Tuesday June 11th * 7pm * $20-$25 * TICKETS
Transparent Productions presents Silvervest, the Montrael-based duo of vocalist Kim Zombik and contrabassist Nicolas Caloia.
“In terms of inventive new concepts with historical roots, Montreal’s SILVERVEST- with vocalist Kim Zombik - cooks up a sound that is savory, witty and flecked with surprising twists, with hints of Abbey Lincoln, Billie Holiday and hip-hopping post-beat poetry. Stir and enjoy.” - Josef Woodard, Down Beat May 2022
Intimacy is at the heart of SILVERVEST’s vibrant and melodic music, toggling between swagger and sweetness, caressing and careening. The music remains unset and generous, and intuitively explores the nuts and bolts of humanity’s mortal coil while remaining open to all possibilities.
Kim Zombik roots her original compositions and performance style deep in her own rich life experience. She performs regularly in Montreal and has released 12 recordings, 3 on Sony/Village Records. Two of those releases reached the top ten in Japan’s SWING Journal. Kim has opened for funk legend Parliament Funkadelic, Maceo Parker, Jimmy Cliff, The Wailers and sung with Olu Dara and William Parker. With her own quartet, Kim has performed in the Montreal International Jazz Festival (2005, 2009, 2014), the L’OFF Jazz Festival (2014), the Ginza, Japan, Jazz Festival (2007), the Irktusk, Siberia “New York Blues” Festival (2008), as well as toured with a 90-piece orchestra in Japan (2009 with Joe Hisaichi and the Japan New World Orchestra).
Nicolas Caloia is a Montreal based bassist, composer, and bandleader. He works at creating a living music by using rigorously composed material to channel collective improvisation. He can be heard in ongoing collaborations with Tristan Honsinger, Joe McPhee, Matana Roberts, Malcolm Goldstein, Kim Zombik, Lori Freedman, Rainer Wiens, and Yves Charuest or in past projects with Roscoe Mitchell, Marshall Allen, Steve Lacy, Hassan Hakmoun, William Parker, and Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. Nicolas has composed for and led many ensembles including 20 piece, Juno and GAMIQ nominated Ratchet Orchestra. He has fulfilled composition commissions from the Quatuor Bozzini, Tour de Bras, Productions Super Musique, FIMAV, Radio Canada, and CKUT 90.3 fm.
http://www.nicolascaloia.net
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSGbS0xmTqM