Vice Versa II - Rebounce Bram De Looze, Felix Henkelhausen, Eric McPherson

• 1 Popo 03:49
• 2 Detachment 04:30
• 3 Thyme 05:43
• 4 Ninetees 06:21
• 5 Rebounce 10:19
• 6 Probability 10:36
• Total Runtime 41:18

Info zu Vice Versa II - Rebounce

Vice Versa entstand aus dem Bedürfnis des belgischen Pianisten Bram De Looze (LABtrio, Joey Baron, Thomas Morgan, Hank Roberts) heraus, mit Künstlern zusammenzuarbeiten, die seiner Meinung nach eine natürliche Erweiterung seines Sounds darstellen. Er fand schnell Gleichgesinnte in dem New Yorker Meisterdrummer Eric McPherson (Jackie Mclean, Andrew Hill, Pharoah Sanders, Fred Hersch) und dem Berliner Bassisten Felix Henkelhausen (Jim Black, Nate Wooley, Lotte Anker), zwei kompositorischen Genies mit einem grenzenlosen Sinn für rhythmische Kreativität.

Das vielseitige und experimentierfreudige Trio setzt hohe Maßstäbe in Sachen Ausdruckskraft und kreativer Kreativität. Sie beschreiten unterschiedliche Wege, auf denen sich musikalische Regeln ändern, ohne dabei an Schwung zu verlieren. Dies führt zu einer interessanten musikalischen Synthese, bei der der Geist der traditionellen Jazzsprache während intuitiver musikalischer Exkursionen innerhalb der freien Improvisation und der zeitgenössischen Musik zum Vorschein kommt.

Ihr Debütalbum „Vice Versa“ erschien 2023 bei Dox Records und wurde mit großem Erfolg aufgenommen. Im Januar 2025, während Bram De Looze Artist in Residence beim Brussels Jazz Festival in Flagey war, nahmen sie ihr zweites Album live auf der Bühne auf, vor ausverkauftem Studio 1.

Bram De Looze, Klavier
Felix Henkelhausen, Kontrabass
Eric McPherson, Schlagzeug

Bram De Looze
is a Belgian pianist whose distinct musical vision has found its way through both solo piano projects and collaborations with internationally acclaimed musicians. De Looze's unique technical skill and musical maturity have earned him considerable critical praise and respect from his peers, as his music spotlights his far-ranging interests throughout his continuous quest for artistic depth, momentum and freedom. In his teens De Looze made his entrance to the European scene with LABtrio, a collaboration with bassist Anneleen Boehme and drummer Lander Gyselinck. After having spent one year at the New School For Jazz And Contemporary Music in New York, De Looze launched his first international 7-piece band 'Septych' (Clean Feed Records 2015). De Looze plays with internationally renowned musicians such as Joey Baron (MiXMONK – Baron / De Looze / Verheyen), Stéphane Galland (The Mystery of KEM feat. Ravichandra Kulur) and with multiple improvisation ensembles. These collaborations have taken him throughout the world to perform at cultural institutions, music venues and celebrated festivals. Recently De Looze felt the urge for a new collaboration called Vice Versa 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). Their debut album Vice Versa (2023) was released on the Dutch label DOX Records.

His solo career took off with Piano e Forte (2016), a project for which he approached historical instruments from a contemporary perspective combined with the integration of non-equal tuning systems. His 2nd album, Switch The Stream (2018) indicated a renewed search for movement, evolution and introspection. Infusing the sound with a non-equal tuning stands out even more in his third solo chapter, Colour Talk (2020). It continues this trajectory with a continued attempt to renew from within.

In 2024, De Looze released his 4th solo album - with which he will be touring 'Down Under' (Australia/Korea/Japan/New-Zealand/...). And in 2025 a second album with his trio Vice Versa will come out.

Felix Henkelhausen
born in Oldenburg in 1995, received classical piano and cello lessons before he became interested in the double bass. At the age of 16 he began his early studies at the HfK Bremen with Prof. Detlev Beier. From 2014 to 2019 he studied at the Jazz Institute Berlin with Prof. Greg Cohen and Marc Muellbauer. Despite his young age, Henkelhausen already played with nationally and internationally known artists such as Andrea Parkins, Dave Liebmann, Eric McPherson, Gebhard Ullmann, Hubert Nuss, Jim Black, Jochen Rueckert, Kathrin Pechlof, Lotte Anker, Marc Copland, Nate Wooley, Oli Steidle, Pablo Held, Peter Schlamp, Philipp Gropper’s Philm, Toby Delius and many others.

Henkelhausen is part of numerous bands such as Jim Black Trio, Liun and the Science Fiction Orchestra, Lorenz Kellhuber Trio, Stefan Schultze Large, Jim and the Shrimps, Bram de Looze Trio feat. Eric McPherson, Nate Wooley’s Knknighgh and Mirna Bogdanovic Group.

Eric McPherson
Born and raised in New York, Eric McPherson was immersed in music from birth on: Richard Davis, his godfather and an icon among jazz bassists, was present at his birth. It was Richard who suggested he be named after Eric Dolphy. Before Eric was three months old, his mother a superb dancer-choreographer deep in the jazz scene was taking him, strapped to her back, to rehearsals and performances. Her wide orbit of friends included lots of drummers, major jazz artists like Max Roach, Michael Carvin, Charles Moffett and Freddie Waits. Small wonder that Eric was beating on pots and pans before he could walk. At three, he told Elvin Jones, another household friend, that he was definitely going to be a drummer.

By the time Eric was eight, he was teaching himself to play on a drum set borrowed from Charles Moffett. At twelve, he started seven years of formal drum studies under Michael Carvin, a master drummer and a brilliant teacher. Within the year, he was jamming with another kid, Abraham Burton (now a major saxophonist). Together, they started doing street performances at anti-apartheid rallies, soon to be joined by young Nasheet Waits (now an up and coming drummer). A year later they were performing on-stage at Barry Harris’ Jazz Cultural Theater.

About the same time, Eric was admitted to New York’s prestigious LaGuardia High School of the Arts, a school for gifted students. Soon he was selected for the New York All City High School Big Band, making his Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center debuts with the Big Band and winning several Outstanding Soloist Awards.

Upon graduating, his mentor Michael Carvin recommended Eric to Jackie McLean. That led to a full scholarship for attending the Jackie McLean Institute at the Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford. While still a student at Hartt, Jackie invited Eric to join the Jackie McLean Quintet along with Rene McLean, Alan Palmer and Nat Reeves. For the next 15 years, until Jackie’s recent death, Eric was his drummer, following in the distinguished footsteps of drummers Michael Carvin, Billy Higgins, Jack DeJohnette and Tony Williams. Over those years, Eric recorded two CDs with Jackie and performed with him at major venues and festivals all over the Far East, Middle East, Latin America, Europe, the Caribbean, and the U.S.

In addition to his touring and recording with Jackie McLean, Eric has also performed with a wide range of major jazz figures, including Pharaoh Sanders, Andrew Hill, Richard Davies, Claudia Acuña, Jason Moran, Greg Osby and Avishai Cohen.

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