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Flóð og Fjara

Gulli Gudmundsson | Jeroen van Vliet | Koen Smits

Flóð og Fjara

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Label: Challenge Records
UPC: 0608917357820
Catnr: CR 73578
Release date: 17 January 2025
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About the album

"Flóð og Fjara" are high and low tide, the tides that are constantly repeated and yet always different.
"Flóð og Fjara" is the album of Gulli Gudmundsson's new project. The Icelandic bassist has been a cornerstone of the Dutch jazz scene for many years. His new trio has a chamber music line-up. With pianist Jeroen van Vliet and trumpeter Koen Smits, he has found two musicians who are looking for the same sound ideals.
Icelandic bassist Gulli Gudmundsson (born 1971) has been playing double bass since a young age. He moved to the Netherlands to study jazz double bass with Jacques Schols, Frans van der Hoeven and Hein van de Geyn at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Even before his graduation in 1999, he was rooted in the Dutch jazz scene and can be heard on more than 40 albums to date.
He has toured all over Europe and to other continents. He played at the North Sea Jazz Festival as well as at festivals in Korea, Japan and Hong Kong.
Special mention must be made of Gulli Gudmundsson's participation in the band Gatecrash of trumpeter Eric Vloeimans, in the Acoustic Quartet of saxophonist Yuri Honing and in the trio of pianist Wolfert Brederode, with whom he was able to record the album "Black Ice" for the renowned German label ECM.
He has been teaching at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague since 2018.
The double bass player has had many years of collaboration with Jeroen van Vliet, and the two already played together in Eric Vloeimans’ Gatecrash where they learned to appreciate each other’ playing. Since 2009, the two musicians have also been playing together in a duo.
During the pandemic, Gulli Gudmundsson and Jeroen van Vliet worked together with sound artist Michel Banabila on the EP Glow/Speck of Dust. Trumpeter Koen Smits (born in Tilburg) joined the duo at the new Make It Jazz festival in 2022, and the trio was born.
Piano, double bass and trumpet create nine gems on the current album; six of the nine pieces are by the bassist, one by the pianist, one by the Spanish composer Federico Moreno Torroba and one by the Icelandic composer Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson.



Small devices create effects such as large reverberations and give the pieces even more depth. The two "old hands" take the young trumpeter Koen Smits (born in 1991) under their wings and integrate him perfectly. Large emotional arcs, dream-like interaction and impressive emotional depth take the listener on a journey through soundscapes.
Gulli Gudmundsson seems to have substantial fondness for trumpeters, because he has played not only with Eric Vloeimans, but also with Arve Henriksen
And Koen Smits interprets the longing sound very well: with his very airy trumpet tone, he is in the tradition of Scandinavian brass players such as Arve Henriksen, Mathias Eick and Nils Petter Molvaer. Smit's solos have lyrical depth, very melodic improvisation arcs and are often so sophisticated that they could pass as a second melody.
Using the example of "Heyr, himna smiður" (Listen, Builder of the Sky) by the Icelandic composer Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (1938 to 2013), you can understand very well what makes the collaboration in this trio so special.
It is only a small piece, the title of which is like a hymn, a small hymn, but which already creates a wonderful atmosphere through the intertwining of piano and double bass in the introduction with all the lively chords. A small bass interlude leads into the melody, which is taken over by the piano, while the trumpet fills up with long notes in the background and takes over the resolutions to the thirds in the melody before moving to the foreground as a soloist and adding highlights to the clear voicing in the chords.
As the trio shows here, which is representative of the album, each musician knows exactly what is needed of his instrument, when the right moment is to step into the foreground and when the others must be given priority. All three find each other and present the complete simple melody in the last half minute of "Heyr, himna smiður". A masterly arrangement!
Some pieces such as "Komdu Heim" get another layer through their technical processing; the piano gets so much reverberation in Jeroen van Vliet's composition "Panta” that it produces almost keyboard-like sounds.
The additional sound surfaces fit well into the acoustic sound of the trio, which melts together into a chamber musical unit.
This special trio will certainly make a name for themselves with their equally special album 2025.
Gulli Gudmundsson describes the inspiration from his special family history:
“The music has its roots in the story of my grandparents, who met in the north of Iceland in 1911. He was a sailor from Germany, she was a young woman from a farming family. They married quickly, had a child and moved to Bremerhaven together, where a second child was born. On a trip to the USA, he got stuck in New York City harbor and was not allowed to go ashore because the First World War had broken out during the voyage. It was not possible to contact him or the crew and we do not know how he got out of this predicament.
Without knowing what had happened to him, my grandmother took her two children and moved back to Iceland.
The next thing we knew, my grandmother received a letter from him saying that he was the manager of a sugar plantation in Cuba and was collecting money to return to his family. Several years passed, but before he could make the journey home, he fell ill with cholera or malaria and died. He is buried somewhere in Cuba, we don't know where. My grandmother had a German surname, which is unusual in Iceland, and my mother used it as a middle name.
The tragic story of my grandparents served as inspiration for this album: Their love affair, the move with their child to the big continent and the subsequent loss of contact due to the First World War, their wait for a message from him...
Another common thread in the fabric of the songs is the pull and push like ebb and flow of our feelings for home.
What is home? Why do we often yearn for our old home?
Why do some people return to their birthplace? What feelings does it trigger in us? Are they important? Where is home? Is it possible to find a new home in a foreign country? Where do we really belong? Do we belong after living abroad as a foreigner for a long time? Where are the roots if they have been cut off?
For me, ebb and flow stands for the pulling and pushing of your homeland in your heart.”


