Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Debut album dutch saxophone talent Floriaan Wempe

Debut album dutch saxophone talent Floriaan Wempe

Dutch saxophone talent Floriaan Wempe is making his debut as a band leader with 'Flo's Flow'. The album will be released on 29 September, but is now exclusively available via our webstore for a special discounted price of €15.The offer is valid until 30 September, enter the discount code 'CRFLOW29' at the checkout.

'Flo's Flow' is a fresh and adventurous CD, on which 7 out of 8 tracks are Floriaan's compositions. The music can be categorized as melodic, energetic and romantic jazz, deeply rooted in the tradition, ranging from swinging neobop to latin and funk influences. Especially for the recording Floriaan wrote a few arrangements for 3 horns featuring Tom van der Zaal on alto saxophone and John Ruocco on clarinet.

For the recording of his debut Floriaan brought together a band of phenomenal musicians to do a tour and record his debut CD as a leader. This stellar cast consists of Karel Boehlee on piano (Toots Thielemans, Gino Vannelli), Jos Machtel on bass (Brussels Jazz Orchestra) and, all the way from New York, Willie Jones III on drums (Roy Hargrove Quintet & RH Factor, Hank Jones). It can only be described as a dream for a 22-year-old to work with some of the finest and most experienced musicians around.

The album will be officially released with a concert on 29 September in the North Sea Jazz Club in Amsterdam and will kick off a tour that will take Floriaan to Dordrecht, Antwerpen (Belgium), Den Haag, Rijswijk, Zeist and Terneuzen.

Release tour
29 September – North Sea Jazz Club, Amsterdam
30 September – Dordtse Jazz SociĆ«teit, Dordrecht
1 October – IGC, Amsterdam
2 October – Hopper, Antwerpen
4 October – Pavlov, Den Haag
5 October – EPO, Rijswijk
6 October – Pianopodium Hupkes, Zeist
7 October – Porgy & Bess, Terneuzen

(the line-up can change from concert to concert)