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# Feven Kidane's Maiden Voyage
- URL: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/feven-kidane-maiden-voyage/
- Published: 2022-03-24T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-10T21:57:57.000Z
- Description: Feven goes from free jazz to powerful post-bop in 3 days.
- Author: Will Chernoff
- Tags: Free Weekly

## Feven Kidane at the Tangent

Last night, **Feven Kidane** led a quartet at the Tangent Cafe with Julian Borkowski on piano, Dan Howard on bass, and Todd Stewart on drums.

A few days ago on Sunday, Feven was the featured artist for the [New Thing at General Strike](https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/new-thing-general-strike-coffee-launch/).

For General Strike, I had written more about the gig itself, because it was new. Free jazz was the order of the day.

But now, let’s focus on Feven and the post-bop music from last night. "Maiden Voyage" was one of the tunes that the band played, hence the title of this Update.

Of the tunes from the post-bop repertoire that made their setlist, these were my three favourites:

### "All The More" (Kenny Wheeler)

[All The MoreKenny Wheeler, John Taylor, Furio Di Castri, Joe LaBarbera · Song · 1997![](https://open.spotifycdn.com/cdn/images/favicon32.b64ecc03.png)Spotify![](https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27387ca14e901a96701dd4dafd9)](https://open.spotify.com/track/2X0IhuslGIEhhMNtj7kD4o?si=56a62ac7d3334428&ref=rhythmchanges.ca)

### "Katerina Ballerina" (Woody Shaw)

[4\. Katrina Ballerina - Woody ShawThe Moontrane/ Woody Shaw (1974)![](https://www.youtube.com/s/desktop/a24ea7cc/img/favicon_144x144.png)YouTube![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wQkGc7dfIPE/hqdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQkGc7dfIPE&ref=rhythmchanges.ca)

### "Toyland" (Jackie McLean)

[Toyland (Remastered 2006/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupToyland (Remastered 2006/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) · Jackie McLeanDemon’s Dance℗ 2006 Blue Note RecordsReleased on…![](https://www.youtube.com/s/desktop/a24ea7cc/img/favicon_144x144.png)YouTube![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_TlhZa59_F4/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%5FTlhZa59%5FF4&ref=rhythmchanges.ca)

Feven also played originals, and the highlight was "Little Habesha Girl", which had intense soloing on an Afro-Cuban blues-like groove. Another original tune, "Cow Tipping", was a frantic and loud arrangement. I'll look forward to hearing those two tunes again.

## Who will make a major investment in Feven?

Feven is a 24-year-old trumpeter who drew a robust audience last night. Although still a Cap student, she's already a major asset to the Vancouver jazz scene:

- She is a young talent who puts on other young talent: when I was in my early twenties, a band this young wasn't getting booked at the Tangent, but here we are
- She has a nice amount of deference to her bandmates; the trio behind her got plenty of time to stretch out and have fun, and she seems to enjoy letting her bandmates step into space within the arrangements
- Her playing across multiple genres sounds confident and intense
- She is known as an activist and a personality who stirs the pot in this community

This is a standout mix of traits, one that jazz labels and grants won't ignore for long.

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