Het verhaal van de overgrootouders van de IJslandse bassist Gulli Gudmundsson was een inspiratie voor dit album. Een zeeman uit Duitsland en een jonge vrouw uit een boeren familie ontmoeten elkaar in 1911 in het noorden van IJsland. Ze krijgen twee kinderen en de zeeman treft een tragisch lot: tijdens een reis naar Amerika komt zijn schip vast te zitten in de haven van New York. Hij mag niet aan land omdat de Eerste Wereldoorlog is uitgebroken. Al het contact is vanaf dit moment verbroken en pas jaren later ontvangt zijn vrouw in IJsland een brief van hem uit Cuba. Hij laat weten dat hij hard werkt om zijn reis naar huis te bekostigen maar voordat hij terug kan keren wordt hij ziek en sterft aan cholera of malaria. Hij wordt begraven op Cuba, maar niemand weet waar.

Heeft de zeeman zich thuis gevoeld aan de andere kant van de wereld? Wat is thuis en waarom hebben we heimwee? Kan iemand überhaupt een nieuw thuis creëren in een vreemd land? Waar horen we echt thuis? Waar zijn je wortels gebleven als ze zijn afgesneden, want waar hoor je thuis nadat je lange tijd als buitenlander in het buitenland bent geweest?

'Flóð og Fjara' - (eb en vloed) is het nieuwe album van Gulli Gudmundsson. Gudmundsson verhuisde naar Nederland om jazz contrabas te studeren aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag en is al jaren een gerenommeerd bassist in de Nederlandse jazzscene. Hij speelde jarenlang samen met pianist Jeroen van Vliet, met wie hij sinds 2019 een duo vormt, o.a. in Gatecrash van Eric Vloeimans. Het trio werd geboren toen trompettist Koen Smits in 2022 zich aansloot op het Make It Jazz festival in Tilburg: drie musici met dezelfde klank idealen.

Koen Smits vertolkt de klank van heimwee prachtig; met zijn airy toon staat hij in de traditie van Scandinavische trompettisten als Arve Henriksen, Mathias Eick en Nils Petter Molvaer.

