Talking About the Weather

11 Tracks 1 Disc

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1. Scene 1: Weather Report
02:27
2. Scene 2: Atmospheres
05:21
3. Scene 3: Handicaps
00:31
4. Scene 4: Heard It Before
07:13
5. Scene 5: Students of Life
08:05
6. Scene 6: Songo
08:42
7. Scene 7: Smile at People
01:47
8. Scene 8: Ahandu
03:11
9. Scene 9: It's a Pearl
00:30
10. Scene 10: Pearls
03:00
11. Scene 11: 50 Years of Frienschips
06:31

ABOUT “TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER”

“Talking about the Weather” is a series where beyond-the-drums-drummer Eric Thielemans talks, plays and shareswith a variety of musicians, philosophers, visual artists, scientists…It is a research into space, artistry and life.

TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER #1 – ERIC THIELEMANS & BILLY HART

Teacher and student. Past and present. 2 drummers. 2 men. 2 fathers. Friends. A conversation.

A dialogue of the drums.

Drummers Billy Hart and Eric Thielemans got to know each other during a workshop in 1992. Thielemans was a young twenty-something at the time, but still managed to impress Hart (who by then already had Otis Redding, Joe Zawinul and Pharoah Sanders, Miles Davis on his resume). This was the start of a deep human connection, friendship and mutual respect for each other’s music and musicianship. 25 years in between, a gap, filled with many explorations, life experience and musical endeavors. They stayed in touch,and in 2016 Thielemans invited Hart for a duo concert at Jazz Middelheim. That’s where the idea for “Talking About The Weather” was born.

Both protagonists embark on a conversation, contemplating the spaces they co-create and the information thatemerges from such awareness. The talk flows in and out of their specialist knowledge resulting in a collaborative creation (music piece, art work, book, installation…) combining fields of expertise, instruments, tools and practices.

“We do talk as we play.”