A Jazz concert by the band Lisbeth Quartett was held at the Experimental Theatre Hall of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on Sunday evening.
Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, in cooperation with BSA, hosted the event. Kirsten Hackenbroch, Goethe-Institut Bangladesh’s director welcomed the jazz enthusiasts at the event.
The full lineup, however, could not perform due to an unavoidable circumstance, as the band’s founder, and popular German saxophonist Charlotte Greve, could not join her band at the event. Dr Kirsten Hackenbroch, director of the Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, said in her opening, “Very unfortunately the saxophonist Charlotte Greve is sick and cannot be on stage.
As a result of her absence, the Quartett reduced to a trio- Manuel Schmiedel (Piano), Igor Spallati (Bass) and Moritz Baumgärtner (Drums), who still successfully mesmerised the jazz lovers in the evening with some of their most popular jazz numbers.
Manuel Schmiedel on piano, Igor Spallati on bass, and Moritz Baumgärtner on drums enthralled the audience with their unique concept of tone, rhythmic perfection, and subtle interplay. The concert lasted 70 minutes and ended with great applause in a full theatre hall.
They played tracks, along with their composers name are in parentheses here: “Original Source” (Charlotte Greve), “All Or Nothing At All” (Arthur Altman), “Chorale” (Manuel Schmiedel), “Off Minor” (Thelonious Monk), “Prelude To A Kiss” (Duke Ellington), “Shirley” (Charlotte Greve), “Crickets” (Charlotte Greve).
The concert was part of the band’s Asian tour, in which they performed in Pune, Chennai, Trivandrum, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Colombo and Kolkata. From Dhaka they move on to Karachi, Pakistan.
Charlotte Greve's Lisbeth Quartett was awarded an Echo Jazz - the biggest German music prize - as newcomer of the year 2012, for its second album Constant Travellers. The follow-up Framed Frequencies was also highly acclaimed internationally.
For their most recent album ‘There Is Only Make’, Charlotte Greve was awarded the Echo Jazz 2018 in the category national Saxophone/Woodwind.
According to a statement from Charlotte Greve in the press release, “The new album was developed more from a band process than our earlier studio productions. Before we recorded, we carried the pieces with us for a longer time and performed them in many concerts together.”
