他们为今年的爵士节准备了一场雨？
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由贝司手Bänz Oester在南瑞士组成的非洲乐队The Rainmakers（唤雨巫师），是一支典型的现场型乐队，2012年在巴塞尔的爵士酒吧Bird’s Eye录制了首张专辑。而在他们最新的第二张现场专辑中，The Rainmakers继承了许多John Coltrane的音乐元素。他们也将传奇人物Jacques Brel的香颂“Amsterdam”和瑞士名曲“Dr Schacher Seppli”演绎得十分精彩。
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爵士钢琴大师Keith Jarrett认为瑞士的维利绍是世界上最适合演出的地方之一。这里不仅有诸多美国非洲裔爵士大师表演过，更吸引到了来自南方的非洲爵士传奇人物Abdullah Ibrahim、Dudu Pukwana、Johnny Dyani、Louis Moholo、Makaya Nthsoko和Chris McGregor等人。种族隔离期间，很多南非裔音乐家都被流放了。他们跨越了南北之间的障碍，将爵士传播到了北方，The Rainmakers就是南北文化交流活生生的例子。乐队队长以及贝司手Bänz Oester和高音萨克斯手Bänz Oester来自瑞士；钢琴家Afrika Mkhize和鼓手Afrika Mkhize来自才华崛起的新大陆南非。他们四个人组成了无法分割的完美组合。换句话说，他们各有各的独特魅力和技巧。
今年，这支瑞士与南非组成的黄金组合将于10月15日现身JZ Festival，为大家带来极具吸引力和震撼力的新鲜现场！好期待啊，但是希望到时不要下雨 ☔~
Bäenz Oester
队长Bäenz Oester活跃于瑞士和国际爵士舞台，在上个世纪八十年代早期便在众多乐队的项目中开始即兴。如今，他参与的乐队包括The Rainmakers四重奏、Donat Fisch三重奏/四重奏、Marcus Wyatt四重奏，与Gerry Hemingway、Michel Wintsch组成的WHO三重奏，与歌手Andreas Schaerer的二重奏等等。
高音萨克斯演奏家Ganesh Geymeier现居瑞士Vevey，是瑞士年轻一代最受欢迎的萨克斯风手之一。他也是Holunderblüten团体中的一员，并与许多瑞士和法国乐手同台演出，包括Matthieu Michel、Marc Méan、Emil Spanyi、Marcel Papaux、Malcolm Braff、Pierre Audetat等等。
南非钢琴家Afrika Mkhize现居约翰尼斯堡。他因独特的演奏风格而名声大作，同时也是一名多才多艺的制作人外加Miriam Makebas乐队的音乐总监。
鼓手Ayanda Sikade也生活在约翰尼斯堡。他与众多知名南非音乐家合作过，包括Feya Faku、Bheki Mseleku、Robbie Jansen、Barney Rachabane、Darius Brubeck等。同时，他也是传奇萨克斯风演奏家Zim Ngqawana乐队中的一员。
The Swiss-South African band The Rainmakers, formed around the internationally acclaimed bassist Bänz Oester, recorded their debut album at Jazz Club Bird’s Eye in Basel in 2012. Ontheir latest, and second live album, they follow in the footsteps of Coltrane.Their use of the legendary Jacques Brel chanson “Amsterdam”, and the evergreen Swisshit “Dr Schacher Seppli”, is breathtaking. The five remaining numbers are only slightly less spectacular. The Rainmakers are therefore undoubtedly atypical live band, and that is why it makes sense that they did not lock themselves up in a studio to record their second CD – a lion in the wild ismuch more majestic than one in the zoo.
This splendid band succeeds in quasisquaring the circle, namely the symbiosis of ecstatic soberness and feel-good happiness. No wonder that audiences in Willisau cheered wildly in response(even some critics discreetly sung their praises). That memorable concert recording now exists under the title “Ukuzinikela”, is a genuine godsend.The name of the nostalgic pop piece with which the concert fades out, might be understood as a kind of promise: “ Nach em Räge schint Sunne” (After the rain, the sunwill shine). Or put differently, these rainmakers conjure up the sun in ourhearts and souls – that they refrain from top-heavy concepts, is a matter ofhonour.
According to Keith Jarrett, Willisauis “one of the best places for music across the globe”. Not only have countless African-American jazz luminaries performed in Willisau, but just about every legendary personality from the South African jazz scene, among them AbdullahIbrahim, Dudu Pukwana, Johnny Dyani, Louis Moholo, Makaya Nthsoko and Chris McGregor. During apartheid many prominent South African musicians fled intoexile. The new generation, however, is based in their ancestral homeland, but maintain an active exchange with jazz scenes beyond its borders, to the North.
The Rainmakers are a prime example of this fruitful exchange between North and South. The band leader and bassist, Bänz Oester, and Ganesh Geymeier on tenor sax, come from Switzerland; the pianist Afrika Mkhize and drummer Ayanda Sikade count among the new continent-hopping talents from South Africa. The four of them form a close-knit, inseparable unit. In other words, we are dealing with a formationin which individual strengths are not showcased in egocentric fashion, but are transformed into a collective energy.
Oester, who cherishes a long-standing fascination with the rich musical culture of Africa, puts it this way: “I want to communicate onequal footing with the other musicians. For that a certain attitude, which does not tolerate hierarchical thinking, is necessary. My objective is to breakboundaries. I don’t dictate anything to anyone – the music is conjointly developed”. Namely along a high-voltage connection between North and South.
Musicians
Baenz Oester
Bandleader Bänz Oester has been active in the swiss and international scene of jazz and improvised music since the early eighties as a member of numerous projects on his own or as part of copllective groups. Currently he is playing with his Quartet The Rainmakers,with the WHO-Trio including Gerry Hemingway and Michel Wintsch, in Duo with Vocal artist Andreas Schaerer, and as sideman with Donat Fisch Trio/Quartet, Marcus Wyatt Quartet and others.
Ganesh Geymeier
Tenor saxophone player Ganesh Geymeier is living in Vevey, Switzerland. He is one of the most popular swiss sax players of the joung generation. He is member of the collective group “Holunderblüten” and is plying withnumerous swiss and french musicians such as Matthieu Michel, Marc Méan, Emil Spanyi, Marcel Papaux, Malcolm Braff, Pierre Audetat, François Jeanneau, GlennFerris, Joe Quitzke, Sylvia Versini and others.
Afrika Mkhize
South African pianist Afrika Mkhizeis living in Johannesburg. He has made himself a big reputation with his distinctive piano-playing, as a versatile producer and as musical director in Miriam Makebas Band.
Ayanda Sikade
Drummer Ayanda Sikade is also living in Johannesburg, he is playing with many famous South-African musicians such as Feya Faku, Bheki Mseleku, Robbie Jansen, Barney Rachabane, Darius Brubeck and many others. He was also member of legendarysaxophonist Zim Ngqawana’s band.
The Rainmakers will show up at this year's JZ Festival on Oct 15th. They'll definately bring an unforgettable live performance to all of us. Only hope it doesn't rain! 😂
2016 JZ Festival爵士上海音乐节
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时间：2016年10月15日-10月16日
地点：世博公园
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