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Chris van Voorst van Beest

Chris van Voorst van Beest is a bassist and composer who grew up in Maine and lives in Brooklyn, NY. Hailed as "a double bassist with an exceptional ability to improvise," (Erminio Garotta - Sound & Vision) Chris has performed and/or recorded with artists as diverse as Frank Kimbrough, Robert Glasper, Gabriel Kahane, and George Garzone. Sought after in a variety of musical settings, Chris is a member of a number of original music projects including The Danny Fox Trio and Garage Ellington, plays for immersive theater (Sleep No More), and collaborates with multi-media artists, most recently with choreographer Kelly Ashton Todd with whom he wrote and performed incidental music for the 45 minute dance piece 'Nest'.

Album

Time Took Care of It

Label: Adhyâropa Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Here He Comes; Altbauer; So Long Mel; Very Cool Guy; Fruit Fly; The Ogres; Dr. Bob; Slow Ham; Chive Tie; Cherney Method; Here He Comes; Guaranteed Sharks; Jewish Cowgirl; Something in the Shed; Time Took Care of It (For Papa Joe); Post Vals.

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Danny Fox

Read "Danny Fox" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer


Today, the Spotlight shines On Brooklyn-based pianist and composer Danny Fox and the latest work from the Danny Fox Trio, Time Took Care of It (Adhyâropa Records).Danny's trio, with bassist Chris van Voorst van Beest and drummer Max Goldman, has been a working group with a consistent lineup since their founding in 2008. Their ...

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Article: Album Review

Danny Fox Trio: Time Took Care of It

Read "Time Took Care of It" reviewed by Neil Duggan


Brooklyn-based pianist and composer Danny Fox has an eye-catching background. He has studied with John Kamitsuka, Fred Hersch, Ethan Iverson and Garry Dial, and performed with artists as varied as Bruce Springsteen, Cassandra Wilson and Emmylou Harris. Since 2008, he has led the Danny Fox Trio with Time Took Care of It being their fourth album. ...

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Danny Fox Trio: The Great Nostalgist

Read "The Great Nostalgist" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


It's no surprise that The Great Nostalgistby pianist Danny Fox and his trio has been released on Hot Cup, the label run by Mostly Other People Do The Killing's Moppa Elliott. It has the same quirky, off the beaten track quality as MOPDTK's recent piano trio CD, Paint, but in a drier, less madcap vein with ...

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The Great Nostalgist

Label: Hot Cup Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Adult Joe; Theme For Gloomy Bear; Jewish Cowboy (The Real Josh Geller); Cookie Puss Prize; Truant; Caterpillar Serenade; Preamble; Fat Frog; Emotional Baggage Carousel; Old Wash World.

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Article: Album Review

Danny Fox Trio: The Great Nostalgist

Read "The Great Nostalgist" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


A group like the Danny Fox Trio and an album like The Great Nostalgist both serve as strong reminders that there's no shortcut for building empathy and there's no technological advancement in the world that can substitute for big ears, strong reflexes, and their attendant responses. Togetherness is truly a time-honed ideal, and music benefits not ...

Album

The One Constant

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Next Chapter; 02. Trudge; 03. Easily Distracted; 04. Fable's End; 05. Sadbeard; 06. The Icebox; 07. Bad Houseguest; 08. Even Tempered; 09. Drama King; 10 Roquette; 11. Room 120; 12. The One Constant.


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