Based in Dublin, with partners right across Europe, 12 Points showcases young, creative and ambitious artists in jazz and related music from all points on the continent. Their mission is to assist and promote these emerging artists, bringing their music to new audiences.

Program:

Elifantree (Helsinki, Finland)
Saxophone, voice and drums are the base elements in this liberating Finnish trio, but cello, Glockenspiel and harmonium feature too. It depends on the whims of Anni Elif Egecioglu, Pauli Lyytinen and Tatu Rönkkö, who’ve been musically transgressing together since 2007.

With: Anni Elif Egecioglu voice, synth, Glockenspiel, Pauli Lyytinen tenor saxophone, effects, Tatu Rönkkö, drums and percussives

Kaja Draksler’s Acropolis Quintet (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Acropolis Quintet features musicians from Turkey, Romania and Italy, and what’s more they’re all currently based in Amsterdam. Kaja Draksler is already a substantial figure on the Slovenian music scene with three cds as leader, the latest of which is Turku. It’s a musical perspective that integrates the modernism of Vijay Iyer with the broody qualities of Eastern Europe’s song traditions.

With: Kaja Draksler piano, Sanem Kalfa voice, George Dumitriu guitar, Mattia Magatelli bass, Kristijan Krajncan drums

MeTaL-O-PHoNe (Paris, France)
Distortion, feedback, delay. In applying them to the vibraphone, Benjamin Flament has found sound something wild in an instrument so often typecast as polite and mannered, connecting the vibes back to its distant relatives like the Javanese gamelan, Tibetan singing bowls and African thumb pianos. Bassist Joachim Florent and drummer Elie Duris give no quarter in creating a swirling tempest of rhythms and textures that’s perfectly in sync with this altered percussive landscape.

With: Benjamin Flament vibraphone, percussion, Joachim Florent bass, Elie Duris drums

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An Evening of European Jazz

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