GRUNROOTS with: Behsat Uvez (Turkey) saz & cura & ud & vocal & percussion, Alex Simu (Rumania) flute & clarinet & tenorsax, Bert van Erk (Netherlands) doublebass, Mousse Pathe M'Baye (Senegal) sabar & djembe & tama & vocal.
All are based in Groningen in The Netherlands. They improvise on own compositions and Turkish classics. The band's premiere was on the ZomerJazzFietsTour (the prettiest festival in Holland).
More info: http://www.bertvanerk.nl bertvanerk@planet.nl 0612320419 Compositeur Bert van Erk
J'invente surtout les thèmes sur lesquels on peut improviser. Parfois je compose une mélodie avec un texte pour chanter. Mes compositions sont surtout utilisées dans mes propres ensembles comme Bert's Breeze, CrinCrin, Afro Jazz Jam et Tegenwind. J'arrange aussi les pièces d'autres compositeurs comme Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk ou Charles Mingus. Je compose et arrange aussi pour les projets musicaux ou théâtraux ou en commission.
easy listening- jazzstandards en ook eigen werk . Trio Gerard Vogel bestaat al enkele jaren. Zij spelen veel op party's, openingen en bruiloften. Het laatste weekend van de maand spelen ze in `jazzclub Vianen met een special guests.
gerry Mulligan project Back from oblivian Five Brothers is a song from the repertoire of the Gerry Mulligan/ Bob Brookmeyer Quartet. This was one of the many quartets lead by baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan in the fifties and sixties. The music was extremely popular and Mulligan and his people played on most of the world's greatest jazz stages. Nowadays the music has almost completely passed into oblivion and is hardly ever played, but the saxophonists Laurens Blinxma and bassist Bert van Erk think it is worth the effort to breathe new life into this music and in addition have included some numbers of their own
Jazz session every thusday o.l.v. Diederik Idema and Jose Zwerink in eetcafe "De Smederij" tuinstraat 4 Groningen reservation: more info:http://www.bertvanerk.nl
Organized by double bassist Bert van Erk. From Quartet to Octet. Interactive improvisation using dancable grooves from all over the globe. Using compositions of Van Erk, other bandmembers & Outside composers. Current projects: "Mingus, Monk & More" and "Open Letters". In the bandpool: Lawrence Blinxma, Harry van der Laan & Alex Simu reeds. Winfred Buma & Thomas Hilbrandie guitar. Diederik Idema & Be Meiborg piano. Jeroen van Olphen, Dennis Elderman drums. Mousse Pathe M'Baye & PapeSec afro-percussion.
Behsat Uvez vocal,baglama,Saz
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These videos are filmed in an informal way, without the use of extra lights or microphones.
Don't be surprised to see no musicians but part of the ceiling or the floor,
as I am climbing a chair or stumbling over people and equipment.
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Organized by double bassist Bert van Erk. From Quartet to Octet. Interactive improvisation using dancable grooves from all over the globe. Using compositions of Van Erk, other bandmembers & Outside composers. Current projects: "Mingus, Monk & More...
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