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Rob Agerbeek Trio

Recorded at Studio 44 in Monster Holland on July 6 & 7, 2005

Rob Agerbeek is a Dutch pianist who has worked with the Dutch Jazz Orchestra and also American tenor saxophonist George Coleman, though he has had relatively little exposure in North America. This trio date features his regular band with bassist Harry Emmery and drummer Ben Schroeder. Agerbeek approaches the session as a jack-of-all-trades, delving into hard bop, bop, soul-jazz, and Latin, along with standards. His enthusiastic arrangement of Leon Russell's often placid "This Masquerade" blends influences from Red Garland, Harold Mabern, and others, while his dreamy take of Django Reinhardt's "Nuages" is understated with a small degree of playfulness. Agerbeek's driving hard bop setting of Dizzy Gillespie's "Birks Works" features a superb solo by Emmery, while his take of the trumpeter's "Tin Tin Deo" crackles with energy as well. Yet one of the best tracks is his buoyant setting of pianist David Hazeltine's "Waltzing at Suite One," with Schroeder starting with brushes and switching to sticks as the performance gains steam. Producer Tetsuo Hara obviously saw potential in the veteran pianist's music, so expect to hear more from Rob Agerbeek on the Venus label.

All Music Guide

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Warmly swinging work from Dutch pianist Rob Agerbeek - one of those players who's never been huge on these shores, but who always manages to make waves in all the right places! The date's got a core groove that really holds up to some of Rob's recordings from years back - almost a European take on the soulful swing of the American scene of the 60s - recorded beautifully here, with help from Harry Emmery on bass and Ben Schroder on drums. Titles include "Tin Tin Deo", "Nuages", "Alone Together", "The Very Thought Of You", "Besame Mucho", and "Birk's Works".

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По мнению Tetsuo Hara (главного и постоянного продюсера Venus Records), этот исполнитель входит в десятку джазовых TOP-пианистов планеты. А потому, довольно мало известный для широких масс, голландский музыкант, обычно играющий с квинтетом и выпускающийся в Германии....да, как всегда Venus вытащила на свет бриллиант из чёрного цилиндра.