This live sound recorded at a Belgian venue vividly transfers to disc, augmenting the dual percussionist-backed quartet's investigative mechanics amid crashing cadenzas, moments of quietude, and multilayered formulations. Featuring eminent Belgian pianist Fred Van Hove and vibraphonist Els Vandeweyer on the front end, the improvisational format yields a democratic approach as the musicians generally operate from ...

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Vandeweyer / Van Hove / Lovens / Blume: Quat Live At Hasselt

Read "Quat Live At Hasselt" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
September 1, 2013

In one sense the cover of Quat Live At Hasselt could act as a metaphor for what lies within, due to its focus on a narrow spectral range. At first glance the black appears uniform, punctuated only by the white text. But on further scrutiny, an intricately patterned network of various shades of grey becomes apparent, ...

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Snug As A Gun

By Els Vandeweyer

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: 01. Proof Boum Boum (Charmier) - 6:34; 02. Frevo Sonoris Causa (Neto) - 6:02; 03. Snug As A Gun (Neto) - 6:04; 04. Fucked Up (Vandeweyer) - 6:58; 05. Hitching (Neto - Vandeweyer - Charmier - Hasselberg - Gonçalves) - 4:44; 06. Manhanhão (Charmier) - 4:59; 07. The Hole In My Sole (Vandeweyer) - 5:35; 08. Thierry Na Caatinga (Neto) - 7:08; 09. ZEDAVIS (Gonçalves) - 4:56; 10. Pão de Deus (Neto) - 6:24.

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IMI Kollektief: Snug As A Gun

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 21, 2006

Questo disco è un bell'esempio dell'universalità espressiva del jazz. Il quintetto che ne è protagonista opera a Lisbona ed è composto dal sax tenore brasiliano Alipio Carvalho Neto, dal trombettista francese Jean-Marc Charmier, dal vibrafonista belga Els Vandeweyer e da una sezione ritmica portoghese: il bassista João Hasselberg ed il batterista Rui Gonçalves. Tanto per ampliare ...