Along with mouthwatering vocalist Vera Westera, Penguins Too is currently working on their own version of the legendary Pink Floyd album "Wish You Were Here" for concerts to be performed 2023-2024. The three meet regularly in Beek to explore what could be a great rendition of this wonderful music. Rehearsals are in development, keep an eye on our calendar!
Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher
The trio first got together in 1990, to play the music of Thelonious Monk. Not long after that, their repertoire consisted solely of Michiel Braam's compositions.
The program Colors was inspired on the texts of American poet and radio voice Ken Nordine. For the program Change This Song 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.
In 2010 they presented the 'Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher Quartet'. For this project they invited a different guest musician for each performance: Fred Anderson, Michael Moore, Paul Dunmall, Larry Coryell, Louis Sclavis, Taylor Ho Bynum, Mats Gustafsson, Nils Wogram, Miklós Lukács and Ferenc Kovács to name a few. 2 albums were issued with recordings of this program,
Up until 2015 Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher used written compositions as the starting point for their improvisations. The last years the trio took a different approach and focused completely on improvisations.
Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher was discontinued in 2017.
Musicians
Michiel Braam piano, Wilbert De Joode double bass, Michael Vatcher drums