He has delivered two particularly memorable concerts at Sala Rossa in recent years. The first one, Grand Jawaka, in the summer of 2016, featured most of Frank Zappa’s albums Waka Jawaka and Grand Wazoo. The second, Ode à l’Infonie, the following summer, with the ensemble 333 ToutArtBel, revisited some of the legendary group’s emblematic works with a joyful enthusiasm. Following on from his December concert, which focused on the main representatives of the Third Stream, which combined classical music and jazz, namely Don Ellis, Robert F. Graettinger, Ken Hanna and Pete Rugolo, Philippe Hode-Keyser is presenting a new and improved version of his Don Ellis project, presented with an ensemble of 28 musicians in February 2017. This time, it’s with a collective of 58 artists (rhythm section, brass, woodwinds, sitar, tablas, choirs, dance) that he pays tribute to the work of the visionary trumpeter, composer and conductor Don Ellis, who died prematurely of a heart attack in 1978 at the age of 44.
PROGRAMME
“Brash Brass Bash” (1973)
“Good Feelin’” (1969)
“Fire Dance” (1973)
“Pussywiggle Stomp” (1968)
“Star Children” (1968)
“Thetis” (1967)
“Wolfgang for All Seasons” (1972)
“Without Joan” (1972)
“Hey Jude” (1969)
“Whiplash” (1978)
