Duo: Baars - Henneman

Duo: Baars - Henneman: Stof

by Glenn Astarita
November 10, 2007

Eminent Dutch multi-reedman Ab Baars is known to skirt the fringes of modern jazz within a variety of mechanisms. Stof presents a largely minimalist portraiture of his craftsmanship, within a tight-knit duo framework with cellist Ig Henneman. Consisting of improvisations that are occasionally embedded into structured compositional elements, the artists pursue freedom of expression throughout.

They generally abide by a rather unhurried mode of development, but drill deep into contrasting tonalities while occasionally mimicking each other's ...