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1. PORTRAIT OF A MAN 2. THE SKY 3. JUNE 25 4. ENCOUNTER 1 5. CHILDHOOD 6. PIANO REFLECTIONS 7. NAIMA'S DREAM (PORTRAIT OF A FATHER) 8. NIGHT 9. ENCOUNTER 2 10. THE CALL 11. WALKING 12. DEAR WRECK |
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| Description: | Belgian jazz veterans W.E.R.F. records and JazzLab are celebrating their 30th anniversary together with three unique
creation projects for which they are joining forces. One of them is with percussionist Chris Joris, a veteran of Belgian
jazz who is releasing a haunting new project.
Until the Darkness Fades' immediately says something about Chris Joris' career path, in which the musical and the
personal invariably overlap. This percussionist has written one of the most colorful chapters of Belgian jazz. For many
years he was active within various genres, but is now mostly praised as the percussionist who constantly demolished
boundaries. Not only between all those oppressive genre boxes - pop, experiment, theater, world music, jazz - but
also between complete worlds.
Chris Joris was playing "world jazz" long before there was that term, and he signed on for some hot-blooded jazz
classics, with "Out Of The Night" perhaps the best-known example. That album was originally released in 2003, was
then unavailable for years, but is back on shelves in 2023 and on vinyl for the first time. And rightfully so. Joris also
eagerly seized the prospect of a new tour and a brand new album for a musical self-portrait. With "Until the Darkness
Fades," he highlights different aspects of his musical identity, both expected and unexpected.
Joris composed new material, but also keeps a prominent place for free improvisation. It will be a tantalizing
dichotomy full of hybrid sounds, with familiar and less familiar sounds, between romanticism and uninhibited
adventure. He explores these in the presence of notable associates on violin and cello. In this way, he combines
earthy percussion with the freedom of jazz and the elegance of chamber music. Discover this story of a Belgian
master who is far from finished. - |
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WERF200LP |
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