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True

Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet

True

Format: CD
Label: Challenge Records
UPC: 0608917333626
Catnr: CR 73336
Release date: 14 February 2012
1 CD
 
Label
Challenge Records
UPC
0608917333626
Catalogue number
CR 73336
Release date
14 February 2012

"Tenor saxophonist Yuri Honing has a different sound than others in the current mainstream jazz, regarding to choice of repertoire as well as his style of playing."

Haarlems Dagblad, 22-8-2013
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About the album

Saxophone player Yuri Honing behaved like a matchless chameleon for decades but now he seems to unite all his experiences in one statement that is clear and transparent but also passionate and trendy.
Honing created a whole new sound in a classical acoustic setting. With new and sometimes provocative compositions and a unique way of using loops.

Honing put together a group of musicians from different generations thus forming a musical weapon that blasts away all those with a cynical approach to the future of jazz. The new album was recorded last summer in Berlin. A city that is bubbling with new initiative and has at the same time a rich history. In that way it corresponds precisely with what the saxophone player represents. The album was recorded in a single day. That is all the time Yuri needs to make a statement that will buzz around in the international music scene for a long time.

Honing never made any difference in style – Jazz is not a style, but a language – and proves again that it is possible to blend the achievements of jazz and pop in an emotional and sophisticated way creating a unit that will appeal to the whole world. And not in the least because the vocal qualities of the saxophone performance reach to a new climax in this recording.

“True” is perhaps the most personal album Yuri has released so far.
Na decennia van onnavolgbaar kameleontisch gedrag lijkt saxofonist Yuri Honing al zijn ervaringen te verenigen in een statement dat helder en transparant is, maar ook gepassioneerd en hip. In een klassieke akoestische setting weet Honing een geheel nieuw geluid te creëren met nieuwe, soms provocerende composities en een unieke toepassing van loops. Honing heeft een groep musici uit alle generaties samen gebald in een instrumentaal wapen dat de cynici over de toekomst van de jazz genadeloos de deur wijst. Het nieuwe album werd afgelopen zomer opgenomen in Berlijn, een stad die bruist van nieuwe initiatieven en tegelijkertijd een rijke historie heeft en daarmee naadloos aansluit bij wat de saxofonist vertegenwoordigt. Hoewel het album is opgenomen in slechts één dag (!) blijkt Yuri niet langer nodig te hebben gehad om een statement te maken dat nog lang kan nagonzen in de internationale muziekwereld. Honing heeft nooit een onderscheid gemaakt in stijl – Jazz is not a style, but a language – en bewijst hier wederom hoe je op aangrijpende en stijlvolle wijze de verworvenheden van jazz en pop kunt mengen tot een geheel dat wereldwijd zal aanspreken, niet in het minst doordat de vocale kwaliteiten van zijn saxofoonspel een nieuw hoogtepunt bereiken op deze opname.
‘True’ is misschien wel het meest persoonlijke album dat Yuri tot nu toe heeft uitgebracht.
Mainstream, Avantgarde plus Yuri Honing!

Der aktuelle ‘Penguin Guide to Jazz’ adelt Honing als ‘Hollands wichtigsten Saxophonisten‘. Tatsächlich ist er in den vergangenen Jahren in über 50 Ländern der Erde auf wichtigen Festivals aufgetreten, sondern nahm auch fast 30 CD´s auf – mit u.a. Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, und arbeitete mit Pat Metheny und Paul Bley.

Nachdem Yuri Honing für Dekaden einen Chamäleon gleich immer wieder neue Erfahrungen sammelte, hat er nun all diese zu einer Aussage vereinigt: klar, leidenschaftlich, zeitnah und/ oder zukunftsorientiert.
Aufgenommen wurde das Album im letzten Sommer an einen einzigen Tag zusammen mit dem Pianisten Wolfert Brederode in Berlin; eine vibrierende Stadt mit reichem historischen Hintergrund. Auch das spiegelt das – bisher persönlichste - Album wider.


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Yuri Honing (tenor saxophone)

In 2001, Honing met Paul Bley and recorded the album Seven, featuring Bley on piano, Gary Peacock on bass, and Paul Motian on drums. This album garnered Honing the Dutch Edison Award in 2002. In The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th Edition), this CD was recognized with four (out of five) stars. For a few years Honing organized a special concert named Winterreise at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. In December 2015 he played his final show at the venue. After the success of his fusion band Yuri Honing Wired Paradise, which was characterized by its rock influence and electric guitars, Honing assembled his Acoustic Quartet in 2012. In 2016, the quartet won the Edison award for 'Best Instrumental Jazz Album' for their...
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In 2001, Honing met Paul Bley and recorded the album Seven, featuring Bley on piano, Gary Peacock on bass, and Paul Motian on drums. This album garnered Honing the Dutch Edison Award in 2002. In The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th Edition), this CD was recognized with four (out of five) stars.
For a few years Honing organized a special concert named Winterreise at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. In December 2015 he played his final show at the venue.
After the success of his fusion band Yuri Honing Wired Paradise, which was characterized by its rock influence and electric guitars, Honing assembled his Acoustic Quartet in 2012. In 2016, the quartet won the Edison award for 'Best Instrumental Jazz Album' for their second CD, Desire (2015). The group's third album, Goldbrun (2018), won this award as well, making it his third Edison in total.

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Tenor saxophonist Yuri Honing has a different sound than others in the current mainstream jazz, regarding to choice of repertoire as well as his style of playing.
Haarlems Dagblad, 22-8-2013

“Every tone is moving, never reckless and always open for conversation.” Tim Sprangers – de Volkskrant – 19 december 2012
, 20-12-2012

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Yuri Honing - Nobody Knows (From the album 'True')

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Yuri Honing Wired Paradise

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