Op het album staan negen pareltjes, composities van Gulli Gudmundsson, Jeroen van Vliet, Federico Moreno Torroba en van de IJslandse componist Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson.
„Flóð og Fjara“, das sind Ebbe und Flut, die Gezeiten, die in ständiger Wiederholung und doch immer wieder anders sind.
„Flóð og Fjara“ ist das Album des neuen Projekts von Gulli Gudmundsson. Der isländische Bassist ist seit vielen Jahren ein Eckpfeiler in der niederländischen Jazzszene. Sein neues Trio ist kammermusikalisch besetzt. Mit Pianist Jeroen van Vliet und Trompeter Koen Smits hat er zwei Musiker gefunden, die auf der Suche nach gleichen Soundidealen sind.

Der isländische Bassist Gulli Gudmundsson (Jahrgang 1971) spielt seit jungen Jahren Kontrabass. Zum Studium zog er in die Niederlande, um am Königlichen Konservatorium in den Haag Jazzkontrabass bei Jacques Schols, Frans van der Hoeven und Hein van de Geyn Unterricht zu nehmen. Schon vor seinem Studienabschluss 1999 war er in der holländischen Jazzszene verankert und ist bisher auf über 40 Alben zu hören.

Tourneen führten ihn durch ganz Europa und über die Kontinente. Er spielte sowohl am North Sea Jazz Festival wie auch an Festivals in Korea, Japan und Hong Kong.
Besonders erwähnt werden muss Gulli Gudmundssons Mitwirken in der Band Gatecrash des Trompeters Eric Vloeimans, im Acoustic Quartet des Saxophonisten Yuri Honing und im Trio des Pianisten Wolfert Brederode, mit dem er das Album „Black Ice“ für das renommierte deutsche Label ECM aufnehmen konnte.
Seit 2018 unterrichtet er selber am Königlichen Konservatorium in Den Haag.

Mit Jeroen van Vliet verbindet den Kontrabassisten eine lange Zusammenarbeit, schon in Eric Vloeimans Gatecrash spielten die beiden zusammen und lernten sich gegenseitig schätzen. Seit 2009 spielen die beiden Musiker auch im Duo zusammen.
Während der Pandemie arbeiteten Gulli Gudmundsson und Jeroen van Vliet gemeinsam mit dem Klangkünstler Michel Banabila an der EP Glow/Speck of Dust. Beim neuen Festival Make It Jazz 2022 schloss sich der Tilburger Trompeter Koen Smits dem Duo an, das Trio war geboren.

Klavier, Kontrabass und Trompete schaffen neun Kleinode auf dem aktuellen Album, sechs der neun Stücke stammen aus der Feder des Bassisten, eines vom Pianisten, eines vom spanischen Komponisten Federico Moreno Torroba und eines vom isländischen Komponisten Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson.

Kleine Effektspielereien wie grosser Hall geben den Stücken noch mehr Tiefe. Die beiden „alten Hasen“ nehmen den jungen Trompeter Koen Smits (Jahrgang 1991) unter ihre Fittiche und binden ihn perfekt ein. Grosse emotionale Bögen, traumwandlerisches Zusammenspiel und beeindruckende emotionale Tiefe nehmen den Zuhörer auf eine Reise durch Klanglandschaften mit.
Gulli Gudmundsson scheint eine grosse Vorliebe für Trompeter zu haben, denn er spielte nicht nur mit Eric Vloeimans, sondern auch mit Arve Henriksen zusammen

Und den sehnsuchtsvollen Klang übernimmt Koen Smits sehr gut: mit sehr luftigem Trompetenton steht er in einer Linie mit skandinavischen Blechbläsern wie Arve Henriksen, Mathias Eick oder Nils Petter Molvaer. Smits Solos haben lyrische Tiefe, sehr melodische Improvisationsbögen und sind oft so sophisticated, dass sie als zweite Melodie durchgehen könnten.

