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Niels Van Heertum: JK's Kamer +50.92509° +03.84800°
by Mark Sullivan
Belgian brass player Niels Van Heertum is in no hurry on this album, and you shouldn't be, either. For his entry in the solo performance series by Granvat he improvised on euphonium, tuba, trumpet and electronics. It's a predominantly low, droning sound, similar to the recent group recording Felt like old folk with the Linus duo and Hardanger fiddle player Nils Økland. The quote in the album liners says it well: “On the other hand, if I don't think about ...
read moreJoachim Badenhorst: The Jungle He Told Me
by Eyal Hareuveni
Belgian reed player Joachim Badenhorst has been busy in the last five years. He is a member of the forward-thinking outfits of Dutch drummer Han Bennink, American saxophonist Tony Malaby, German trumpeter Thomas Heberer, and many other working bands. His first solo album, a limited edition vinyl, reveals Badenhorst as a versatile musician well-versed in the history of modern jazz, free jazz and free improvisation, with his own personal sound--searching and thoughtful yet warm and emotional. Badenhorst ...
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