6 pm | FARIDA AMADOU
The electric bass has been Farida Amadou’s main instrument since 2011. A self taught bass player based in Brussels, in 2013, she started to play across many genres, including blues, jazz and hip-hop. Then Farida discovered improvised music, a style and community she quickly embraced. In 2017, after spending a year playing bass for Belgian punk band Cocaine Piss, Farida decided to focus on her solo improvisation practice and collaborations. Since then, she’s played with folks like Steve Noble, Thurston Moore, Peter Brötzmann, Julien Desprez, Dave Rempis, Chris Corsano, Andy Moor, Pat Thomas, Lukas Koenig among other occasional features such as Jerusalem in My Heart and Moor Mother.
Photo © Niclas Weber
7 pm | ANNA WEBBER’S SIMPLE TRIO
Composer, saxophonist, and flutist Anna Webber has been collaborating with bandmates John Hollenbeck on drums and Matt Mitchell on piano as Simple Trio since 2013. The music of Simple Trio highlights what The New York Times called the “range of the group members: fulminous, intense collective improvisation” in songs that feel like living things and lead the audience in different directions on each listen.
Their fourth album, simpletrio2000 (Intakt Records), is an exploration of polyrhythm and a celebration of a decade of working together; it additionally functions as a follow-up to their critically-acclaimed release Idiom, which earned Webber the accolade of being named the top composer of the year by JazzTimes in 2021. The band’s other prior releases are Binary (Skirl Records, 2016) and SIMPLE (Skirl Records, 2014). Webber is originally from British Columbia.
“…few working bands in improvised music have served up such fizzy technical rigor and reflected an adventurous spirit on par with Anna Webber’s Simple Trio”.
– Peter Margasak
Photo © Des White
Friday Late Show Ticket:
$25 advance / $30 door (1 event, 2 sets)
Friday Evening Pass:
$38 advance / $45 door (6:00 + 8:30 pm shows, 2 events/4 sets)
Festival Weekend Pass:
$100 (7 ticketed events, 16 sets, up to $235 value)
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Students, Seniors, Underwaged at the Door (cash/e-transfer):
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No one will be refused admission for lack of funds
IIn our 12th year of operation, as Zula Presents Something Else!, we are most grateful to Canada Council for the Arts, Department of Canadian Heritage, and The City of Hamilton for their financial support to make these festival events possible. We would also like to acknowledge and thank our partners Hamilton Public Library and Open Streets for their kind support and enthusiasm.