Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher June 15, 2006

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. This trio is a treasure.
(Kevin Whitehead, Chicago Sun-Times)

Despite its conventional line-up, Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher has nothing
in
common with the traditional jazz piano trio. The band comprises three
of the
Dutch jazz scene�s most idiosyncratic musicians, for whom improvisation
and
adventure are as necessary as breathing. Each of them plays an
absolutely
equal role in the music.

The trio began in 1989 with interpretations of Thelonious Monk
compositions,
but soon began playing their own material. In 2001 Trio
BraamDeJoodeVatcher
presented Colors by Ken Nordine. Michiel Braam�s original compositions
which
form the basis for the improvisations draw on 34 texts that the Fuller
Paint
Company commissioned from well-known poet and radio and TV �voice� Ken
Nordine in 1967. The CD Colors appeared in 2002. The project toured
Europe,
Indonesia, the United States, Canada and Japan. For 2005�s new program
Change This Song Michiel Braam wrote 18 pieces of music, which can be
played
in any given order, mood or style, depending on decisions made on the
spot.

http://www.michielbraam.com/
http://transparentproductions.org
[email protected]

Official Website: http://transparentproductions.org