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Brussels Jazz Orchestra / Royal Flemish Philharmonic: Dangerous Liaison

Read "Dangerous Liaison" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
December 12, 2006

I am loath to use the word masterpiece when appraising any musical endeavor, but there is simply no better way to describe these remarkable compositions for big band and symphony orchestra by the superb Belgian composer/trumpeter Bert Joris, which together frame the definitive answer to anyone who says there's not much happening on the European jazz scene.

Joris was commissioned by the Brussels Jazz Orchestra and Royal Flemish Philharmonic to write two compositions for big band and orchestra, and they ...