Piet Verbist - Union - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Capture the world's great bandleaders at their peak with 'The Uncollected Series' - a stunning collection of authentic live and radio performances remastered and brought to life for your listening pleasure by Hindsight Records. Relive the days when Big Band was in full swing, and masterful musicians were carving out their legacies in front of our very eyes. Up next Clyde McCoy and His Orchestra are live in 1936 and joined by The Symphonettes to take you through some of their very best including 'I Found a New Baby', 'Rose Room' and 'Music Goes Round and Around'.

With an energized mix of jazz, soul, rock & funk, Antwerp, Belgian bassist Piet Verbist's Zygomatic takes the classic, mostly acoustic jazz quartet instrumentation to new places on the band's debut recording. The core trio of Verbist, drummer Herman Pardon, and Bram Weijters on Fender Rhodes, is joined by three saxophonists - Matt Renzi and Fred Delplancq on tenor, Vincent Brijs on baritone - as they slip and slide through a set of eight joyous originals. A staple on the European jazz circuit for many years, Verbist's deep sense of groove, time, and harmonic interest have made him a favorite of touring international artists and the many Belgian groups he's toured the world with over the last 20 years.

This is the second album of the Pieter Bast European Standards Project. It is an album full of personal thoughts, ideas, experiences and memories of each of the band-members, which resulted in eight beautiful stories. The songs have elements of African music, contemporary jazz and bebop, while also giving reference to the InchElectricInch period of Miles Davis during the 70s and 80s. This is highly intense music, full of tenderness and desire, but also sometimes rough, heavy and exciting with a unique frontline of trumpet and trombone. With this , the group also wanted to express their concern for today's world. At a time when many people are looking for a safe environment and hoping for a better future, they are also experiencing danger and resistance. This is meant as a counterweight to the misery caused by mankind itself. A powerful, positive, and hopeful sound for the future.