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Jazz Guitar Meets Church Organ

 

Praise from Jim Hall

In a personal handwritten note from Jim Hall praises the CD calling it the freshest music he has hears in years. Reports: Jazz Bulletin & JazzFlits reports (page 2)

Klassik Heute

Artistic quality: 10, sound quality:9 and overal impression: 10

Was soll man am meisten bewundern an dieser CD, die dem Hoerer auf einer fantastischen Klangreise eine (jedenfalls mir) neue, anfangs vielleicht verstoerende, dann aber fast schon suechtig machende musikalische Welt erschliesst?......read more

(What should one admire most about this CD that takes it listener (me anyway) on a fantastic sound journey and discloses a new, in the beginning maybe disruptive, but entoxicating musical world?....read more)

Jazzism ****1/2 stars!

Coen de Jonge: De muziek blijft steeds interessant en zinvol (.....) Kleine wijzingen en toevoegingen houden de luisteraar steeds bij de les: welke kant gaan ze nu op? (......) Intrigerend , maar dat niet alleen: ook gewoon mooi......read all

The music keeps on being interesting and meaningful (....) little changes and additions keeps the listerner interested: where will they go next? (.....) Intriguing, but not just that: just plain pretty too. read all


Previous Reviews

JazzFlits

.......al improviserend hebben Joep en Gero een prachtplaats geproduceerd......Joep and Gero have produced a tremendous improvisational record..........

JazzMozaiek

...Van Leeuwen en Koerner hebben een afwisselende cd afgeleverd waarin de rijkdom gezamelijke klankkleuren met zorg en smaak wordt gtaleerd.........Van Leeuwen en Korner hand in a CD in which a whealth of common timbres is displayed with care and taste..

Jazz Bulletin

De Maastrichtse gitarist Joep van Leeuwen en de Keulse organist Gero Korner gaan onbevreesd samen aan de slag in twaalf eigen composities.......& Thoughtful compositions performed with discipline and art.

Order Info

...This CD is a real meeting, not a nonchalant jam to ad lib on some existing jazz standards... a thorough research of a new musical world...

..taken from the 32 page booklet with comprehensive track annotation and sheet music excerpts.
Read full text. Cover by Bruno van Leeuwen, age 8.

liner notes by Jasper van 't Hof

Also available CD Solo Jazz Guitar

Liner notes by John Abercrombie (Check out latest CD in duo with Marc Copland)

Read full review: JazzFlits April 25, 2011

........Het album It Could Happen to You is uitzonderlijk in zijn soort en klasse. Het dozijn opnames straalt een weldadige rust uit......
........The album "It Could Happen to You" is unique in its kind and class. The dozen recordings radiate a benevolent tranquility......
Recorded on an acoustic 1939 Gibson L7

Solo CD availabe on CD-Baby too.

Jazz Guitar meets Church Organ available on CD Baby too.

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Next concert:

Duo Stephan Michalke (piano) & Joep van Leeuwen (guitar) at the Pesthuys Maastricht, Holland.

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Update

Piece for jazz guitar, jazz bass & string quartet YouTube premiere.


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