Am Beispiel von „Heyr, himna smiður“ (Höre, Baumeister des Himmels) vom isländischen Komponisten Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (1938 bis 2013) kann man wunderbar erklären, was die Zusammenarbeit in diesem Trio so besonders macht:
Es ist nur ein kleines Stück ist, dem Titel nach wie ein Kirchenlied, ein kleiner Hymnus, das aber durch die Verzahnung von Klavier und Kontrabass in der Einleitung mit allen quirligen Akkorden schon eine wunderbare Atmosphäre bekommt. Eine kleine Bass-Einlage führt in die Melodie, die vom Klavier übernommen wird, während die Trompete im Hintergrund mit langen Noten auffüllt und die Auflösungen zu den Terzen in der Melodieführung übernimmt, bevor sie als Solistin in den Vordergrund rückt und der klaren Stimmführung in den Akkorden Glanzlichter aufsetzt.

Wie sich hier das Trio zeigt, ist stellvertretend für das Album, jeder Musiker weiss genau, was genau von seinem Instrument gebraucht wird, wann der richtige Moment ist, in den Vordergrund zu treten und wann den anderen der Vortritt gelassen werden muss. In der letzten halben Minute von „Heyr, himna smiður“ finden sich alle drei und stellen die komplette schlichte Melodie vor. Eine meisterliche Bearbeitung.

Manche Stücke wie „Komdu Heim“ bekommen durch ihre technische Bearbeitung noch eine weitere Ebene, in Jeroen van Vliets Komposition „Panta“ bekommt das Klavier so viel Hall, dass es fast keyboardähnliche Sounds erzeugt.
Die zusätzlichen Klangflächen passen sich gut in den akustischen Sound des Trios ein, das zu einer kammermusikalischen Einheit zusammengeschmolzen ist.
Dieses besondere Trio wird mit dem ebenso besonderen Album 2025 sicher von sich reden machen.

Gulli Gudmundsson schildert die Inspiration durch seine besondere Familiengeschichte:
„Die Musik hat ihre Wurzeln in der Geschichte meiner Großeltern, die sich 1911 im Norden Islands trafen. Er war ein Seemann aus Deutschland, sie eine junge Frau aus einer Bauernfamilie. Sie heirateten schnell, bekamen ein Kind und zogen gemeinsam nach Bremerhaven, wo ein zweites Kind geboren wurde. Auf einer Reise in die USA blieb er im Hafen von New York City stecken und durfte nicht an Land gehen, weil während der Schifffahrt der Erste Weltkrieg ausgebrochen war. Es war kein Kontakt zu ihm und der Besatzung möglich und wir wissen nicht, wie er aus dieser Notlage herausgekommen ist.
Ohne zu wissen, was mit ihm passiert war, nahm meine Großmutter ihre beiden Kinder und zog zurück nach Island.
Das nächste, was wir erfahren haben ist, dass meine Großmutter einen Brief von ihm erhielt, in dem es hiess, dass er Manager einer Zuckerplantage in Kuba sei und Geld sammele, um zu seiner Familie zurückzukehren. Es vergingen mehrere Jahre, doch bevor er die Heimreise antreten kann, erkrankte er an Cholera oder Malaria und starb. Er ist irgendwo in Kuba begraben, wir wissen nicht wo. Meine Großmutter hatte einen deutschen Nachnamen, was in Island ungewöhnlich ist, und meine Mutter benutzte ihn als zweiten Vornamen.
Die tragische Geschichte meiner Großeltern diente als Inspiration für dieses Album: Ihre Liebesbeziehung, der Umzug mit ihrem Kind auf den großen Kontinent und der anschließende Kontaktverlust aufgrund des Ersten Weltkriegs, ihr Warten auf eine Nachricht von ihm...
Ein weiterer roter Faden im Stoff der Lieder ist das Ziehen und Drücken wie Ebbe und Flut unserer Gefühle für die Heimat.
Was ist Heimat? Warum wird oft Sehnsucht geweckt nach unserem alten Zuhause?
Warum kehren manche Menschen an ihren Geburtsort zurück? Welche Gefühle löst es in uns aus? Sind sie wichtig? Wo ist Zuhause? Kann man in einem fremden Land ein neues Zuhause finden? Wo gehören wir wirklich hin? Gehört man dazu, nachdem man lange Zeit als Ausländer im Ausland gelebt haben? Wo sind die Wurzeln, wenn sie abgeschnitten wurden?
Ebbe und Flut steht für mich hier für das Ziehen und Stoßen deiner Heimat in deinem Herzen.“

