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Cecil's Dance

by Ab Baars

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1.
For John 03:32
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2.
The sky and the sea 06:40
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3.
Kikiriki 03:58
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4.
This nearly was mine 08:04
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5.
Shuffle for Tristan 01:50
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6.
Jackdaw 04:14
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7.
Portrait of The Selfkicker 03:14
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8.
Faintly White 02:26
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9.
Cecil’s Dance 07:26
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10.
Louange des dames 04:04
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about

The trio plays compositions by Ab Baars - whimsical, lyrical,
crazy and unruly - as well as spontaneous open improvisations.
The result is a slightly askew kind of chamber jazz, revelling in the free and spontaneous, while avoiding the heavy-handed and predictable. Instead, it might resemble a humorous dance, involving graceful movements and sudden feints, with occasional hints to the jazz book and the spirit of reinvention throbbing with stubborn dependability.
The combination of three horns can suggest the festive, staccato energy of a marching band, the steaming front line of a New Orleans jazz ensemble or maybe… just three people breathlessly waiting for a rhythm section.
This trio is something else. 
BaarsBuisDeman is nothing less than a veritable dream ensemble, capable of an infinite array of sound colors, from the lowest tuba-low to the highest shakuhachi-high and all (well, most of) the sounds in between. 
-Guy Peters

(...) In addition to Richard Rogers' "This nearly was mine" and Guillaume de Machaut's "Louange des dames", the trio played pieces by Baars. The band moved in the field of tension between composition and improvisation in an extremely open playing style. An intense interplay between the three musicians: sharp freshness.
-Robert Tendl - Kleine Zeitung Graz und Umgebung

...Anyone who wants to hear how sublimely Ab Baars handles timbres, would do well to listen to the last track of his new album, "Cecil's Dance”. “Louange des dames”, a composition by the medieval composer Guillaume de Machaut is in the arrangement for clarinet, trombone and serpent of unparalleled beauty.
Beauty and poignancy are an important part of the sound world of this new trio's debut CD, as their version of "This nearly was mine" by Rodgers & Hammerstein also drips with an Ellingtonian splendor.
But Baars would not be Baars if there were not to be found the necessary unruliness in the music. The opening piece "For John", dedicated to his teacher John Carter, is characterized by the shrill high clarinet notes in which Baars is immediately recognizable.
The addition of Deman is much more than the expansion of the duo; there are three full-fledged voices, with the low brass sometimes fusing together, or the shakuhachi of Baars finding a wistful partner in the serpent.
Herman te Loo-Jazzflits

...“Ab you really do amazing things, and the combination of tuba, sax, and trombone works surprisingly well due to the diversity of sound. I wasn't familiar with Berlinde Deman, who has great chops and takes the tuba in new directions. This was a great setting for Joost Buis, and the whole group sound and your playing and the many shifts made it very listenable"
Steven Loewy journalist

...For the past few weeks I have been listening to your Baars Buis Deman CD "Cecil's Dance" with regularity. What a special, but above all, what a good combination this is! Didn't think this would work so well! The way the CD comes sailing in immediately sets the tone. What a masterful beginning! And you maintain this level nicely. Fine are also your compositions in which the human voice comes around the corner, and it will not surprise you that I also appreciate "Portrait van de Selfkicker" very much. In short, I am once again impressed!
Ad 's-Gravesande

..."The byproduct of the Baars Buis Deman collaboration presents us with a chamber jazz ensemble with a compact marching band attitude, sprinkled with free improvisation magic dust.
The trio ranges from the clarinet exorcism of Baars "Jackdaw" to the lamentations of "Lounge des dames”. Just when you think Baars Buis Deman will zig, they zag".
Mark Corroto All About Jazz

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released January 28, 2024

Ab Baars (NL) - clarinet/shakuhachi
Joost Buis (NL) - trombone
Berlinde Deman (B) - tuba/serpent

All compositions Ab Baars
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3 lines from W. Stevens 4 Rodgers & Hammerstein 5 Baars Buis Deman 7 poem Johnny van Doorn 10 Guillaume de Machaut

live recording April 30 2023 Mark Schots Bimhuis Amsterdam (NL)
mixing editing Mark Schots Ig Henneman Ab Baars
mastering Mark Schots, design Francesca Patella, cover art Ab Baars
produced by Ig Henneman 2023

with support of SENA and the Wig Foundation

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