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Koen Smits - Trumpet
Gulli Gudmundsson - Double bass
Jeroen van Vliet - Piano
Editor's Info
Piano, double bass and trumpet create nine gems on the current album.
Small effects such as large reverb give the pieces even more depth.
Additional soundscapes fit in well with the acoustic sound of the trio, which has merged into a chamber music unit.
Small devices create effects such as large reverberations and give the pieces even more depth. The two "old hands" take the young trumpeter Koen Smits (born in 1991) under their wings and integrate him perfectly. Large emotional arcs, dream-like interaction and impressive emotional depth take the listener on a journey through soundscapes.
Gulli Gudmundsson seems to have substantial fondness for trumpeters, because he has played not only with Eric Vloeimans, but also with Arve Henriksen
And Koen Smits interprets the longing sound very well: with his very airy trumpet tone, he is in the tradition of Scandinavian brass players such as Arve Henriksen, Mathias Eick and Nils Petter Molvaer. Smit's solos have lyrical depth, very melodic improvisation arcs and are often so sophisticated that they could pass as a second melody.
Using the example of "Heyr, himna smiður" (Listen, Builder of the Sky) by the Icelandic composer Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (1938 to 2013), you can understand very well what makes the collaboration in this trio so special.
It is only a small piece, the title of which is like a hymn, a small hymn, but which already creates a wonderful atmosphere through the intertwining of piano and double bass in the introduction with all the lively chords. A small bass interlude leads into the melody, which is taken over by the piano, while the trumpet fills up with long notes in the background and takes over the resolutions to the thirds in the melody before moving to the foreground as a soloist and adding highlights to the clear voicing in the chords.
As the trio shows here, which is representative of the album, each musician ....... więcej