Artist(s)

Jeroen van Vliet (piano)

Jeroen van Vliet, born 1965, is known for his lyrical style and clear sound at the piano. He is a composer, pianist and keyboardplayer in a wide variety of groups. In 1985 and 1988 he won both first- and soloist prizes at the main contests of the Netherlands. Between 1989 and 2007 he was the pianist in the groups of alto-player Paul van Kemenade and of bassplayer Eric van der Westen. Throughout the years he worked with international artists as (a.o.) Bob Malach, Kenny Wheeler, John Zorn, Norma Winstone, Charly Mariano and Erkan Ogur, Jakob Bro.  His cooperation with trumpeter Eric Vloeimans resulted in a number of albums and concerts, both as a duo as well as in the group Gatecrash (Edison...
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Jeroen van Vliet, born 1965, is known for his lyrical style and clear sound at the piano. He is a composer, pianist and keyboardplayer in a wide variety of groups. In 1985 and 1988 he won both first- and soloist prizes at the main contests of the Netherlands. Between 1989 and 2007 he was the pianist in the groups of alto-player Paul van Kemenade and of bassplayer Eric van der Westen.
Throughout the years he worked with international artists as (a.o.) Bob Malach, Kenny Wheeler, John Zorn, Norma Winstone, Charly Mariano and Erkan Ogur, Jakob Bro. His cooperation with trumpeter Eric Vloeimans resulted in a number of albums and concerts, both as a duo as well as in the group Gatecrash (Edison Award in 2007). As a sideman van Vliet recorded about 50 albums, as a leader 9. Among his groups are the Jeroen van Vliet Trio and the Jeroen van Vliet Electric Trio. In 2008 the new group Estafest started: energetic, exciting and adventurous.
After receiving the Composition Assignment of the North Sea Jazzfestival 2008, van Vliet invited his group – called Sikeda – that performed his music, to record and tour in 2010. In 2013 he worked in South Africa with bass-legend Carlo Mombelli. He travelled to Australia, India, China, South-Korea with Gatecrash and the Yuri Honing quartet.
Currently Jeroen van Vliet works with German-Afghan singer Simin Tander, Jeroen van Vliet's OGU, solo, Estafest, Eric Vloeimans' Gatecrash, and the Udo Pannekeet 4tet. In 2014 he released 2 albums, the solo-album 'Wait' and the trio-cd OGU. The new album 'Eno Supo' by Estafest, as well as the albums 'Where water travels home' by Simin Tander 4tet and 'On' by Udo Pannekeet were released. All got great reviews.In 2014 Jeroen van Vliet was awarded the most important prize in the Netherlands for jazz and improvised music, The Boy Edgar Prijs.

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Gulli Gudmundsson (double bass)

Gulli Gudmundsson, born in Iceland in 1971 plays double bass since an early age. After attending music school in his homeland, he moved to the Netherlands and enrolled at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague in 1993 where he studied with Jacques Schols, Frans van der Hoeven en Hein van de Geyn. Graduating in 1999 he quickly assimilated into the Dutch jazz scene, playing with most prominent players and appearing on more than 40 records. He has toured to in about every European country and as well in Asia, Africa, North- and South America, and played on festivals such as North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, Jarasum South Korea, Tokyo Jazz Festival, Hong Kong Jazz Festival and Belgrade Jazz Festival to name...
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Gulli Gudmundsson, born in Iceland in 1971 plays double bass since an early age. After attending music school in his homeland, he moved to the Netherlands and enrolled at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague in 1993 where he studied with Jacques Schols, Frans van der Hoeven en Hein van de Geyn. Graduating in 1999 he quickly assimilated into the Dutch jazz scene, playing with most prominent players and appearing on more than 40 records.

