A Columbian playing rychenitsa in 7/8? A kettle-drum and salsa? A piece in 9/8 dedicated to a Swiss band? If that’s not jazz, I don’t know what is! Precisely that sound struck the audience in Studio 5, where the promotion of the Wladigeroff Brothers’ new album For the Greatest and Little Things took place last night. The inheritors of the great composer- Konstantin and Alexander, together with Stoyan Yankoulov (percussion) and “The Snow Owl”, the legendary Juan Garcia-Herreros, came on stage at 10:30 PM. The event began in 3/4 and a tint of folklore, humble smiles, and a premonition for an unforgettable night. The brothers’ distinctive experimental style took the fans in faraway places. Samba, salsa, additive meters, crazy solos, devilish fusion, ballads. Every single piece had a unique style, message, and sound on a superior level. And Stoyan Yankoulov and Juan Garcia-Herreros’s improvisations in the second half of the concert burned us on the stake, as Alexander Wladigeroff said. For the encore (The Pink Panther), Tsvetan Choubanov (saxophone) was invited on stage, and he completed the harmonious circle, which we did not want to leave all night. The Wladigeroffs left us with our jaws dropped, wandering about between the highest and lowest tones of their performances. As I was leaving the club I found out that along with the unforgettable concert, the lunar eclipse had ended as well.I think I was in a time machine last night…
