BOERENBOND
Peter Evans & Eric Boeren - Trompete ; Tobias Delius - Tenorsax & Klarinete ; Jason Adasiewicz - Vibraphon
Eric: “When I first heard the New York trumpet player Peter Evans, I was completely bowled over. The power and authority with which he plays is phenomenal, and with a range and ease that can only make a fellow trumpetist jealous. For 2 years I walked around with the question: “What would it be like to play with Peter in an improvised setting?” I had a similar experience with vibes player Jason Jason Adasiewicz from Chicago. Kleng. Peng. Fantastic contrapuntal lines. “Where does he get those notes from? You can tell he knows about tuned percussion in the African context too. And then he casually lays down a couple of harmonies that manage to suggest a fast tempo. I immediately thought: “I want him in the band as well.” Tobias Delius can also suggest speed and not play fast. He evokes an energy and intensity that gives me the shivers. With loud, well-placed accents. On top of that we admitted to each other years ago that we like the sound of a vibraphone. Which is actually not allowed. So then I had my band. We played at the dOeK Festival #8 in December 2009, and it was great. “
The young classically trained New York trumpet player Peter Evans is currently one of the biggest talents in both the composed and improvised music scenes. ’The power and authority with which he plays is phenomenal’, says his Amsterdam colleague Eric Boeren, who put together a special quartet for last December’s dOeK Festival #8 with Evans, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz from Chicago en tenor saxophonist Tobias Delius. ‘Jason and Tobias can both suggest speed without playing fast,’ Boeren adds. ‘And Tobias evokes an energy and intensity that gives me the shivers.’’ Boeren and Delius share a love of the vibraphone and their first meeting with Adasiewicz was a revelation. ‘He plays fantastic contrapuntal lines and can also go totally wild.’ Boeren’s compositions form the basis for the improvisations.
Four cities - Amsterdam, Chicago, Berlin and New York - in one group. Eric Boeren put together Boerenbond for the dOeK Festival #8 in the Bimhuis last December. Peter Evans is currently one of the biggest talents on trumpet in both the composed and improvised music scenes. Jason Adasiewicz brings a fresh approach to the vibraphone, with contrapuntal lines and wild improvisations. Add the final ingredients - the energy and intensity of Tobias Delius on saxophone and Eric Boeren’s intriguing compositions - for a very tasty quartet.