AS IF TRIO ALAN ‘GUNGA’ PURVES SOLO ‘SQUEEKOLOGY’
AS IF ‘INSTANT COMPOSING’ TRIO Frank van Bommel-piano, xylophone, vibraphonette, Raoul van der Weide-double bass, Wim Janssen-drums ALAN ‘GUNGA’ PURVES SOLO ‘SQUEEKOLOGY’ Alan ‘Gunga’ Purves-percussion
As If ‘Instant Composing’ Trio, existing of three prominent Dutch improvisors, Van Bommel, Van der Weide and Janssen, shows an unconstrained, associative and often fragmentary relationship with all possible sources: ‘abstract sound investigation’, ‘pretended classicism’ and ‘quasi jazz standards without recognizable scheme’. The Scottish drummer/percussionist Alan ‘Gunga’ Purvis recently presented the CD ‘All by my Shelf’ with a colorful collection of imaginative solo pieces, originally composed for a theatre production for deaf and hearing impaired people.