CHARLES DAVIS - FLUTE PLAYER

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Charles Davis will be playing

       2012

• 18.2 Lichtensteig / CH  - Chössi Theater with
  "Indian Fairy Tales" 
• 16.3 Kelkheim - Jazzclub  with
  "Captured Moments"
• 17.3 Altrip - Kulturforum with
  "Captured Moments
• 02.06 Konstanz - Lutherkirche with
  "Duo Bubachala" &. Special Guest Sankar Chowdhury
• 10.7 Konstanz - Palmenhaus with
  "Duo Bubachala"
• 13.7 Weiler - Kornhausmuseum with
  "Captured Moments"
• 24/25.8 Rostock - Lichtklangnacht  with
  "Four or more Flutes" (tbc)
• 6.10 Zwiefalten - Wimsener Mühle with
  "Captured Moments"
• 13.10 Weil der Stadt - Kulturverein Manufaktur with
  "Captured Moments" (tbc)
• 25.10 Karlsruhe - Jazzclub with
  "Captured Moments"
• 15.11 Bitburg - Jazzintiative with
  "Captured Moments"
• 16.11 Lich - Kino Traumstern with
  "Captured Moments")
• 23.11 Pfullendorf  with
  "Captured Moments"
  
  2013
  
• 13.04 Marbach - Schloßkeller with
  "Captured Moments"
• 24.05 Fraubrunnen / CH -Schloßkeller with
  "Indische Märchenwelt" (tbc)
       

The new live CD

The new live CD "Pathways"  is now out (4 tracks from the CD can be heard under "audio") and can be ordered by e-mail for 15 €, inclusive post and package (for  Germany only), for the e-mail adresse see "contact".

Other CDs that are still available are:

Four or more Flutes - "Fluturistic", "Back to the Flutes und "Influtenza".
Ensemble Chanchala - "The Day the Swallows Came" u.  "Spirit of the House".
Duo Bubachala - "Lines".

For the same conditions as "Pathways".

The newest CD review from "Pathways" you can find under jazzapges.com or click here

Rolf Thomas in the Jazzthetik from November 2008 to "Pathways"

"In the piece 'Blues for Saliba" Charles Davis really flips out; the wild overblowing on the flute, an earthy walking bass line from Steffen Hollenweger and Sven Götz's filigree sound on the acoustic guitar, create an impressive wild musical voyage."

Klaus Mümpfer in the Jazzpodium from December  2008 to "Pathways"

"The flutist's playing is as distinctive as his compostions, and in spite of  all these years of  playing, still keeps one enchanted."

Gerd Filtgen in Image HiFi from January 2009 to "Pathways" 

"One needs a magnifying glass to find such conceptional high quality of improvising music for the flute. In the last 50 years the standards set by Eric Dolphy, Jeremy Steig and James Newton are hard to surpass, an exception to this is Charles Davis."

Juli 2010 - in the internet  HiFi journal "Hifi Statement" one can download a track from "Four or more Flutes" from our concert in the baroque hall  of the cloister Bernried in Germany.

Juni 2010 - 3 videos from a concert from Captured Moments in the Jazz Studio Nürnberg are now in You Tube  can instantly  be found by clicking  "Video".

Mai 2010 - in the 2nd edition of "Il flauto e il jazz" (the flute in jazz) from Stafano Benini, published by Edizioni Curci is an article about me.

July 2009 -  for the newest  sound sample from Ensemble Chanchala live in the St. Agatha Chapel in Schopfheim Germany with Sankar Chowdhury where we played Raga Jhinjhoti

For the newest sound sample from Duo Bubachala look at "Audio", where we played with Sankar Chowdhury and Peter Krämer at the "Raga against the Machine Festival".

At the request of the promoter of the Jazz Festival Bad Wildungen 2008 we played in Duo Bubachala two pieces with the guitar player Susan Weinert with her husband Martin on bass  - a memorable musical experience! - have a look at "Audio" for the mp3

A fan recently  brought to my notice an entry  about me in the rororo Jazz Lexikon - wonders do happen!

The newest CD from Four or more Flutes “Fluturistic” received the award as the “CD of the Month” from the German music magazine “Stereo”

Reviews about the new Ensemble Chanchala CD
"The Day the Swallows Came"

Klaus Mümpfer in the Jazzpodium from Februar 2007.

"The Day the Swallows Came"  fascinates with a meditative melodical and rhythmical quality  of an incredible  intensity. It is a music which totally absorbs the listener."

Walter Bast in Folker  March 2007.

"The musical concept of Ensemble Chanchala is the most convincing that I have heard in the last thirty years   to the topic  "Jazz meets India". Congratulations!"

Rolf Thomas in Jazzthetik  May 2007.

"Many of the new pieces are based on classical Indian ragas and allow place for Davis' stupendous ablitiy to assimilate foreign musical cultures and fill them with life."