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Olencki). With “Fragments of Expansion”, the ensemble transforms into an intercontinental project with a long-lasting impact, from its start as a residency, to a recording and a first concert at Gent Jazz Festival 2019 to a subsequent release tour.
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A year after Piano e Forte, De Looze recorded Switch The Stream (2018) with the revolutionary Chris Maene
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is one of De Looze's strong suits and is, of course, an important part of this project as well. He keeps in mind the repertoire specifically written for the fortepiano, but he also uses his own pieces with fragments of music from the 19th century. For this major solo project, De Looze uses original
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The music reflects the high level of improvisational interplay and the orchestral possibility of a setting of this kind, as it also exploits the possibility of doubling cello's and tenor saxophones on the way. Bram De Looze aims for a primarily mid-ranged lineup of instruments, wherein its timbres
264:(bass) and Bram De Looze. They won a number of competitions, including the 2008 Belfius Axion Classic competition and Brussels Jazz Marathon. In 2018, they received the Jong Jazztalent Gent award. In 2011, the band won the grand prize at the Tremplin Jazz d'Avignon international jazz competition.
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While still rooted in jazz, classical music and free improvisation have found a new balance, a coexistence that enables the pianist to express himself with a new vigour. ‘Colour Talk’ is once again an ode to (re)invention in the grey zone were the classical idiom and improvisatory urges meet.
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fuse towards a colourful and captivating identity. An emphasis on rhythm, mysterious and intimate harmonies, from the brutal noise to the light and beautiful, open or preconceived ideas are main ingredients that are balanced out in the approach to the large diversity of ways to create music.
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