About the album
Levanter is the new album by trumpet player Eric Vloeimans. The title refers to the warm, strong, eastern wind that regularly blows accross southern Europe.
Eric invited the Syrian clarinet virtuoso Kinan Azmeh for this project, whom he had met some years back on an "Imagining Europe" collaboration. Jeroen van Vliet, Boy Edgar winner of 2014, with whom Eric has been performing for more than twenty years, is the pianist who caresses the keys.
This trio will take you along on a musical adventure, flying on a magic carpet of sound, a journey accross the borders of jazz, classical and world music. op on and be transported on the warm billows of Levanter.
Levanter is het nieuwe album van trompettist Eric Vloeimans. De naam
Levanter verwijst naar de warme en sterke oostelijke wind die Zuid-Europa regelmatig aandoet.
Voor dit project nodigde Vloeimans de Syrische klarinetvirtuoos Kinan Azmeh uit, die hij tijdens een editie van
Imagining Europe ontmoette. Jeroen van Vliet, Boy Edgar winnaar 2014, waar Vloeimans al twee decennia mee speelt, is de man die de toesten bespeelt en streelt.
Het trio neemt je mee op avontuur en ze doen dat op een vliegend tapijt van betoverende klanken. Een reis over de grenzen van jazz, klassiek en wereldmuziek. Lift mee en laat je meevoeren op de warme wind van
Levanter.
Levanter ist das neue Album des Trompeters Eric Vloeimans. Der Titel bezieht sich auf den warmen, starken Ostwind, der regelmäßig durch Südeuropa weht.
Für dieses Projekt lud Eric den syrischen Virtuosen an der Klarinette Kinan Azmeh ein, den er vor einigen Jahren im Rahmen einer "Imagining Europe"-Kollaboration kennengelernt hatte. Jeroen van Vliet, Boy Edgar Gewinner von 2014, mit dem Eric seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren zusammenarbeitet, ist der Pianist, der die Tasten im Griff hat.
Dieses Trio nimmt Sie mit auf ein musikalisches Abenteuer, fliegt auf einem magischen Klangteppich, eine Reise über die Grenzen von Jazz, Klassik und Weltmusik. Steigen Sie ein und lassen Sie sich auf den warmen Wellen von Levanter treiben.
Press
Nominated for Edison 2019.
Jazzism, 26-4-2019
As the warm wind of the Levanter arriving from the east in Southern Europe makes the air sizzle, do the sounds of the trumpet of Eric Vloeimans come to us.
Heaven, 01-5-2018
A compelling and masterful album with jazz and world music.
Muze - Pianowereld, 20-4-2018
With Levanter there is an album that shows a number of moody, mysterious and expectant tracks. They are a voyage of discovery through the home sound of the band members.
Music Emotion, 30-3-2018
With 'Levanter' Eric Vloeimans shows us once again that music only has to do with emotion. Magnificent!
JazzFlits, 19-3-2018
Eric Vloeimans is a gifted trumpet player who rolls from one adventure to another, as long as people with feelings join him. At Hothouse Redbad he played together with the Syrian clarinet player Kinan Azmeh & Jeroen van Vliet.
JazzFlits, 19-3-2018
... a multi-colored sound that captivates more than an hour.
Mania, 09-3-2018
Levanter is one of Vloeimans' most impressive projects. In the first place because, he has to give everything next to virtuoso Azmeh. Secondly, because the band is very well balanced.
Trouw, 26-2-2018
Again a top CD by Eric Vloeimans cum suis, this is going to score very high in my end-of-year list! If the trio is in your neighborhood, go there for sure; Eric's explanatory notes for the songs are enlightening.
Rootstime, 19-2-2018
This acoustic trio seeks the beauty in quiet, broadly stretched pieces, in which all three musicians take the space to profile themselves.
De Volkskrant, 02-2-2018
Levanter is yet another highlight from the work of Eric Vloeimans. In whatever genre you place the musician, from baroque to trance and from jazz to marines chapel, the Meryl Streep of Dutch music gets the prizes at the end. Impressive artistry, which guarantees full houses.
Jazzenzo, 30-1-2018
What a party, Levanter with Vloeimans, Van Vliet en Azmeh
jazznu, 30-1-2018