Jazz Articles about Geoffroy Gesser

Un Poco Loco: Ornithologie

by Mark Corroto
April 12, 2020

Somewhere Han Bennink is very jealous of the music making of the trio Un Poco Loco. The master of 'New Dutch Swing' hijinks would give his right crash cymbal to perform music in the manner this trio covers Charlie Parker on Ornithologie. The aptly designated Un Poco Loco ('a bit crazy') trio is trombonist Fidel Fourneyron, saxophonist and clarinetist Geoffroy Gesser, and bassist Sébastien Beliah. All three musicians are also members of the Umlaut Big Band, which focuses on 1920s ...