Fred Delplancq

Fred Delplancq: Horizons

by Mike Jurkovic
December 27, 2017

From the charging, serpentine opener “Strange Atmosphere" through old school seductions like the angular, dark harmonics of the Keith Jarrett Euro-quartet-ish “Filipus" and the very Coltrane/Rollins “Desolation," Horizons, Belgian saxophonist Fred Delplancq's latest, is a rich and resonant tribute to the classic quartet mode. With a decisively alpha-hard edge to his horn, Delplancq and his emphatic henchmen, free-wheeling pianist Vincent Bruyninckx, bassist Sam Gerstmans, and drummer Toon Van Dionant, enthusiastically pull and piston the leader's meaty, often moody ...