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Michiel Borstlap
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Europe Jazz Contest 1992 Thelonious Monk Composers Award 1996 Golden Calf 2008 Best Score (grand prize of dutch film industry)
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Bill Bruford: The Summerfold Collection 1987-2008
by John Kelman
Intrepid percussionist/composer/bandleader Bill Bruford began his career in the late '60s art-rock arena with Yes and, later, King Crimson, but jazz has always moved underneath, like an eddying current. His early recordings, well documented on the companion Winterfold Collection, may not speak the language of jazz, but they possess its spirit. By 1986, Bruford was looking for a new path. Crimson had again dissolved, the 1981-'84 incarnation having provided him with the opportunity to explore nascent electronic drum ...
read moreBruford-Borstlap: Sheer Reckless Abandon
by John Kelman
One of the great joys of music can be that of distance: coming back to a piece of music, a musician/group or a discography, even, years later to rediscover it anew. While returning to music after a break of months, years...even decades...is not always a revelation, it's likely true that, if the music was appealing the first time around, it will be just as compellingmaybe even more sowhen a significant amount of time has passed since it was last experienced. ...
read moreMichiel Borstlap: Eldorado
by John Kelman
From rendering fusion super group Weather Report in an all-acoustic setting on Body Acoustic (Universal, 2005) to in-the-moment duets with drummer Bill Bruford, Dutch keyboardist Michiel Borstlap has few, if any, limits. Gramercy Park (Universal, 1999) was a remarkable set of acoustic and electric music that tackled classical repertoire, jazz standards and spontaneous composition. On Eldorado, Borstlap delivers an electrifyingly groove-happy set that picks up where Herbie Hancock's mid-1970s albums like Man- Child (Columbia, 1975) and later albums like Dis ...
read moreLive Chat Session with Ingrid Pastorius and Michiel Borstlap
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All About Jazz
CHAT SESSION WITH INGRID PASTORIUS and MICHIEL BORSTLAP JUNE 30, 2007 3 PM U.S. EASTERN TIME - 8 P.M. GREENWICH MEAN TIME (GMT) INGRID PASTORIUS is the widow of Jaco Pastorius, the mythical bass player who changed the course of modern music history. MICHIEL BORSTLAP Award winner Michiel Borstlap is one of today's most celebrated musicians, regularly performing on renowned stages across the globe. Over the past decade, the pianist and composer has gained international acclaim for his original music ...
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Gino Vannelli & Michiel Borstlap 2007 Tour
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All About Jazz
Michiel Borstlap after a concert by Michiel Borstlap and His Trio in Holland and it clicks. They decide to work on a completely new musical project... Two Masters working together gives electricity, power and new plans for duoconcerts in 2007 in Holland, Italy, United Kingdom and Montral in Canada... Montral already happened at Sunday evening 17 December 2006 in the Musimax studio where they recorded a 1 hour tv show which will air in Canada for more than a million ...
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Michiel Borstlap Website
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All About Jazz
You are welcome to visit www.michielborstlap.com Here you find information about pianist Michiel Borstlap Award winner Michiel Borstlap is one of today’s most celebrated musicians, regularly performing on renowned stages across the globe. Over the past decade, the pianist and composer has gained international acclaim for his original music and his highly communicative interpretations of a broad musical scope between pop, jazz, dance and classical music.. Borstlap won the prestigious Thelonious Monk Award 1996, which brought him his ...
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