Finally, a new Umbrella again after the amazing October edition. WORM continues to celebrate the fine art of musical improvisation, for you to enjoy. This time we present a truly golden trio from the eclectic Amsterdam musical avant-garde: Mother Tongue. A Senegalese Griot singer, a Korean jazz drummer and an Amsterdam multi-instrumentalist / instant composer find each other on an open playground. With m’bira, xalam, drumkit, voice, percussion, household tools and an electric clavichord on 220 volt, they sit down and take off: Wrrrrrraaang!

Mother Tongue
Singer and percussionist Mola Sylla is in many ways a musical explorer. Born and raised in Dakar, Senegal, he grew up in the tradition of the griots. Griots play conveying stories – sometimes decorated with music, theater and dance – which all play an important role in West African culture. His rhythm and melodic compositions differ from the western conventional schedules and provide surprising twists.

moved to Europe when she was 19 to study jazz in Amsterdam and that is where she met her soulmates. Her evolving music leans towards a European chamber-jazzy sound with occasional American hints of Wayne Shorter, Paul Motian, or Ambrose Akinmusire. She was honoured with the Paul Acket award for an “extraordinary contribution to jazz” at the North Sea jazz festival this July.

is the sound of Amsterdam in person. He invented his own instrument by putting a clavichord, a keyboard instrument from the 17th century, on 220 Volt electricity. As the last student of the late pianist, composer and improvisor Misha Mengelberg he tears like a tornado through the Amsterdam jazz and impro scene.