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Omnipotent

Lewinsky Quartet

Omnipotent

Price: € 12.95
Format: CD
Label: Challenge Records
UPC: 0608917326420
Catnr: CR 73264
Release date: 10 January 2008
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Challenge Records
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0608917326420
Catalogue number
CR 73264
Release date
10 January 2008
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Rolf Delfos: Saxophones | Arno Krijger: Hammond organ
and bass pedals | Pascal Vermeer: Drums |
Anton Goudsmit: Guitar

Omnipotent (Oh Thou Lewinsky): Almighty indeed!! But just how almighty is this Lewinsky Quartet? Just what kind of metamorphosis has it gone through? What happened? If their first CD was a mere pubescent “warming-up exercise”, a shy attempt of a bunch of guys with ambitions at getting it right, a trio in the making, then this most recent production is no doubt the work of a group “all grown-up”, professionally attired in suit and tie, polished and stylish; flaunting a charisma that wills you to listen … from a certain distance … docile yet aloof. How can a necessary being exist totally polluted with the possible? Or rather, is anything possible on a Hammond? Does Krijger work veritable miracles with his ten fingers, while feet lead a life of their own to the rhythm/swing of Vermeer and hands yield harmonies, exacted by Delfos?

The cooperation between (or symbiosis of) Krijger, Delfos and Vermeer lives on with unprecedented intensity, to which this newest work bears witness, some compositions featuring the sound of guitar virtuoso Anton Goudsmit. “Evil, all it’s sin is still alive”, a wild piece by Delfos (Red’s Follof) - is evil being evoked here? - with an (un)usually rough Goudsmit, is alternated with killer ballad “Omnipotent oh thou Lewinsky”, in which Krijger - the real warrior - launches a veritable war of registers and Delfos goes the extra mile and gives it all … to the last note. And what, for Heaven’s sake (Oh Thou), has happened to Vermeer? Such guts, such fire … could this possibly be “Beyond jazz?” Probably!! Without a doubt,the spectrum includes clearly recognizable elements from up-to-date jazz and Blue Note, yet pieces like “September” and “Prestonesque” feature entirely different influences. But the sound and the “live” interaction are still the “continuous thread” that keeps it all together for this trio (or is it really a quartet?).

Zen and the art of staying together and making music. It’s ok to change the music while you’ve got company. But as soon as they’re gone, get ready to surrender to this almighty trio. Together with Goudsmit as the bespectacled Apollo, the Lewinsky Quartet will whisk you away with it into the grottos of Improvisatis, where you will experience the true meaning of Omnipotent.

Wie het hoesje van het Lewinsky Quartet uitvoerig bestudeert komt tot de conclusie dat dit viertal slechts uit drie leden bestaat. Waarschijnlijk tellen zij de voeten van Arno Krijger, die de baspedalen van het Hammond orgel bespelen, mee als vierde lid. Aangevuld met drummer Pascal Vermeer (Michiel Borstlap, Dick de Graaf Quartet, Jeroen van Vliet Trio) en saxofonist Rolf Delfos (The Houdini’s, Cubop City Big Band, The Jazzinvaders, The Auratones) concentreert dit trio zich op een repertoire waarvan de oorsprong in de Blue Note jazz van de jaren vijftig en zestig ligt. Na hun goed ontvangen debuut No Clubs In Town (2004) is hun groepsgeluid aanzienlijk gegroeid. De basis van hun geluid komt uit de Hammond van Krijger die zich na All Stations (2004) met John Scofield en Billy Hart en Picknick At Bikini (2007) van Mona Lisa Overdrive steeds meer profileert als een van de toonaangevende Nederlandse Hammond spelers. Het rauwe geluid van gastgitarist Anton Goudsmit sluit naadloos aan op de energieke sound van het Lewinsky Quartet. (AD)

Artist(s)

Lewinsky Quartet

Rolf Delos studied classical music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and modern at the Conservatory of Rotterdam. Plays and played with The Houdini’s, the Frank Grasso Bigband, Ugly White Belly, Tribute Band, Cubop City Bigband, Lois Lane, Frank Boeijen, the Auratones. Toured Portugal and Spain with the Paulo Gomes Group. Plays in the fine jazz saxophone quartet Artvark, teaches at the Conservatories of The Hague and Zwolle. Arno Krijger studied at the Conservatory Tilburg (The Netherlands)herited the love for hammond-organ from his father. Right from the start, he played the bass-line with his left foot instead of his left hand, which makes him quite unique. From the age of 14 he played in a jazzclub in his hometown in the footsteps...
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Rolf Delos studied classical music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and modern at the Conservatory of Rotterdam. Plays and played with The Houdini’s, the Frank Grasso Bigband, Ugly White Belly, Tribute Band, Cubop City Bigband, Lois Lane, Frank Boeijen, the Auratones.
Toured Portugal and Spain with the Paulo Gomes Group. Plays in the fine jazz saxophone quartet Artvark, teaches at the Conservatories of The Hague and Zwolle.
Arno Krijger studied at the Conservatory Tilburg (The Netherlands)herited the love for hammond-organ from his father. Right from the start, he played the bass-line with his left foot instead of his left hand, which makes him quite unique. From the age of 14 he played in a jazzclub in his hometown in the footsteps of quite a few famous musicians like Art Blakey, Astrud Gilberto, Roy Hargrove, John Abercrombie, Chet Baker…and more. He prefers to play all different styles of music rather than the ‘usual Hammond stuff’. Pascal Vermeer started to play the drums at the age of seven.
Received private instruction from Steve Clover. As a member of the jazz quintet Iris, Pascal won the "Meervaart Contest"of the Dutch Broadcast Foundation (NOS) He played all over Europe with many musicians: Theo Loevendie, Eric Vloeimans, Anton Goudsmit, Thijs van Leer, Dulfer, Flaco Jimenez, Dave Stewart, Gerard Presencer, Jesse van Ruller, Jarmo Hoogendijk, Ben van de Dungen, Harmen Fraanje, Benjamin Herman, David Murray and many others.

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Anton Goudsmit

Guitarist Anton Goudsmit is a much sought-after player who does amazing things with whatever music he is presented with or writes. In 2001 Anton formed the Ploctones to perform a series of his compositions commissioned by Dutch NPS Radio.
In 2004 a Goudsmit organized a live CD recording of the Ploctones at the Jazz op het Dak festival which was featured on VPRO television. Since then the Ploctones have emerged as a very creative and innovative group, capable of combining grooves and improvisation. Anton also performs internationally with the New Cool Collective as well as Eric Vloeimans’ Fugimundi trio (US tours in 2008 and 2010). Anton Goudsmit won the coveted Boy Edgar Prize in 2010 for his contribution and standing on...
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Guitarist Anton Goudsmit is a much sought-after player who does amazing things with whatever music he is presented with or writes. In 2001 Anton formed the Ploctones to perform a series of his compositions commissioned by Dutch NPS Radio.
In 2004 a Goudsmit organized a live CD recording of the Ploctones at the Jazz op het Dak festival which was featured on VPRO television. Since then the Ploctones have emerged as a very creative and innovative group, capable of combining grooves and improvisation. Anton also performs internationally with the New Cool Collective as well as Eric Vloeimans’ Fugimundi trio (US tours in 2008 and 2010). Anton Goudsmit won the coveted Boy Edgar Prize in 2010 for his contribution and standing on the Dutch Jazz Scene.

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