Jazz Articles about Rein Godefroy

About Rein Godefroy

Album Review

Udo Pannekeet: Electric Regions

Read "Electric Regions" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 24, 2020

Udo Pannekeet is the current bassist for the legendary Dutch progressive rock band Focus, featuring original members Thijs van Leer (flute, vocals, keyboards) and Pierre van der Linden (drums). On this album the bassist goes for the gusto, supported by an extensive lineup, where jazz rock, fusion and modern jazz concepts co-align, most noticeably on the opening and adrenaline-charged long-form composition “Electric Regions Part One," which is basically the album's tour de force. Drummer Marcel Serierse kicks off ...

Album Review

Rein Godefroy: It Will Come

Read "It Will Come" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 16, 2017

Dutch pianist Rein Godefroy enters the crowded and talent-filled arena of the jazz piano trio with It Will Come. The music--on a first listen--seems to fit in the the European aesthetic of this form of musical expression with the opener, the disc's title tune, a gently laid down sound. The piano touch is supple, the bass/drums accompaniment rolling in a post-Bill Evans parity, with a lot of pop in the drums. The song is a story that builds momentum, gradually, ...