He has toured to in about every European country and as well in Asia, Africa, North- and South America, and played on festivals such as North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, Jarasum South Korea, Tokyo Jazz Festival, Hong Kong Jazz Festival and Belgrade Jazz Festival to name a few.

In 2005 he joined Eric Vloeimans Gatecrash, whose record ‘Gatecrashing’ won the prestigious Edison awards in 2007.

Gulli also plays with the Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet and which won the prestigious Dutch Edison awards for Best Jazz Record in 2016 (Desire, Challenge Records) and Best Jazz Record in 2017 (Goldbrun, Challenge Records).

Gulli is a member of the Wolfert Brederode Trio, which recorded ‘Black Ice’ for the prestigious ECM label in 2016, which was received with universal acclaim from a global audience.

He writes and produces his own music under the name Binary Orchid. The CD ‘Radioactivity’ appeared in 2006 featuring Arve Henriksen on Trumpet.

Gulli taught main subject Double Bass at the Conservatory of Antwerpen from 2003 to 2006, and teaches at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague since 2018.


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Koen Smits (trumpet)

“Sometimes veiled, then supportive, and other times contrasting.”  Trumpeter, composer, and improviser Koen Smits (Tilburg, 1991) navigates between diverse worlds, always in search of musical adventure. His first major exploration was with the group Mudita (alongside vocalist Sanne Rambags and pianist Sjoerd van Eijck). The debut album, “Listen to the Sound of the Forest,” was awarded an Edison (Dutch Grammy) and was followed by concerts both domestically and internationally. Koen’s playing eludes classification within a single genre, and he is not fond of confining himself to labels. He has engaged in numerous collaborations with artists such as Eric van der Westen, Sjoerd van Eijck’s, OAK, Kika Sprangers, Gulli Gudmundsson, and Jeroen van Vliet. Additionally, Koen is affiliated as a professor Trumpet Jazz &...
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“Sometimes veiled, then supportive, and other times contrasting.”

Trumpeter, composer, and improviser Koen Smits (Tilburg, 1991) navigates between diverse worlds, always in search of musical adventure. His first major exploration was with the group Mudita (alongside vocalist Sanne Rambags and pianist Sjoerd van Eijck). The debut album, “Listen to the Sound of the Forest,” was awarded an Edison (Dutch Grammy) and was followed by concerts both domestically and internationally.

Koen’s playing eludes classification within a single genre, and he is not fond of confining himself to labels. He has engaged in numerous collaborations with artists such as Eric van der Westen, Sjoerd van Eijck’s, OAK, Kika Sprangers, Gulli Gudmundsson, and Jeroen van Vliet. Additionally,

Koen is affiliated as a professor Trumpet Jazz & Pop at the University of the Arts Utrecht, serves as a trumpeter and booker for the Paradox Jazz Orchestra, is an audio engineer at Studio de Vijver, plays with his hornsection The Hornaments for television and recordingstudios and acts as a substitute for the famous Dutch Metropole Orkest.


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Composer(s)

Jeroen van Vliet (piano)

