PolyMorphosis
Recorded and mixed by at
Sunny Side Inc studios, Brussels, 2018-2019
Mastered by John Davis
at Metropolis studios, London
collective
CLaude EVence JAnssens :
compositions
bass clarinet
alto clarinet
trombone
flugelhorn
trumpet
Fabrizio Graceffa : guitar
Lode Wickx : keyboards
Federico Pecoraro : bass
Jérôme Baudart : drums
&
Brussels Vocal Project
Anu Junonnen : mezzo
Elsa Grégoire : alto
Leander Moens : tenor
François Vaiana : baritone
Dedicated to the music of Duke Ellington, Jungle period
P o l y M o r p h o s i s [Urban jazz trip] is a patchwork made of jazz, soul, funk, gospel, organised on the basis of themes composed by CLaude EVence JAnssens, blended with variations on jazz standards, paraphrases of J.S.Bach and influences of various blues guitar players, groovy bass players and funky drummers, with the contribution of singers and instrumentalists gathered around the project.
A surprising interpenetrations game where standards themes take unexpected forms over the variations which they are subjected and depending on the new harmonic context in which they appear. The whole thing is overhanging a groovy background tinged with jungle-jazz and brass band tones.