Friday 9th July
I am at Kongsberg Jazz Festival to play with Mimeo. Christian and Peter can’t make it so Oren Ambarchi and Peter Behrendsen are stepping in. It’s as hot and sunny as London but the red brick venue we play in is dark and cool. We had an intention to play as a Scratch Orchestra, but online discussion meandered a little and we have agreed to play an interpretation of the 9 minute Christian Wolff piece “Edges” somewhere within a 50 minute set instead. It’s the first Wolff piece I’ve played since meeting him at Headlands, California, November 2008.
We play a little politely. Some moments but not with the same complete focus as in Wigry in November last year. We’ve decided to make a double vinyl release of that concert. Hopefully by September this year. I’ll let you know when.