Sjoerd van Eijck, Jörg Brinkmann and Jarle Vespestad first came together in 2019 at a Carte Blanche concert at Paradox in Tilburg. Their musical connection was clear and led to further collaboration: the trio made the album Pegasus, a suite inspired by astronomy and the imagination of the cosmos. Van Eijck’s compositions form the backbone of the program, but it is the instrumentation that defines the sound: piano, cello and drums create a space that moves between jazz, chamber music and contemporary improvisation.

Drummer Jarle Vespestad is internationally known for his long-standing collaboration with ECM pianist Tord Gustavsen. Cellist Jörg Brinkmann combines classical cello technique with improvisation in a way that enriches both worlds. Together with van Eijck, they form a trio that brings composition, timbre and improvisation together in an intimate musical conversation.

“Pianist Sjoerd van Eijck had already surprised us with Oak, and now he dazzles us once again with the soulful ‘Pegasus’” – Bernard Lefèvre, Jazzhalo

Sjoerd van Eijck piano, Jörg Brinkmann cello, Jarle Vespestad drums