Eric Boeren 4Tet

Mix of own compisitions and Ornette Coleman classics by improv veterans.
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The Eric Boeren 4Tet weaves together music from the ‘classic’ Ornette Coleman quartet with original compositions by trumpeter Eric Boeren. Saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman shook up the jazz world in the late 1950s. He found improvising over chord changes ‘compulsive’, a rigid approach that, in his view, placed too many restrictions on musicians. His groundbreaking approach wasn’t well received: he was banned from stages, and his saxophone was even destroyed. Still, Coleman held fast to his vision, replacing traditional structures with freer forms of improvisation.

That freedom comes with great responsibility, according to Eric Boeren. “To be free in music requires great discipline. It’s not that anything goes, that would be arbitrariness. No. Musical freedom is like having a meaningful conversation, and the compositions are the topics.” He engages in this musical conversation with improv veterans Michael Moore on alto saxophone, Wilbert de Joode on double bass, and Han Bennink on drums.
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Michael Moore alto sax, Eric Boeren cornet, Wilbert de Joode bass, Han Bennink drums

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