The Colin Vallon Trio with Patrice Moret and Julian Sartorius at the Tinguely Museum and the Bird’s Eye in Basel on 28 February and 1 March 2025

Pianist Colin Vallon's trio with bassist Patrice Moret and drummer Julian Sartorius played at the Tinguely Museum in Basel on Friday afternoon, 28 February, and then again at the Bird's Eye in Basel that evening and last night (Saturday, 1 March). On Friday afternoon, I dreamed to their music like the soundtrack of a road movie. On Friday evening, I focused on Sartorius's drumming, especially on the snare. And yesterday, I got a sense of the trio as a whole. Besides some solo introductions by Vallon, they play no solos. But they aren't all soloing all the time; rather, they're accompanying each other as the compositions and improvisations build toward their climaxes. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 2 March 2025)

Colin Vallon, Tinguely Museum, Basel, 28 February 2025

Patrice Moret, Tinguely Museum, Basel, 28 February 2025

Julian Sartorius, Tinguely Museum, Basel, 28 February 2025