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
