Yesterday, I mentioned on another thread how in Haarlem, NL, I had walked into a jazz record shop in the early nineties run by an elderly couple. A cd was playing and I asked who it was playing and they said to me it was Ruud Brink and Trio Pim Jacobs. They explained that Brink had just died, Jacobs had been visiting him regularly in hospital, and mentioned something of their histories - well, quite a lot - including collaborations with Rita Reyes. Here's Brink:
Loved it, bought it, play it often. The most important thing about music is liking it. But being only very partially informed about jazz, I have always wanted more context. There are jazz festivals in the Netherlands, these artists were clearly highly regarded, Brink's style of playing particularly reaches me in a special way, but instinctively I sense that the knowledgeable, and indeed the stylists, would have problems with it - a bit too "cocktail lite" perhaps. For example, in the thread following the link:
"This is very close to Zoot Sims in sound and conception of playing melody. Unfortunately lacking Zoot´s great choices of notes and impeccable timing. However it would probably be unnoticed by untrained ear of casual listener. Overall quite pleasant but not great.".
So what am I asking here? How do FoR3 members feel about these artists and their contributions, how would they contextualise them, and I guess any thoughts on how the Netherlands has contributed to jazz generally? Something like this. I would genuinely find it helpful for knowing what exactly it is that I am listening to and will continue to like whatever is said.
Loved it, bought it, play it often. The most important thing about music is liking it. But being only very partially informed about jazz, I have always wanted more context. There are jazz festivals in the Netherlands, these artists were clearly highly regarded, Brink's style of playing particularly reaches me in a special way, but instinctively I sense that the knowledgeable, and indeed the stylists, would have problems with it - a bit too "cocktail lite" perhaps. For example, in the thread following the link:
"This is very close to Zoot Sims in sound and conception of playing melody. Unfortunately lacking Zoot´s great choices of notes and impeccable timing. However it would probably be unnoticed by untrained ear of casual listener. Overall quite pleasant but not great.".
So what am I asking here? How do FoR3 members feel about these artists and their contributions, how would they contextualise them, and I guess any thoughts on how the Netherlands has contributed to jazz generally? Something like this. I would genuinely find it helpful for knowing what exactly it is that I am listening to and will continue to like whatever is said.
- and probably make a muggins of myself. Yes, Lateral's got the confidence to do it. 
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