Jeroen van Vliet, born 1965, is known for his lyrical style and clear sound at the piano. He is a composer, pianist and keyboardplayer in a wide variety of groups. In 1985 and 1988 he won both first- and soloist prizes at the main contests of the Netherlands. Between 1989 and 2007 he was the pianist in the groups of alto-player Paul van Kemenade and of bassplayer Eric van der Westen. Throughout the years he worked with international artists as (a.o.) Bob Malach, Kenny Wheeler, John Zorn, Norma Winstone, Charly Mariano and Erkan Ogur, Jakob Bro.  His cooperation with trumpeter Eric Vloeimans resulted in a number of albums and concerts, both as a duo as well as in the group Gatecrash (Edison...
more
Jeroen van Vliet, born 1965, is known for his lyrical style and clear sound at the piano. He is a composer, pianist and keyboardplayer in a wide variety of groups. In 1985 and 1988 he won both first- and soloist prizes at the main contests of the Netherlands. Between 1989 and 2007 he was the pianist in the groups of alto-player Paul van Kemenade and of bassplayer Eric van der Westen.
Throughout the years he worked with international artists as (a.o.) Bob Malach, Kenny Wheeler, John Zorn, Norma Winstone, Charly Mariano and Erkan Ogur, Jakob Bro. His cooperation with trumpeter Eric Vloeimans resulted in a number of albums and concerts, both as a duo as well as in the group Gatecrash (Edison Award in 2007). As a sideman van Vliet recorded about 50 albums, as a leader 9. Among his groups are the Jeroen van Vliet Trio and the Jeroen van Vliet Electric Trio. In 2008 the new group Estafest started: energetic, exciting and adventurous.
After receiving the Composition Assignment of the North Sea Jazzfestival 2008, van Vliet invited his group – called Sikeda – that performed his music, to record and tour in 2010. In 2013 he worked in South Africa with bass-legend Carlo Mombelli. He travelled to Australia, India, China, South-Korea with Gatecrash and the Yuri Honing quartet.
Currently Jeroen van Vliet works with German-Afghan singer Simin Tander, Jeroen van Vliet's OGU, solo, Estafest, Eric Vloeimans' Gatecrash, and the Udo Pannekeet 4tet. In 2014 he released 2 albums, the solo-album 'Wait' and the trio-cd OGU. The new album 'Eno Supo' by Estafest, as well as the albums 'Where water travels home' by Simin Tander 4tet and 'On' by Udo Pannekeet were released. All got great reviews.In 2014 Jeroen van Vliet was awarded the most important prize in the Netherlands for jazz and improvised music, The Boy Edgar Prijs.

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Gulli Gudmundsson (double bass)

Gulli Gudmundsson, born in Iceland in 1971 plays double bass since an early age. After attending music school in his homeland, he moved to the Netherlands and enrolled at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague in 1993 where he studied with Jacques Schols, Frans van der Hoeven en Hein van de Geyn. Graduating in 1999 he quickly assimilated into the Dutch jazz scene, playing with most prominent players and appearing on more than 40 records. He has toured to in about every European country and as well in Asia, Africa, North- and South America, and played on festivals such as North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, Jarasum South Korea, Tokyo Jazz Festival, Hong Kong Jazz Festival and Belgrade Jazz Festival to name...
more

Gulli Gudmundsson, born in Iceland in 1971 plays double bass since an early age. After attending music school in his homeland, he moved to the Netherlands and enrolled at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague in 1993 where he studied with Jacques Schols, Frans van der Hoeven en Hein van de Geyn. Graduating in 1999 he quickly assimilated into the Dutch jazz scene, playing with most prominent players and appearing on more than 40 records.

He has toured to in about every European country and as well in Asia, Africa, North- and South America, and played on festivals such as North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, Jarasum South Korea, Tokyo Jazz Festival, Hong Kong Jazz Festival and Belgrade Jazz Festival to name a few.

In 2005 he joined Eric Vloeimans Gatecrash, whose record ‘Gatecrashing’ won the prestigious Edison awards in 2007.

Gulli also plays with the Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet and which won the prestigious Dutch Edison awards for Best Jazz Record in 2016 (Desire, Challenge Records) and Best Jazz Record in 2017 (Goldbrun, Challenge Records).

Gulli is a member of the Wolfert Brederode Trio, which recorded ‘Black Ice’ for the prestigious ECM label in 2016, which was received with universal acclaim from a global audience.

He writes and produces his own music under the name Binary Orchid. The CD ‘Radioactivity’ appeared in 2006 featuring Arve Henriksen on Trumpet.

Gulli taught main subject Double Bass at the Conservatory of Antwerpen from 2003 to 2006, and teaches at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague since 2018.


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