EEF VAN BREEN GROUP ON PLAYING GAMES TOUR:
In "Playing Gamesä tikken composities en improvisaties elkaar aan, rennen weg, buitelen over elkaar heen en vallen in een omhelzing. Met zeven topmusici cre‘ert trompettist/zanger Eef van Breen een muzikale toestand waarin de zintuigen tot het uiterste geprikkeld worden met uitgebalanceerde composities, duizelingwekkende improvisaties en ontroerende liedjes. In een verrassende bezetting van trompet/zang, 2 violen, cello, harp, piano & contrabas.Eef van Breen over Playing Games:
"Voor Playing Games heb ik geprobeerd om alle
muzieksoorten waar ik ooit door ben be•nvloed of ge•nspireerd
toe te laten; van kinderliedjes tot pop, jazz en klassieke muziek. Voor
het eerst heb ik het gevoel dat het me gelukt is om een nieuwe en eigen
Îsoundâ te destilleren uit deze rijke variatie van
(klank)kleuren en muzikale idee‘nä.
Quotes
...A performance that is, at times, heart-wrenchingly
emotional, and at other times, played with a lightheartedness that
emphasizes the groupsâ interactions with one-another...
...The music is a spine-curling combination of classical chamber, with a splash of swing, and a generous serving of contemporary jazz...
...The music is a spine-curling combination of classical chamber, with a splash of swing, and a generous serving of contemporary jazz...
Holly Marder/The Hague Online 14-9-2009
...I've been following Eef van Breen's musical
development, and I admire what he does. He has chosen excellent musical
partners for the project. Eef is an artist who speaks to artists, and
his familiarity with the jazz idiom makes it possible to do this in a
very special way...
Ack van Rooyen ö jazz trumpeter
BEZETTING EEF VAN BREEN GROUP:
Eef van Breen: trumpet/vocals/composition/valve-trombone/euphonium/glockenspiel/ukelele
Eva Tebbe: harp /vocals/loopstation
Merel Junge: violin/vocals/trombone
Walter Wolff: piano/vocals/glockenspiel/harmonium/melodica
Janos Bruneel: contrabass/vocals
Max Haft: violn/vocals
Clotilde Lacroix: cello/vocals
Matthias Mooij: Floley-artist/vocals/ukelele/loopstation
Eva Tebbe: harp /vocals/loopstation
Merel Junge: violin/vocals/trombone
Walter Wolff: piano/vocals/glockenspiel/harmonium/melodica
Janos Bruneel: contrabass/vocals
Max Haft: violn/vocals
Clotilde Lacroix: cello/vocals
Matthias Mooij: Floley-artist/vocals/ukelele/loopstation
Eef van Breen Group on Playing Games tour:
In ãPlaying Gamesä compositions and improvisations are tagging each other, they run away, tumble over each other and fall into embrace.With seven great musicians Eef van Breen creates a situation in which the senses are stimulated to the extreme with balanced compositions, dazzling improvisations and moving songs. In a surprising line-up with trumpet/vocals, 2 violins, cello, harp , piano and double bass.
In Playing Games I have set out to draw from all the music that has ever influenced and/or inspired me. Be it the first children song, pop song or all the jazz and classical that I have encountered, I have set out to scour the well if I may. I feel for the first time in my creative life I have been able to distill a ãsoundä from this rich array of sonic textures and ideas.
Quotes
...A performance that is, at times, heart-wrenchingly
emotional, and at other times, played with a lightheartedness that
emphasizes the groupsâ interactions with one-another...
...The music is a spine-curling combination of classical chamber, with a splash of swing, and a generous serving of contemporary jazz...
...The music is a spine-curling combination of classical chamber, with a splash of swing, and a generous serving of contemporary jazz...
Holly Marder/The Hague Online 14-9-2009
...I've been following Eef van Breen's musical
development, and I admire what he does. He has chosen excellent musical
partners for the project. Eef is an artist who speaks to artists, and
his familiarity with the jazz idiom makes it possible to do this in a
very special way...
Ack van Rooyen ö jazz trumpeter
LINE UP EEF VAN BREEN GROUP:
Eef van Breen: trumpet/vocals/composition/valve-trombone/euphonium/glockenspiel/ukelele
Eva Tebbe: harp /vocals/loopstation
Merel Junge: violin/vocals/trombone
Walter Wolff: piano/vocals/glockenspiel/harmonium/melodica
Janos Bruneel: contrabass/vocals
Max Haft: violn/vocals
Clotilde Lacroix: cello/vocals
Matthias Mooij: Floley-artist/vocals/ukelele/loopstation
Eva Tebbe: harp /vocals/loopstation
Merel Junge: violin/vocals/trombone
Walter Wolff: piano/vocals/glockenspiel/harmonium/melodica
Janos Bruneel: contrabass/vocals
Max Haft: violn/vocals
Clotilde Lacroix: cello/vocals
Matthias Mooij: Floley-artist/vocals/ukelele/loopstation