All Ellington

when uri caine performs in the well-tested format of the piano trio you can expect something special. as a pianist, keyboard player and composer he’s one of the greats of the new york jazz avant-garde. much like his kindred spirit john zorn he knows how to unite fundamentally different styles, from klezmer to funk and from movie soundtracks to classical works by bach and beethoven. with his acoustic trio he will perform a combination of new original music, standards and free improvisations. throughout the years, uri caine developed a strong relationship with the members of his trio, double bassist mark helias and drummer joey baron. ‘i met joey and mark back when i first moved to new york and got to play with them when we were in the rhythm sections of various groups,’ he says. ‘from the moment we started playing together we felt an instant connection. i am looking forward to playing with mark and joey as a trio because playing together with them is always a blast!’

bill frisell is counted among the top guitarists in america. all kinds of american style collide in his electric guitar playing, from jazz to country. together with double bassist thomas morgan and percussionist rudy royston he has previously released the successful album valentine on blue note records. on stage they form a tight-knit trio with an intimate and yet remarkably rich sound. in the past thirty-five years or so, bill frisell played on a couple of hundred albums, with the likes of john zorn, elvis costello, and lucinda williams. ‘bill frisell is arguably the most valued jazz guitar player of the past decades, thanks to the ever present smile in his melancholic music. he does not veer towards endless jazz solos, but prefers intense ensemble playing around beautiful themes’ (de volkskrant).