Joie de vivre!
Happy French National
Day! As befitting a city with such a strong French community, there
are a number of Bastille Day-themed events taking place in Phnom Penh
tonight. Maestro Phil Javelle
will be at the Governor's
House
with partner-in-rhythm Lewis
Pragasam and
guest vocalist Magali
Nicolas.
Kiss Kiss Bong
will be performing 'pop
and folk classics, French and English songs'
at Tonle
Bassac hangout Cloud.
The newly-formed trio consists of Alice on violin, Solene on piano
and
Remi on cajon.
video:
Norman King (tenor sax, right of picture) guested with Richy &
Friends at Est.
Bar
Over
at Est. Bar
tonight,
Richy & Friends
will be reprising their excellent jazz ensemble. It is really
quite
something
to see Larry
Martinez (keys),
Andrey
Meshcheryakov
(bass) and Euan
Gray
(tenor sax) tearing through jazz
classics with
their
dazzling
technical ability, energy and passion - while
drummer
Richy Boisson keeps
the quartet moving along with his deft touch and clockwork timing.
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While Phnom Penh is fortunate to have some really excellent Jazz musicians playing around town on a weekly basis, the art of jazz guitar playing is somewhat under-represented at the moment. We could name several hot drummers, horn players, keyboardists and bassists but it is much harder to find a gigging guitar player with those hard-won jazz chops. Takeshi Yamauchi of the Japan Guitar Shop is perhaps the sole practitioner to be heard at the moment. Takeshi will bringing his beautiful archtop guitars and expert playing to Farm to Table on Friday, accompanying the smooth jazz vocals of his partner Machiko. Jazz music lovers in the Kingdom of Wonder be advised that a new dedicated live club will be opening in Phnom Penh within the next couple of weeks – watch this Leng Pleng space for more details!
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Danny Lumen at Oscar's – pic: Jim
Heston
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Sharky Bar have
scheduled a bumper Battle of The Bands
for
early
next
month. Organiser Aleksei
Khalchenia has
put forward a first prize of 'a
full sound recording session (including mixing & mastering) with
a professional sound producer. Other prizes will be awarded from
sponsors and Sharky Bar.' To
sign up for the event, set to take place on the 5th,
6th
and 12th
August, contact
Aleksei via Lioha-h@mail.ru
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'Not
just rock’n’roll but spaced-out rock’n’roll jungle cabaret!'
pic – CSP
website
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More
exciting news has reached Leng Pleng Towers this
week - from mission control
of The Cambodian Space
Project. Space
commander Julien Poulson
filled us in on the
band's tour plans over the next few months, which will include
performances at the Splendor In The Grass
festival in Byron Bay, the No Borders festival
in Bern, and further dates in
Geneva,
Brussels and Singapore! The
Cambodian
Space
Project
plan to play on home soil again in August – check out the band's
website
for all the latest updates. In
the meantime, CSP have released a suite of new music videos – each
of the tracks produced by legendary U.S. music producer Jim
Diamond and
recorded at Siem Reap's own 60
Road Studios.
Check out the promo
for Demon
Lover
below
and see Julien's Youtube
channel
for all the CSP videos.
Whatever you're up to over the next few days, stay safe out there and... see you around the traps!
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