Brisas Andaluzas (NEW)

And here it is, my 6th solo Album "Brisas Andaluzas".
my solo bass trombone and flamenco guitar in a completely different setting.
Overdubbing bass- and contrabass trombones, tenor trombone, trumpet, guitar, string quartet, flamenco singing with great guest artists!
Passion in combination with virtuosity in new sound spectrums!
Guest soloist:
Ilja Reijngoud - lead and improvisation trombone
Christian Grässlin - trumpet and flugelhorn
Pablo Martinez - singing, Cajon and palmas
Marcel Serierse - Drums

I think it’s been over 8 years ago that I asked my friend Ilja Reijngoud if he would like to write me a very specific composition. I’ve known Ilja not only as an amazing jazz trombonist, but also as a great composer and for me, he was the perfect man to compose a flamenco-jazz suite for bass trombone solo, trombone ensemble, flamenco guitar and percussion, based on a theme by one of my flamenco heroes: El Camarón de la Isla.
My idea was to play all trombone voices, including the flamenco guitar, myself. I’ve been playing guitar since my younger years, back when I fell in love with the art of flamenco after hearing the legendary singer, El Camarón de la Isla, together with the great guitarist Paco de Lucía.
I couldn’t be more happy with the suite Ilja wrote me, as it exceeded my expectations completely and even left room for some extras that makes the piece even more interesting and authentic.
Due to many personal and non-personal circumstances it took me many years to finally start with this time consuming dream project, but with the helping hand in editing and mastering of my friend Martin van den Berg, I can now proudly present you the end result.
The composition is titled “Brisas Andaluzas”, which translates into “Andalusian Breezes”, because of the many Andalusian influences that helped form this cd.

My new 💽 “Brisas Andaluzas”,

 Click on the picture to watch the YouTube teaser of the CD