Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher
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. For the latest program Change This Song Michiel Braam wrote 18 small compositions, which can be played in any given order, mood or style. All titles are anagrams of "change this song", a reference to the trio"s playful approach to the music.
Line-up
Michiel Braam (piano), Wilbert de Joode (double bass), Michael Vatcher (drums)
Michiel Braam (piano), Wilbert de Joode (double bass), Michael Vatcher (drums)
Discography
Monk Materials, 1998 (BV Haast 9810/11)Colors, 2002 (BBB1)Change this Song, 2006 (BBB8)
Festivals
Jazz Middelheim (B), North Sea Jazz Festival (NL), Yokohama Jazz Promenade (J), Bath International Music Festival (UK), Banlieues Bleues Paris, Ring Ring Festival (Serbia), Rochester jazz fest (US), Europa Jazz Le Mans (F), European Jazz Night Athens, OffsideOpen (Ger), European Jazz Nights Oslo, Tampere Jazz Happening (Fin), Music Unlimited Wels (Aus), Rencontres Internationales D’Jazz Nevers (F), Jazzdor Strasbourg (F).
Some reviews
Pianist Michiel Braam is yet another superb performer who perfectly encapsulates everything thatquot;s made New Dutch Swing one of the most consistently lively and enjoyable scenes in contemporary jazz.
Partnered by powerhouse bassist Wilbert de Joode and drummer extraordinaire Michael Vatcher. With these two behind him all the way itquot;s no wonder Braam delivers some of the most confident and enjoyable piano work Iquot;ve heard in recent years.
- (Dan Warborton, Paris Transatlantic
The trio has one of the most integrated sounds I’ve heard from any such grouping. They travel the continuum from Trad to Free with ease and dexterity. This one’s for lovers and haters of the piano trio alike – don’t miss out!
- (Marc Medwin, Cadence
If only more jazz were as much fun as Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher’s.
For other ambitious groups, improvising complex, ever-changing music is serious business indeed. These guys make it giddy fun you can’t get enough of. The band epitomizes what makes much Dutch jazz so peculiarly entertaining.
quot;Colorsquot; (is) one of the best and flashiest piano-trio albums in recent memory. This trio is a treasure.
- (Kevin Whitehead, Chicago Sun-Times
Pianist Michiel Braam is yet another superb performer who perfectly encapsulates everything thatquot;s made New Dutch Swing one of the most consistently lively and enjoyable scenes in contemporary jazz.
Partnered by powerhouse bassist Wilbert de Joode and drummer extraordinaire Michael Vatcher. With these two behind him all the way itquot;s no wonder Braam delivers some of the most confident and enjoyable piano work Iquot;ve heard in recent years.
- (Dan Warborton, Paris Transatlantic
The trio has one of the most integrated sounds I’ve heard from any such grouping. They travel the continuum from Trad to Free with ease and dexterity. This one’s for lovers and haters of the piano trio alike – don’t miss out!
- (Marc Medwin, Cadence
If only more jazz were as much fun as Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher’s.
For other ambitious groups, improvising complex, ever-changing music is serious business indeed. These guys make it giddy fun you can’t get enough of. The band epitomizes what makes much Dutch jazz so peculiarly entertaining.
quot;Colorsquot; (is) one of the best and flashiest piano-trio albums in recent memory. This trio is a treasure.
- (Kevin Whitehead, Chicago Sun-Times