No Hard Shoulder by Jasper Van't Hof - VERY OPEN JAZZ RECORDS [VOJDIG001] FLAC download included with physical items

No Hard Shoulder

A 7 track free improvisation album (43m 7s) — released March 25th 2016 on VERY OPEN JAZZ RECORDS

Jasper van 't Hof , born in Holland 1947, is a keyboard player and played an important part in the European jazz rock scene from the late sixties towards the end of the seventies

Together with drummer Pierre Courbois he founded Association P.C and formed his own group Pork Pie with guitarist Phillip Catherine and reed player Charlie Mariano

In the eighties he founded Pili Pili (featuring Angelique Kidjo) and released 2 duo albums with Archie Shepp

Jasper van 't Hof has been extremely active for nearly fifty years now and is still fresh and energetic

Now he started, alongside hip jazz drummer Jamie Peet, veteran tenor-sax player Dick de Graaf and doublebass player Stefan Lievestro, his first all Dutch ¼-tet in years.. The music on their first album 'No hard shoulder' is all acoustic and the pieces were specially composed for this project by Jasper van 't Hof.

While listening you can hear the typical Van 't Hof-touch. Acoustic jazz with many exiting twists and a very personal, emotional signature. Lyrical lines evolve into exuberant piano solos wherein the very rich musical background of Jasper van 't Hof can be heard. It is this mixture that makes 'No Hard Shoulder' not only appeal to the Van 't Hof fans but to anyone who can apreciate 'a Very Open Jazz Record'

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