Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones kinds new band Sons of Chipotle
Earlier this yr, we noticed John Paul Jones hit the stage with Thurston Moore for a one-off, experimental joint efficiency. Seems the shocking collaborations aren’t over for the Led Zeppelin bassist and keyboardist, as he’s now fashioned a brand new band known as Sons of Chipotle with Finnish cellist Anssi Karttunen.
Jones introduced the information on social media Tuesday, promising that the brand new duo will “cowl an uncommonly huge space of the musical map.” The 73-year-old rock icon didn’t present extra particulars on what precisely this “huge space” appears like, however curious followers gained’t have to attend lengthy to search out out.
Sons of Chipotle have already got two live shows scheduled at Tokyo’s famed Pitt Inn for September third and September fifth. An announcement teases a “uncommon” and “intimate” set filled with improvisation (and nil burrito bowls):
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“It’s extremely uncommon to search out two of the best musicians on the planet performing in such an intimate setting for what can be a sequence of outstanding live shows. Each musicians are identified to be curious minds, at all times able to study and to find. After they improvise, borders disappear, they’re free emigrate past prejudices, throughout continents. In a world the place partitions are being constructed and individuals are informed the place they can not go, Sons of Chipotle need music to be a spot of openness.”
For the reveals, Jones will man the piano and Karttunen will play cello. Each will even present further digital preparations. They’ll be accompanied by particular visitor musicians in Jim O’Rourke and Japan’s Otomo Yoshihide.
Information of the mission comes on the heels of Led Zeppelin’s 50th anniversary. The music legends celebrated with an expansive e-book and an formally licensed documentary in regards to the group is within the works.