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saxkartel
plays jazz and modern music in a less usual way. They bring a
chamber-like
music with only 4 saxophones without the accompaniment of a
rhythm
section. This group can best be compared to a string quartet, although
they make a very different and clear choice of repertoire: jazz
is their starting point, and besides a lot of composed material, the
elements ‘groove’, ‘swing’ and improvisation are the most important
ingredients of the music they make. And the intimacy and vulnerability
of this setup disguises of course their real force. Since january 2009 Saxkartel changed it's constellation drastically. Frank Vaganée had to leave the band because his own project - the Brussels Jazz Orchestra - gets too demanding. We were very grateful to have been able to work with him for more then 2 years - the quality standard of our work has been seriously raised over the last 2 years thanks to his sharp ear for rhythmic accuracy and detail. So who will play the soprano then? Kurt Van Herck we knew to be an amazing soprano player, but he already plays the tenor? So we had to look for another tenor player. We tried it with the young Steven Delannoye, a guy that is playing around a lot in Belgium, with a nice dark sound, good taste and an extreme range on his horn, someone who is already more then just 'promising'. In december 2008 saxkartel played a concert tour for Les lundi's d'Hortense. Exact dates and places can be found in the agenda. In november 2007 saxkartel produced its 2nd album yellow sounds & other colours (released by de werf). It is an album that not only illustrates the collaboration with Tutu Puoane, but also the one with Frank Vaganée who joined the quartet after Robin Verheyen's departure to the States. In december 2007 saxkartel played a cd-release concert tour in theaters all over Flanders. Saxkartel was enabled to record this cd in one of the finest recording studios of France, because they won the first prize at the jazz contest of Tremplin Jazz d'Avignon a year before (august 2006) In June 2005 saxkartel played at the festival Jazz à Liège. Also in 2005, Tom Van Dyck was asked by Liesbeth Vereertbrugghen (KLARA) to write contemporary arrangements based on the 'Llibre Vermell', a collection of medieval songs. This music accompanied the children's sing and dance spectacle 'Red Shoes'. This show was presented at the "Dag van de Oude Muziek" in Alden-Biesen, at the theater "'t Eilandje" in Antwerp and in "de Bijloke" in Ghent. In march 2004 saxkartel was invited by JazzlabSeries to participate in a tour together with another one of Tom's projects, Odds On. In april 2003 Saxkartel was invited by Mark Van den Hoof and KLARA (VRT) to record their repertoire during three days in their studios. Based on these recordings the record label IGLOO issued their first album Airdance in February 2004. presskit presskit dutch pressclips yellow sounds & other colours pressclips airdance pictures more pictures (courtesy Guy Van de Poel) |
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