The Dhaka audience, mostly the enthusiastic youngsters were simply moved by the colorful mix of jazzy sounds with unforeseen and unpredictable elements at Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday evening.
Goethe-Institut Bangladesh organised the Jazz Concert, presented by a leading German group titled “Thaerichen’s Tentett” .
The 10 members’ German lineup of Thaerichen’s Tentett is the largest ever Jazz group visiting in Bangladesh.
In 2014 Thaerichen’s Tentett is celebrating their fifteenth anniversary with a maiden tour in India and Bangladesh.
The musical director, Nicolai Thaerichen, founded Thaerichen’s Tentett in 1999 with the singer Michael Schiefel. This ten-piece-band performs Nicolai’s original compositions, mostly songs set on poems by artists like Dorothy Parker, Lord Byron, Thomas Hardy and Ronald D. Laing.
Their performances are characterized by felicitous compositions, polished arrangements and humorous compositions. Speaking about vocalist Michael Schiefel, German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said, ‘Germany has perhaps never had such a jazz singer.’
Since its formation, ‘the creme of Berlin’s young Jazz scene’ (Berliner Tagesspiegel) around Nicolai Thärichen has published four CD’s. Their debut, Lady Moon (2001) was labelled ‘excellent’ (Jazzthing), ‘this year’s most stunning German record’ (Die Welt) and ‘the embodiment of 21st century jazz’ (jazzlabel.de) by the critics. Tentett’s third CD, Grateful (2005) is dedicated to the Scottish psychiatrist Ronald D. Laing. It was released in November 2005 and received rave reviews.
Over the years, audiences have become more enthusiastic, spanning from the release of Tentett’s first album Lady Moon to their fifth record An Berliner Kinder (2011/2012) and from their first performance at the A-Trane (Berlin) in 1999 to their 2014 concerts in India.
Source: Weekly Holiday