Secret Exit to Another Dimension by Piet Verbist

Piet Verbist

Secret Exit to Another Dimension

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Origin Records
UPC: 0805558283826
Catnr: ORIGIN 82838
Release date: 04 March 2022
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Label
Origin Records

UPC
0805558283826

Catalogue number
ORIGIN 82838

Release date
04 March 2022

"...the live potential is obvious. The fact that this is almost all about first takes says it all."

Jazzenzo, 21-2-2022

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Antwerp bassist, Piet Verbist, has been a central figure in the Belgian jazz scene for decades. With his fifth album on Origin, Verbist turns to the guitar trio format and rekindles his long-time connection with guitarist Hendrik Braeckman, a regular with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra and a fellow force in modern jazz circles. Along with the creative interplay from drummer Lionel Beuvens, the trio unravels an intimate set of originals - along with Charlie Parker's "Cheryl" and Monk's "Pannonica" - building broad atmospheres of color, groove and mood. "Verbist's compositions...give compelling testimony to the ways musical friendships can last a lifetime—and how serendipity, inspiration, and a deep dedication to the music can create a spark when friends' paths do eventually cross." - DOWNBEAT

Der Antwerpener Bassist Piet Verbist ist seit Jahrzehnten eine zentrale Figur in der belgischen Jazzszene. Mit seinem fünften Album auf Origin wendet sich Verbist dem Format des Gitarrentrios zu und knüpft an seine langjährige Verbindung mit dem Gitarristen Hendrik Braeckman an, der regelmäßig mit dem Brussels Jazz Orchestra auftritt und eine feste Größe in modernen Jazzkreisen ist. Zusammen mit dem kreativen Zusammenspiel des Schlagzeugers Lionel Beuvens entwickelt das Trio ein intimes Set von Eigenkompositionen - zusammen mit Charlie Parkers "Cheryl" und Monks "Pannonica" - und baut dabei breite Atmosphären aus Farbe, Groove und Stimmung auf. "Verbists Kompositionen ... legen ein überzeugendes Zeugnis davon ab, wie musikalische Freundschaften ein Leben lang halten können - und wie Zufälle, Inspiration und eine tiefe Hingabe an die Musik einen Funken erzeugen können, wenn sich die Wege von Freunden schließlich doch kreuzen." - DOWNBEAT

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Piet Verbist

Born in Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium, Piet studied classical double bass at the Academy of Ekeren and Turnhout. He also took lessons with John Clayton, Hein Van De Geyn, Ricardo Del Fra and studied at the Antwerp Jazz-Studio where Dave Pike, Dennis Luxion and Hein Van De Geyn were his teachers. He graduated from the Brussels Conservatory in 1994 and then began lessons with Dave Holland.
Piet has been in high demand on the Belgian scene for many years, performing with: Eric Legnini, Jacques Pelzer, Phil Abraham, Nathalie Loriers, Erwin Vann, Richard Rousselet, Stefaan Debevere, Michel Herr, Kris Defoort, Jack Van Poll, Erik Vermeulen, Frank Vaganee, Dre Pallemaerts, Ben Sluys, Kurt Van Herck, Jan de Haas, Luk Mishalle, Dirk Wachtelaer, Koen De Cauter, Dirk Vanderlinden, Jeff Gardner, Charles Loos, Matt Renzi, Jasper Blom, Edouard Ferlet, Phillipe Thomas, Mark Turner, Rob Van Kreefeld, the band Octurn, Toots Thielemans, Paolo Fresu, Bert Joris, Geoffrey Burton, Carmelo Muriel, Nono Garcia, Chad McCullough, John Bishop, Piotr Wojtasik, and many others. He toured for 8 years with the Jef Neve Trio around Europe as well as to Japan, China and Canada.
Presently, he's active with the Francois Descamps Quartet, JDH (Jan de Haas) Band, Cezarius Gadzina Saxafabra, Ancesthree (Ben Sluys/Hendrik Braeckman), Vanishing Pictures, Carmelo Muriel, The Jazz Station Big Band. Piet leads his own band, "Zygomatik" with Herman Pardon (drums), Bram Weijters (piano) and rotating saxophonists including Vincent Brijs, Fred Delplanq and/or Matt Renzi (USA). Piet is on the faculty of the Antwerp Conservatory and at the Art High School of Antwerp.

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Piet Verbist (bass)

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Thelonious Monk

The most important jazz musicians are the ones who are successful in creating their own original world of music with its own rules, logic, and surprises. Thelonious Monk, who was criticized by observers who failed to listen to his music on its own terms, suffered through a decade of neglect before he was suddenly acclaimed as a genius; his music had not changed one bit in the interim. In fact, one of the more remarkable aspects of Monk's music was that it was fully formed by 1947 and he saw no need to alter his playing or compositional style in the slightest during the next 25 years.

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