These two masters of European jazz have become musical brothers. They describe their new duo music as ‘a kaleidoscope of sounds’. Pianist Frank Woeste has already invited trumpeter Eric Vloeimans to France for album recordings and concerts. Now the tables have turned and the two will perform in The Netherlands for the first time.
Frank Woeste is a jazz pianist with a classical foundation; recently he adapted music by Ravel together with trombone player Ryan Keberle. In the Paris jazz scene he’s known as a pianist, composer and arranger with a broad palette. He has collaborated with the likes of Michel Portal and Dave Douglas and has played in the band of Ibrahim Maalouf.
Trumpeter Eric Vloeimans is widely known for his ‘brilliant tone’ (de Volkskrant) and as the leader of successful jazz bands such as Gatecrash and Fugimundi. He has expressed his love for classical music in, for example, the trumpet concerto Evensong, written together with Martin Fondse for the Limburg Symphony Orchestra. He has also collaborated with, among others, the Marine Band of the Royal Dutch Navy and the Metropole Orchestra.
Eric Vloeimans trumpet, Frank Woeste piano
