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Catalog

Octurn

Dimensions

W.E.R.F.033
Line-up: 
Guillaume Orti
alto saxophone
Bo Van der Werf
baritonsax
Laurent Blondiau
trumpet
flute
Geoffroy de Masure
tuba
Fabian Fiorini
piano
keyboard
Pierre Van Dormael
elektrische gitaar
Otti Van der Werf
el. bass
Jean-Luc Lehr
el. bass
Chander Sardjoe
drums
drums
Stéphane Galland
drums
Michel Seba
percussie
7,00 €

Description

The group OCTURN emerged from weekly workshops in the Brussels jazz club 'Sounds'. Five horns and a burning rhythm section inspired by a wonderfully supportive audience managed to build up a consistent repertoire in which each player evolved very well. A band was born. Numerous clubdates and festival appearances justified this initiative.

Their CDs were also unanimously well received by both press and the public.Octurn performed at all the major Benelux jazz clubs and festivals such as Jazz à Liège, North Sea Jazz, Jazz Middelheim, Belga Jazz Festival, Festival des Lundis d'Hortense, Knitting Factory jazz festival, Festival de jazz de Montréal and several festivals and clubdates in France. Both Belgian radio and television systems (VRT and RTBF) showed great interest in this band by recording them live on several occasions. Stylistic extrapolation by composition-assignments to reputated contemporary writers like Denis Pousseur, Kenny Werner, Kris Defoort, Geoffroy de Masure, Walter Hus and the eminent contemporary musician Frederic Rzewski have strengthened the innovative musical direction of the band for many years now. OCTURN is a product of our time, deeply rooted in the jazz-tradition with ears wide open for contemporary influences.

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