Biography
The Young Mothers – the brainchild of the Norwegianborn bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten was formed 2012 in Austin Texas, the group’s debut album A Mothers Work is Never Done (Tektite Records-2014) been described as a creative-music pacesetter with its jack-out-of-the-box surprises ranging from grindcore injections to visionary hip-hop to spirited and moody takes on modern jazz and improv.
Along with the Austin-based Håker Flaten (The Thing, Atomic) and guitarist Jonathan Horne, a previous member of the famed White Denim and Steve Albini-engineered Plutonium Farmers, The Young Mothers’ Texas contingent includes saxophonist Jason Jackson, a centerpiece of Houston’s productive improvised music community, a member of the wildly eclectic and always evolving fusion collective FREE RADICALS, and who has played with Leroy Jenkins, Pauline Oliveros, and William Parker; trumpeter and rapper Jawwaad Taylor, a Houston native well known for his solo efforts as JAWWAAD and who was part of Shape Of Broad Minds together with Jneiro JArel which performed and collaborated with Jay-Z and MF DOOM; and Dallas-based drummer/vibe man Stefan Gonzalez son of jazz heavyweight Dennis Gonzales, whose powerful chops can be heard in countless jazz and noise/grind projects. Rounding out the lineup is Frank Rosaly, a Chicago-stationed percussionist who’s played nationally and internationally with the integrals, such as Peter Brötzmann, Jeff Parker, Roscoe Mitchell, Thurston Moore and Louis Moholo.
The band has done two North American tours (December 2012 and January 2014) and three European tours (March 2015, October 2016, october 2017). They’ve played renowned European Jazzfestivals like Saalfelden International Jazzfestival in Austria (Aug, 2014), Jazz Em Agosto in Lisbon/Portugal (Aug 2015), Tampere Jazz Happening in Finland (Oct 2015), Kongsberg Jazzfestival in Norway (July 2016), Copenhagen Jazzfestival in Denmark (July 2016), and they did in Sept 2015 a three nights residency at the Sonic Transmissions Festival in Austin Texas.
The Toung Mothers will release their next album ‘Morose’ in May 2018 on Self Sabotage Records/TROST. They will tour Europe in May/June 2018 and US in October 2018. Please contact Sergio Merino for any inquires about European performances : s.merino@arcoyflecha.es). For US inquires contact : mail@ingebrigtflaten.com
Jason Jackson :alto,tenor,& baritone saxophone
Jawwaad Taylor :vocals,trumpet & electronics
Jonathan F. Horne :guitar
Stefan Gonzalez :vibraphone & drums
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten :acoustic & electric bass
Frank Rosaly :drums & percussion
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