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Review

Dolf Mulder, Vital, no 881, 6 mai 2013

New releases by well-known combinations and artists. Wow! is a fine release, because it brings a new perspective for people like me who say by impulse, exposed to traditional jazz, ‘oh yes, I know that, but please pass it to someone else’. Their interpretations are very vivid and here and now. They don’t bring old pieces to the present, but also the other way around if that makes any sense. Wow! is their fifth effort featuring three compositions by Derome and four standards: The Best Things in Life Are Free (Ray Henderson), Wow and Dreams, both written by Lennie Tristano and The Baron, a composition by Eric Dolphy. A mix we know already from their earlier releases. The players are true believers in the classic jazz material, and succeed in putting them in unpretentious and convincing jackets.

Wow! is a fine release, because it brings a new perspective for people like me