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Tribute To Jaki Byard

Benjamin Herman

Tribute To Jaki Byard

Format: CD
Label: A Records
UPC: 0608917323528
Catnr: AL 73235
Release date: 16 September 2002
1 CD
 
Label
A Records
UPC
0608917323528
Catalogue number
AL 73235
Release date
16 September 2002
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About the album

Benjamin Herman: saxophone | Pierre Christophe: piano |Jos Machtel: double bass | Joost van Schaik: drumsBenjamin Herman and the French pianist Pierre Christophe met way back in 1993 in New York when Herman studied there at the conservatory. Many years later, following the album release of Benjamin Herman Trio Plays Misha Mengelberg (AL 73203) in 2000, Herman invited Christophe to join his trio on tour. The idea was to present the music of Misha Mengelberg and Jaki Byard, two brilliant and original jazz pianists and composers. Christophe even studied with Byard for four years in New York.
The Benjamin Herman Trio and Christophe has a succesfull tour in The Netherlands (a.o. in the famous Concertgebouw Amsterdam) and Belgium. After that, they went their separate ways. But the music kept haunting Herman and in December 2001 he invited Christophe to record this album.
Like Mengelberg’s repertoire, the Byard material was challenging, powerful and above all, fun to play. The mission of the project was to introduce this great music to a larger audience, for so few people have ever heard it. Since Christophe was in close contact with Jaki Byard, the musicians decided to share some interesting inside details about the tunes. These are revealed in the booklet.

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Benjamin Herman

Benjamin Herman (9-5-1968) started playing the saxophone when he was twelve. Now, more than 20 years later, he has made a fantastic career and is considered to be Holland’s pride and joy on the saxophone. Not only did he start the successfull New Cool Collective and the New Cool Collective Big Band, he also performed all over the world with many great artists like a.o. Candy Dulfer, Michiel Borstlap, Saskia Laroo, Fra Fra Big Band, Rein de Graaf, Jesse van Ruller, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Idris Muhammad, Larry Goldings, Misha Mengelberg en The MetropoolOrchestra
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Benjamin Herman (9-5-1968) started playing the saxophone when he was twelve. Now, more than 20 years later, he has made a fantastic career and is considered to be Holland’s pride and joy on the saxophone. Not only did he start the successfull New Cool Collective and the New Cool Collective Big Band, he also performed all over the world with many great artists like a.o. Candy Dulfer, Michiel Borstlap, Saskia Laroo, Fra Fra Big Band, Rein de Graaf, Jesse van Ruller, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Idris Muhammad, Larry Goldings, Misha Mengelberg en The MetropoolOrchestra
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