Of course, jazz is also part of the program at our annual high mass for the musical adventurer, because jazz is adventure. During BRDCST we enter the borderland of jazz, minimalism, improvisation and classical music.

Get ready for 'revolutionary', 'challenging' and 'genre-breaking' jazz of your dreams!

On the program:

ALABASTER DEPLUME (UK) 

Alabaster DePlume – the nom de plume of Angus Fairbairn – is experiencing an artistic heyday. His output in recent years has also been impressive. Be sure to check out his musical gems Gold and Come Fierce with Grace on the International Anthem label adored by BRDCST (see too: Jaimie Branch). His shows are musically compelling and verbally hilarious. Shabaka Hutchings: “One of my definite favourite saxophone players”. Gilles Peterson: “He absolutely blew my mind”. And for those still on the fence: “One of the most thrilling performances we’ve seen this year; a reminder of how vital and adventurous music can be”, according to The Guardian.

AMARO FREITAS (BR) 

Amaro Freitas developed from out of the slums of the Brazilian port city Recife into a pianist of international stature. He approaches the piano like a percussion instrument, thereby displaying an affinity for grandmaster Thelonious Monk. On his yet-to-be-released album Y’Y – according to Pitchfork, one of the 50 most anticipated albums of 2024 – he is also joined by Shabaka Hutchings, harpist Brandee Younger, and guitarist Jeff Parker. The Wire wrote: “In terms of both composition and improvisation, this is a totally gripping, vibrant and original synthesis of jazz and Brazilian music”.

COLE PULICE (US) 

Cole Pulice is an Oakland-based saxophonist/composer who combines their sax with a wind synth. Pitchfork describes them as an ambient jazz guru “who’s creating the experimental jazz tapes of your dreams”. Their latest 22-minute-long composition ‘If I Don​’​t See You in the Future…’ instantly became Best New Music on Pitchfork. They’ve already collaborated and toured with Bon Iver and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

THE NECKS (AU)

Strange: Australia’s The Necks have been around for more than 35 years and now ‘suddenly’ seem to be having their breakthrough. Their latest album Travel has been stringing up the superlatives. De Volkskrant gave five stars. The Wire wrote: “Stunning”. And all that on the frontier bordering between jazz, minimalism, improvisation, and classical. The Guardian once described them as “The Necks big thing” (sic), and also said this: “Plenty of left-field cult bands are described as ‘revolutionary’, ‘challenging’ and ‘genre-breaking’, but the music that this Australian piano-bass-drums trio make really is”. They barely rehearse and playing the same set twice is not done in their vocabulary.