VICE VERSA
Bram De Looze sets the bar high for expressive interpretation and inventive creativity through his solo performance, as leader of his international project ‘Septych’ and in dialogue with Robin Verheyen & Joey Baron in MiXMONK. Recently De Looze felt the urge for a new collaboration with two great artists who are natural extensions of his world of sound: New York master drummer Eric McPherson (Jackie Mclean, Andrew Hill, Pharaoh Sanders, Fred Hersch) and Berlin bassist Felix Henkelhausen (Jim Black, Nate Wooley, Lotte Anker).
Both are compositional masterminds with exceptionally boundless rhythmic inventiveness. De Looze composed a new trio repertoire that enables spontaneous musical invention. As a versatile and exploratory trio, they traverse between different approaches in which musical rules change without losing momentum. The choice of McPherson and Henkelhausen will lead to an interesting musical synthesis where the spirit of traditional jazz language emerges during intuitive musical excursions within free improvisation and contemporary music.
Their debut album “Vice Versa” came out in 2023 on DOX Records. Their second album will be recorded during Brussels Jazz Festival 2025 in Flagey, where Bram De Looze is artist in residence, and released in the fall of 2025.
“Intelligent, virtuoso and perfectionistic” – Klara, Radio
Bram De Looze (BE) – piano
Eric McPherson (US) – drums
Felix Henkelhausen (DE) – double bass
INSIDE JAZZ MANAGEMENT
BOOKING
Manchesterstraat 49A/f, 9000 Ghent
Jens Tytgat
jens@insidejazz.be
DOX RECORDS
LABEL
Kromme Mijdrechtstraat 110, 3-hoog
1079 LD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Giel Dekkers
giel@dox.amsterdam
