PAUL VAN GYSEGEM 3 + 3 - TRAVERSE

• paul van gysegem 3 + 3 : traverse
      (2016, cd + dvd, bel, el negocito records enr052)

Last year, August 2016, the El Negocito record label released "Traverse", an album that documents two trios in which sculptor, painter and double bass player Paul Van Gysegem was the common factor.
Disc one, the audio CD, presents the recording of Paula Bartoletti (vocals), Bart Maris (trumpet) and Paul Van Gysegem (double bass) at Paul's workshop,July 2016.
8 adventurous, improvised pieces in which the musicians search for, as Bart Maris puts it in the liner notes, a delicate balance between politeness and officiousness, harmony and confrontation.

Disc two is a video registration of a concert that Giovanni Barcella (drums), Eric Vermeulen (piano) and Paul Van Gysegem (double bass) did at the 'Kasteel van Berlare', May 31, 2015.
3 long energetic pieces.

Both trios show why Paul Van Gysegem is considered an important figure in the Belgian free jazz scene.
Very impressive.

Available from El Negocito.
http://www.elnegocitorecords.com/


Here's a video snippet of :
Paula Bartoletti (vocals), Bart Maris (trumpet) and Paul Van Gysegem (double bass)
in concert in 2013.