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De Beren Gieren: One Mirrors Many

Read "One Mirrors Many" reviewed by John Sharpe


Still looking to breathe life into the venerable piano trio format, Belgian threesome De Beren Gieren (The Bears Shriek would be one translation) present their fourth album following The Detour Fish (Clean Feed, 2014), A Raveling (De Beren Records, 2013) and Wirklich Welt So (El Negocito, 2012). Leading the charge pianist Fulco Ottervanger helms an unchanged lineup comprising bassist Lieven Van Pée and drummer Simon Segers. Unsurprisingly after such consistent output, they exhibit a robust ensemble concept which avoids emphasis ...

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De Beren Gieren: One Mirrors Many

Read "One Mirrors Many" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Trio belga (in effetti il pianista Fulco Ottervanger, autore di tutto il materiale tematico, è un olandese trapiantato), De Beren Gieren ci appare come una delle realtà più felici nel pur battutissimo settore del piano trio. Questo che è il suo quarto CD dal 2012 (più un EP due anni prima) parte posizionandosi nei pressi di un'avanguardia di marca “contemporanea," ma guadagna ben presto (a ben vedere già nel brano inaugurale) lidi più squisitamente jazzistici, e si manteene poi felicemente ...

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De Beren Gieren & Susana Santos Silva: The Detour Fish - Live in Ljubljana

Read "The Detour Fish - Live in Ljubljana" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Discretamente informale, piacevolmente naive, dosi di humor disperso qua e là, freschezza di idee, entusiasmo giovanile, orecchio allenato, sguardo acuto. Si presenta così The Detour Fish -Live in Ljubljana terza fatica discografica del giovane trio belga De Beren Gieren qui arricchito dalla presenza dell'affermata trombettista portoghese Susana Santos Silva. L'improvvisazione minimale, struttura portante del trio guidato dal pianista Fulco Ottervanger, si incontra con il solismo altrettanto parco di Silva, per sondare zone d'ombra, battere sentieri poco frequentati, ...

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De Beren Gieren & Susana Santos Silva: The Detour Fish - Live In Ljubljana

Read "The Detour Fish - Live In Ljubljana" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Youthful concepts and treatments are highlighted on this live set, where the award-winning Belgian piano trio De Beren Gieren invites burgeoning Portuguese trumpeter, improviser Susana Santos Silva to join the band for this largely captivating performance at the Ljubljana Jazz Festival in Slovenia. The musicians' collective synergy becomes apparent rather quickly. Their inventive faculties are propagated via budding, minimalist phrasings and rolling wave-like rhythmic progressions, as the free form improvisational element is a recurring process. And when considering the outside ...


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