A Long Story Short by Rembrandt Frerichs Trio

Rembrandt Frerichs Trio

A Long Story Short

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Format: CD
Label: Challenge Records
UPC: 0608917338829
Catnr: CR 73388
Release date: 31 January 2014
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Label
Challenge Records

UPC
0608917338829

Catalogue number
CR 73388

Release date
31 January 2014

"Interview: "Our project proves that an instrument of ' 200-year-old can be very topical." "

Luister, 01-4-2015

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In 2014, the new album of pianist Rembrandt Frerichs is released on Challenge Records.

Reviews about his previous album "Continental" were very enthusiastic; "a master on his instrument", "one of the highlights of the North Sea Jazz Festival", "music with deep and poetic meaning". After this record came out, Rembrandt played at the North Sea Jazz Festival, Akbank Jazz Festival, BIMhuis, November Music, Madrid Jazz Festival, Cairo Jazz Festival and did tours to India, Algeria, Turkey, Spain, Germany, Belgium and Israel. With his seventh album, Rembrandt takes the good reputation of the trio even further, finding new depths in new music.

The title 'A Long Story Short' has always been a phrase that appealed to rembrandt's imagination and is also the title of one of the more cinematic pieces on this album. It is a phrase that, on multiple levels, speaks to the artistic development of this trio.

Rembrandt uses poetry-based rhythms, one of the many reasons why he loves the art music of the Middle East. Frerichs: "l often wondered why an Arabic 23/8 rhythm sometimes touches me more than straight ahead 4/4 time. i think it is because, like a line of poetry, its cadence invites you into a dancing, bouncing universe full of opportunities to change your perspective on your own musical language".
Even if their shared love for Middle Eastern music can hardly be heard literally on this album, it is an important compositional factor. “If I hadn’t spent many hours listening to the music of Kayhan Kalhor, Ahmet Meter, the Al-Kindi ensemble or the Ottoman masters, I would never have come to appreciate the rhythmic aesthetic of their part of the world. The challenge is of course to translate this aesthetic to the musical language of the modern creative piano trio. In this process I always try to keep in mind Mondriaans principal of trying to capture the essence of something by the abstraction of it.”

It is in the recording studio that a long story with many side-tracks needs to be edited down so it can be told in the timespan of an album. In just two days a number years of creative development is condensed into a short and clear message. “I am very happy with the way this worked out, but that doesn’t mean though, that the arrangements of these pieces are now set in stone. In fact, one of the goals of this working band is to continue to refine the performance of the pieces, trying new angles and letting different sides of the compositions reveal themselves.”

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Rembrandt Frerichs Trio

Rembrandt Frerichs

REMBRANDT FRERICHS is a Dutch pianist and composer. As a student, he received a scholarship from the Excelling Young Musicians Fund, to study at the New York Conservatory. He graduated with honors from the jazz department of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. | INFLUENCES He debuted at the North Sea Jazz Festival aged 22, and worked with saxophonist Michael Brecker, who said about him, “This guy sounds great!” Rembrandt plays in various of his own ensembles, such as the Rembrandt Frerichs Trio and Levantasy. His sound is characterized by influences of Arabic music and baroque music, which stand next to the American jazz tradition. His special style and use of instruments has not remained unnoticed: in 2016 the Foundation of the Performing Arts had a fortepiano made specially for Frerichs, which he currently uses for various projects. MUSICIAN, TEACHER & ARTISTIC LEADER Frerichs teaches jazz piano as a main subject at the Tilburg Conservatory, and works as a guest lecturer at the conservatories of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht. He is also artistic leader of several cultural fora, such as the Rabo Jazz Festival (Oud-Beijerland), the Waterfront Jazz Club (Almere) and the Regentenkamer (The Hague). | RECOMMENDATIONS His debut CD Self Portrait (2007) was nominated for an Edison Award and was ‘Album of the Week’ on London Jazz Radio. In 2010, Rembrandt Frerichs played in the legendary jazz club Birdland in New York, together with, amongst others, trumpet player Michael Varekamp. That same year, the NRC Handelsblad wrote about him: “Rembrandt makes the story of jazz a richer one”.

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Interview: "Our project proves that an instrument of ' 200-year-old can be very topical."
Luister, 01-4-2015

"The cadence of that beat invites you to dance"
Jazzism, 16-9-2014

Together with Frerichs, it's clear that bass player Tony Overwater and Drummer Vinsent Planjer have affinity with Eastern music.
Nederlands Dagblad, 01-8-2014

"Basically, it's pleasant jazz for at home"
Pianowereld, 01-8-2014

With the almost mathematical precision written and performed compositions are interspersed with slower, often romantic or dreamy pieces.
Draai Om Je Oren, 17-7-2014

Selectie individuele lijstjes van mensen in de muziekwereld Sander Grande ( Mojo, North Sea Jazz Festival) 9. Rembrandt Frerichs Trio
Jazzism, 13-5-2014

Individueel lijstje van Etienne de Smet, www.jazz030.nl 6. Marc Perrenoud - Vestry Lamento 10. Rembrandt Frerichs
Jazzism, 13-5-2014

The end result is a perfect album.
Music Emotion, 16-4-2014

Artikel over de opname vanuit de drummer van Rembrandt Frerichs trio
Slagwerkkrant, 01-4-2014

It's the achievement of the whole ensemble that this album is so appealing.
Jazzthing, 01-4-2014

Respect
Jazzmozaiek, 26-3-2014

not a short story short but a long story short. Listen for yourself!
Jazzenzo, 17-3-2014

Just a real lively and exciting album that allows all kinds of lovliness to shine brightly.
birdistheworm , 14-3-2014

On a 'Long story short' Rembrandt Frerichs shows again what his ambitions sound like: a brilliant series of short stories that together makes a great panoramic view of shapes.
jazzflits, 24-2-2014

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NRC, 10-2-2014

A unique album with a lot of own work by Rembrandt, where jazz, eastern and eestern classical music complement each other perfectly. The CD is characterized by other specific artistic decisions, such as the use of Bach corals and the use of both an original mini harmonium (1850) as an Indian harmonium. Guaranteed listening adventure for any music lover.
Lantarenvenster, 01-1-2014

"When one says, "To make a long story short," he wants a long story short cut to the essentials. Rembrandt Frerichs' CD "A Long Story Short" however, raises epic feelings. From the first, powerful sounds of the eagerly-Nordic melodies to the oriental-style anthems you can not stop listening with the best intentions. A pianist with a fine-sounding name that you should remember!"
Swiss National Radio , 01-1-2014

Rembrandt Frerichs in Jazzflits. “Ik voel me tevreden en ben gelukkig met het resultaat”, aldus Frerichs op Twitter.
Jazzflits , 16-12-2013

"Frerichs is an ingenious composer who expands his jazz borders by drawing from classical music and music from the middle and far east."
Pianowereld, 01-1-1970

A Long Story Short is the second album by this trio, containing 12 new pieces by Frerichs, in which jazz, Eastern and Western classical music complement each other perfectly.
VeraVingerhoeds.nl

Just a real lively and exciting album that allows all kinds of lovliness to shine brightly.
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