JASPER SOMSEN TRIO
featuring Jean-Michel Pilc
Jean-Michel Pilc ‘s imaginary musical realm and sense of dynamics is full of suprises. Even more impressive is the seemingly effortless interplay with Somsen and Ceccarelli. **** TROUW (NL)
Free anticipating interplay … a creative impulse leading to a chain reaction between these three improvising musicians. JAZZTHING (DE)
Concise interplay by a very interesting trio . An intriguing trio: intelligent, well balanced and often poetic. ****1/2 JAZZISM (NL)
The musicians seem to have agreed only on one thing: surprise each other, the listener and it is constant pleasure. The result is as different as it is intriguing. **** JAZZ MAGAZINE (FR)
It’s no coincidence Jasper Somsen’s latest albums features an international piano trio line up. Recent years he collaborated frequently with the master pianists Enrico Pieranunzi, Joey Calderazzo, John Beasley and Lynne Arriale. The Jasper Somsen Trio featuring Jean-Michel Pilc (piano) and André Ceccarelli (drums) recorded two albums in two days. Recently the Danish drummer Janus Templeton joined the trio.
Jean-Michel Pilc – Piano
Jasper Somsen – Double Bass
Janus Templeton – Drums
AVAILABLE: APRIL 21-MAY 3, 2020
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LYNNE ARRIALE TRIO
Lynne Arriale’s brilliant musicianship and bandstand instincts place her among the top jazz pianists of the day. NEW YORK TIMES
She belongs among the poets. Truly distinctive, her improvisations weave a seductive combination of lyricism and muscle. LONDON TIMES
Lynne Arriale’s music lies at the synaptic intersection where brain meets heart, where body meets soul. She is one of jazzdom’s most intensely unique voices. JAZZ TIMES
Recently the Lynne Arriale Trio featuring Jasper Somsen and E.J. Strickland toured succesfully in Europe. In October 2019 the trio will record their second album: “Chimes Of Freedom”(Challenge Records) before another series of concerts in the UK, Switzerland and Austria. They will be back in 2020 with a new release tour.
CONCERTS 2019:
Oct 9-12: Recordings new album: “Chimes Of Freedom” (BE)
Oct 14-15: London (UK)
Oct 18: Lustenau (AU)
Oct 19: Lausanne (CH)
Oct 20: Luzern (CH)
EU TOUR: OCTOBER 2019
RELEASE “Chimes Of Freedom”: FEBRUARY 2020
AVAILABLE: MARCH/APRIL & MAY 2020
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ENRICO PIERANUNZI | JASPER SOMSEN | JORGE ROSSY
(c) 2018 photo: Eddy Westveer
ALBUM RELEASE “COMMON VIEW”: February 2020
After more than 30 concerts and many excellent reviews about their first trio album “Tales From The Unexpected”, the Italian masterpianist Enrico Pieranunzi and the Dutch double bassist/producer Jasper Somsen will be back for their third trio album with the wonderful Catalan drummer Jorge Rossy. “Common View” has the signature of all three trio members, being both performers and composers.
Release: October, 2019 (Challenge Records)
CONCERTS 2020:
FEB 20 – Catharinakapel, Harderwijk (NL)
FEB 21 – BIMhuis, Amsterdam (NL) – official CD presentation
FEB 22 – LantarenVenster, Rotterdam (NL)
FEB 23 – Porgy & Bess, Terneuzen (NL)
AVAILABLE: 2020
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BOB SHEPPARD – “THE FINE LINE”
RELEASE: JUNE 2019
Sensitivity and suggestiveness from a studio pro. **** LONDON TIMES
With The Fine Line Sheppard has succeeded once more in producing an album populated by vibrant, memorable tunes that invite constant and frequent replays. **** ALL ABOUT JAZZ
At the Jazzahead Network Event 2013 in Bremen (GER) Jasper Somsen and Bob Sheppard had a wonderful, long conversation, exchanged music and discussed possibilities of playing together. In the end, it took almost two years to be onstage playing in The Netherlands. Shortly after, Jasper got the opportunity to work on a number of audio productions as an independent producer at Challenge Records. One of those projects became this very anticipated album. John Clayton kindly offered his famous Ray Brown double bass, the one Ray played in the 1960s during his time with the Oscar Peterson Trio, for these recordings.
I believe “The Fine Line” is a beautiful statement that displays the great music and musicianship of Bob Sheppard and that of all the players involved. It demonstrates that if you strongly believe in the life of an idea, desire will find a way to turn it into a plan and in the end your dream can come true.
– Jasper Somsen (co-producer)
AVAILABLE: 2019/2020
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(c) 2018 cover photo: Maria Puga Lareo
JASPER SOMSEN endorses MARKBASS amplifiers
Headline and cover photos Jasper Somsen Trio: (c) 2016 Carlos Villarroel – New Arts International