Piet Verbist: Flamenco Jazz Summit: El Mar Empieza Aqui - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Flamenco Jazz Summit: El Mar Empieza Aqui
Artist: Piet Verbist
Label: Origin Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 805558290121
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2024-08-16
Number of Discs: 1

... deeply melodic forays and from-the-heart blues occupy the same space, unconflicted. BIRD IS THE WORM. Forceful and mystic, with a beauty and intensity that reminded him of his first hearings of Miles, Mingus, or Monk, Belgian bassist & composer Piet Verbist was pulled into his deep study of Flamenco culture several years ago through a grant from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. After a dozen immersive trips to Andalusia to study, perform, and develop a repertoire, Piet presented concerts in Belgium and Malaga with his joint Spanish/Belgian ensemble, recording this album live in Antwerp at the end of 2023. Featuring Carmelo Muriel on the Bansuriney (a Muriel-designed wooden flute), Carlos Cortes on percussion & flamenco guitar, & Juan Sainz on drums, with Belgians Tom Van Dyck on saxophones, and Verbist's son, Milan Verbist on piano, the Flamenco Jazz Summit paints a sonic portrait both exotic and popular at first sight, but the dual cultural melting-pot conceived traditions of jazz and flamenco actually combine to prove deep and inimitable.

Tracks:
1.1 Al-Andablues
1.2 Nuevo Alterado
1.3 El Mar Empieza Aqui
1.4 A Child Is Born
1.5 La Filosofia Del Jamon
1.6 Asylum
1.7 Y Alla Ella Esta
1.8 Bull