This
was just supposed to be a normal release party before a concert in the evening
with the members of the former Frank Zappa live event band and some of the
people that played on Robin’s great new record… but.. they managed to talk
Robin into playing some mostly improvised music for about 30mins and it was
great. I showed up about 16 and there were very few people I knew; actually
only Claus Bøhling and Robin but later my friend Lone arrived so we hung
out. They played the entire new CD while
they gave away free beer and soda at the bar and you could buy the last couple
of CDs for 100kr. Quite a few people were smoking inside as they always do at
this place but at least they had the door open to have some fresh air. After
the CD finished the band took the stage with Robin on bass, Claus Bøhling on guitar,
Karsten Vogel on sax, Thomas Thor on synths and Klaus Thrane on drums. Not only was this
the first time that this group of people had been on stage, it was the first
time they had all been in the same room together! Anyway, they played a 30min jam that had some
planned parts but everyone got to do solos except Robin and there was some
great guitar and keyboard jams. Robin might not admit it but I saw him smiling
quite a few times, and I sense he enjoyed this more than he might admit. It was
so fun to see them play.. They should book a gig at the Jazzhouse… A very rare event to witness as Robin rarely
plays live. I have no idea when the last time was.. Such nice people to talk
with as well. Danish music heritage..
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