conjure, these three clues, in fact, all lead to Phisqa, the contemporary jazz band of Afro-Peruvian bent, formed by drummer Cote Calmet in Dublin, Ireland, in 2010. But let's not get ...
Phisqa: Pachamama

by Ian Patterson
Time has marched on since the eponymous debut of Phisqa, (Self-Produced, 2013), the band led by Peruvian drummer Cote Calmet. Then based in Dublin, Calmet placed the multinational quintet under wraps when his CEO Experiment--initially a trio, co-founded with Leopoldo Osio and Peter Erdei--started to take off. A promising debut recording, which also featured the great ...
Dorothy & George Jacob: Putting Bray On The Jazz Map

by Ian Patterson
Twenty years is old for a car and really old for a dog, but in jazz festival terms twenty years is perhaps not so long in the tooth. For a jazz festival twenty years means established, with the major storms of the early years weathered, a brand that people recognize and a heap of good will ...
CEO Experiment With Kurt Rosenwinkel at The Sugar Club

by Ian Patterson
CEO Experiment with Kurt Rosenwinkel The Sugar Club Dublin, Ireland September 30, 2017 CEO Experiment's Dublin concert with special guest Kurt Rosenwinkel seemed to be a long time coming. For months there'd been speculation that the great American guitarist might rock up for this one-off gig. When it was indeed ...
Bray Jazz Festival 2017

by Ian Patterson
Bray Jazz Festival Various venues Bray, Ireland May 28-30, 2017 There are just so many cultural events going on in Ireland over the May Bank Holiday weekend that it can be a bit of a head-spin deciding what to opt for. Roots music gatherings, literature festivals, classical recitals, a chamber ...