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The award-winning Dutch composer and bass clarinet player Joris Roelofs is also currently working on a PhD dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche, improvisation and the notion of freedom.
On the album "Rope Dance" he is able to combine all of this, in a suite of twelve pieces inspired by Nietzsche – "by far the most musical of philosophers" according to Roelofs. It is especially the parable of the tightrope walker in the opening section of Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None that has provided him with inspiration for his own Light-Footed Music for All and None. It is not surprising that Nietzsche’s thoughts about free spirits, liberated from conventional constraints and belief systems, resonate particularly well with musicians working with improvisation and across genres.
Roelofs has therefore been able to gather a group of highly versatile colleagues from the Benelux jazz scene to perform his music: pianist Bram de Looze, bass player Clemens van der Feen and Martijn Vink on drums. The album also confirms the multi-faceted talents of bassoonist Bram van Sambeek, following previous recordings on BIS of classical, pre-Romantic and contemporary concertos, as well as hard rock covers with the group ORBI ("The Oscillating Revenge of the Background Instruments"). © BIS Records
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Martijn Vink, AssociatedPerformer - Clemens van der Feen, AssociatedPerformer - Micha de Kanter, SoundEngineer - Bram van Sambeek, AssociatedPerformer - Joris Roelofs, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bram de Looze, AssociatedPerformer
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Martijn Vink, AssociatedPerformer - Clemens van der Feen, AssociatedPerformer - Micha de Kanter, SoundEngineer - Bram van Sambeek, AssociatedPerformer - Joris Roelofs, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bram de Looze, AssociatedPerformer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Martijn Vink, AssociatedPerformer - Clemens van der Feen, AssociatedPerformer - Micha de Kanter, SoundEngineer - Bram van Sambeek, AssociatedPerformer - Joris Roelofs, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bram de Looze, AssociatedPerformer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Micha de Kanter, SoundEngineer - Bram van Sambeek, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joris Roelofs, Composer, Producer - Bram de Looze, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Martijn Vink, AssociatedPerformer - Clemens van der Feen, AssociatedPerformer - Micha de Kanter, SoundEngineer - Bram van Sambeek, AssociatedPerformer - Joris Roelofs, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bram de Looze, AssociatedPerformer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Micha de Kanter, SoundEngineer - Bram van Sambeek, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joris Roelofs, Composer, Producer - Bram de Looze, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Martijn Vink, AssociatedPerformer - Clemens van der Feen, AssociatedPerformer - Micha de Kanter, SoundEngineer - Bram van Sambeek, AssociatedPerformer - Joris Roelofs, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bram de Looze, AssociatedPerformer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Clemens van der Feen, AssociatedPerformer - Micha de Kanter, SoundEngineer - Bram van Sambeek, AssociatedPerformer - Joris Roelofs, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bram de Looze, AssociatedPerformer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Martijn Vink, AssociatedPerformer - Clemens van der Feen, AssociatedPerformer - Micha de Kanter, SoundEngineer - Bram van Sambeek, AssociatedPerformer - Joris Roelofs, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bram de Looze, AssociatedPerformer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Martijn Vink, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Micha de Kanter, SoundEngineer - Bram van Sambeek, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joris Roelofs, Composer, Producer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Martijn Vink, AssociatedPerformer - Clemens van der Feen, AssociatedPerformer - Micha de Kanter, SoundEngineer - Bram van Sambeek, AssociatedPerformer - Joris Roelofs, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bram de Looze, AssociatedPerformer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Martijn Vink, AssociatedPerformer - Clemens van der Feen, AssociatedPerformer - Micha de Kanter, SoundEngineer - Bram van Sambeek, AssociatedPerformer - Joris Roelofs, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bram de Looze, AssociatedPerformer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
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The award-winning Dutch composer and bass clarinet player Joris Roelofs is also currently working on a PhD dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche, improvisation and the notion of freedom.
On the album "Rope Dance" he is able to combine all of this, in a suite of twelve pieces inspired by Nietzsche – "by far the most musical of philosophers" according to Roelofs. It is especially the parable of the tightrope walker in the opening section of Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None that has provided him with inspiration for his own Light-Footed Music for All and None. It is not surprising that Nietzsche’s thoughts about free spirits, liberated from conventional constraints and belief systems, resonate particularly well with musicians working with improvisation and across genres.
Roelofs has therefore been able to gather a group of highly versatile colleagues from the Benelux jazz scene to perform his music: pianist Bram de Looze, bass player Clemens van der Feen and Martijn Vink on drums. The album also confirms the multi-faceted talents of bassoonist Bram van Sambeek, following previous recordings on BIS of classical, pre-Romantic and contemporary concertos, as well as hard rock covers with the group ORBI ("The Oscillating Revenge of the Background Instruments"). © BIS Records
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:58
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Joris Roelofs
- Composer: Joris Roelofs
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Jazz
2021 BIS 2021 BIS
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