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MP3 Gerard Kleijn Group - Love Quotes
12 MP3 Songs in this album (70:13) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Contemporary Jazz, JAZZ: Crossover Jazz
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GERARD KLEIJN GROUP- Dutch trumpeter Gerard Kleijn''s band is a mixed batch. Apart from the leader himself and drummer Joost Kesselaar the other members are from the United States, Sweden and France. That results in an energetic, innovating melting-pot of sound and colourful https://www.tradebit.com group has released four Cd''s so far: Big Moves(with Fay Claassen), Love Quotes, New World(both with the Israelian guitarplayer David Golek) and Le Flirt de Satie, which were all well received in various music publications. The last CD''s ''Love Quotes'' and ''New World'' and Le Flirt de Satie got over 150 positive international reviews! The swinging, dreamlike interpretations of Kleijn himself are praised in particular. The group plays all over Europe at Jazz clubs and festivals. The group has played at the North Sea Jazzfestival (Netherlands), The Villa Cellimonata Jazzfestival (Italy), The Brianza Open Festival (Italy), The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Bimhuis (Amsterdam),The Birds Eye (Switzerland),The Music Village (Brussels), Amici della Music (Italy),and Jazzstudio (Nurnberg) among many other venues.
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What a wide range of talent is the Gerard Kleijn Group, full of vim and vigor, and it is a highly expressive jazz group. Their music is innovative and entertaining. Gerard Kleijn has a clear and mellow voice in his trumpet that is relaxing to listen to, and his fingerings open up on a straight-forward style of approach. He is one of the Netherlands finest trumpet performers and composers. Orjan Graafmans in topnotch at the piano. There are 12 songs on the CD collection. The total playing time is 70:18 minutes. Some of the songs are Cole Porter''s "So in Love," the intimate "Love Is" composed by Gerard Kleijn, Billy Strayhorn''s "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing," "Madam Rosa," Jules Styne''s "I Fall in Love Too Easily," among other fine selections. This is the kind of trumpet music that grows on you with the passage of time, and I found each time I listened to it there was a new impression or jazz motif that made itself known to my mind. Gerard Kleijn gives performances that are sensitive, imaginative, and innovative. LOVEQUOTES is highly recommended for its clarity of vision, enjoyment, and jazz entertainment. A fine collect of songs for the jazz listening audience.
Cadence - USA - David Dupont - januari 2003
The music on this recording is informed but not imprisoned by it''s https://www.tradebit.com leader clearly has learned much from select models, and has also moved well beyond mimicry and towards achieving a distinctive voice!
When Gerard Kleijn lays into a ballad, as on ''love is'' , I can''t help but hear Freddie Hubbard in the 1970''s. Think ''First Light''. But the Dutch Trumpet player hasn''t forgotten where those romantic sounds have their roots. He merges them with hardbop adventurousness, creating a fetching session. He interjects within the set what he calls ''impromptus'', free form introductions. Alas, these seem gratuitous, especially ''impromptu 1(reprise)'', a scratchy recorded bit of concersation that introduces a bit of hip hop easthetics to the proceedings. Quitte odd considering it leads into the most retro song on the date ''number 10'', a boogaloo beat number no less, complete with electric piano. The wonder is that Kleijn and troops(especially pianist Orjan Graafmans)manage to instill some freshness in the number. Indeed Graafmans is a star througout, evoking just a touch of Hancock and turning in a reviting solo, again on electric piano, on ''cupid''s arrows''. THis up tempo track(as does most of this date)is sure to hit it''s mark-the hearts and ears of fans who loved that 1970''s conjunction of fusion and romance.
"In summary, this is an album with variety and 70 minutes of excellent jazz."
Globes/Gil Gibli/Israël - juni 2002
''This new cd of the Gerard Kleijn Group is a dignified successor of the in 1998 released debut cd "Big Moves" The sound of this trumpet player is relaxed and modest, but his play is elated, which gives the music enough tension and because of that it sounds logical and colourfull. An excellent cd.''
Rotterdams Dagblad/Netherlands - july 2002
"A solid jazz mainstream and well done with a very interesting personal key of the standards such " So In Love " from Cole Porter. Very beautiful compositions from this Dutch trumpet player and of the guitarist who accompanies him on this recording David Golek."
Louis Brunet-Radio Quebec/Canada - juni 2002
An above average jazz record!
NRC/Netherlands
A trumpet player of stature, with a beautiful tone and loads of ideas.
Jazz/Netherlands
I really enjoyed it immensely. Very thoughtful and well prepared indeed.
The legendary trumpet player Benny Bailey/USA
Beautiful and sensitive as well as rhythmically interesting.
Audio Magazine/Netherlands
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