Bik Bent Braam:
Michiel Braam (piano), Wilbert de Joode (double bass), Michael Vatcher (drums), Frank Gratkowski
(altosax, clarinet, bassclarinet), Jan Willem van der Ham (altosax,
bassoon), Bart van der Putten (altosax, clarinet), Frans Vermeerssen
(tenorsax, baritonesax), Peter van Bergen (tenorsax, clarinet,
bassclarinet), Peter Haex (euphonium), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Eric
Boeren (cornet), Angelo Verploegen (trumpet), Wolter Wierbos (trombone)
Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher:
Michiel Braam (piano), Wilbert de Joode (double bass), Michael Vatcher (drums)
Bik Bent Braam is a 13-piece improvising 'big band' from the Netherlands, led by pianist/composer Michiel Braam.
Bik Bent Braam performs without a setlist - it employs a strategy in which the musicians all provide input, calling out tunes in mid-phrase and deciding tempo and instrumentation, to generate a new musical direction for the ensemble. Compelling themes, echoing jazz history, and precise ensemble work alternate with wild, screaming improvisations.
Michiel Braam writes his material with his musicians in mind, thus getting the best out of each orchestra member. The 2008 program 'Extremen' investigates the outer limits of musical possibilities. Using an ingenious system of cues, the musicians force each other to explore the extremes of the music and of their instruments. It turns each performance into an adventure.
"Bik Bent Braam is currently the most exciting music machine around."
(Koen Schouten)
Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher comprises three of the Dutch jazz scene’s most idiosyncratic musicians, for whom freedom and adventure are essential values. They all play an absolutely equal role in the music, which can go in any which way, depending on decisions made on the spot. The long musical friendship (since 1989) results in intuitive playing of the highest order.
Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher shines in short powerful pieces, honoring the jazz tradition by pushing it ahead with consummate, dazzling skill. The trio combines a playful incorporation and expansion of older forms with a great adventurousness.
"Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher is one of Europe's strongest groups, due in no small part to Braam's excellent composing."
(Andrey Henkin, All About Jazz)
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