Roelofs: Rope Dance
Details
- Composer
- ROELOFS, JORIS
- Artist
- Sambeek, Roelofs, Looze, Feen, Vink
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- BIS
- Released
- May 07, 2021
- Catalog #
- BIS-2453
- UPC
- 7318599924533
About
The award-winning Dutch composer and bass clarinet player Joris Roelofs is also currently working on a PhD dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche, improvisation and the notion of freedom. On the album Rope Dance he is able to combine all of this, in a suite of twelve pieces inspired by Nietzsche – ‘by far the most musical of philosophers’ according to Roelofs. It is especially the parable of the tightrope walker in the opening section of ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None’ that has provided him with inspiration for his own ‘Light-Footed Music for All and None’. It is not surprising that Nietzsche’s thoughts about free spirits, liberated from conventional constraints and belief systems, resonate particularly well with musicians working with improvisation and across genres. Roelofs has therefore been able to gather a group of highly versatile colleagues from the Benelux jazz scene to perform his music: pianist Bram de Looze, bass player Clemens van der Feen and Martijn Vink on drums. The album also confirms the multi-faceted talents of bassoonist Bram van Sambeek, following previous recordings on BIS of classical, pre-Romantic and contemporary concertos, as well as hard rock covers with the group ORBI (the Oscillating Revenge of the Background Instruments).
Tracklist 12 tracks
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1 I. Beware the Buffoon! 04:40
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Beware the Buffoon!
- Duration
- 04:40
- Composer
- Joris Roelofs
- Performer
- Joris Roelofs, Bram van Sambeek, Clemens van der Feen, Bram De Looze, Martijn Vink
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2 II. Sweet Superman 09:07
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Sweet Superman
- Duration
- 09:07
- Composer
- Joris Roelofs
- Performer
- Bram van Sambeek, Clemens van der Feen, Bram De Looze, Martijn Vink
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3 III. Rope Dancer 05:34
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Rope Dancer
- Duration
- 05:34
- Composer
- Joris Roelofs
- Performer
- Bram van Sambeek, Clemens van der Feen, Bram De Looze, Martijn Vink
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4 IV. Are Your Feet Light Enough? 01:26
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Are Your Feet Light Enough?
- Duration
- 01:26
- Composer
- Joris Roelofs
- Performer
- Bram van Sambeek, Clemens van der Feen, Bram De Looze, Martijn Vink
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5 V. If You Gaze Long into an Abyss… 04:02
- Track
- 5
- Title
- V. If You Gaze Long into an Abyss…
- Duration
- 04:02
- Composer
- Joris Roelofs
- Performer
- Bram van Sambeek, Clemens van der Feen, Bram De Looze, Martijn Vink
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6 VI. Off Balance 01:02
- Track
- 6
- Title
- VI. Off Balance
- Duration
- 01:02
- Composer
- Joris Roelofs
- Performer
- Bram van Sambeek, Clemens van der Feen, Bram De Looze, Martijn Vink
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7 VII. Eternal Recurrence 06:50
- Track
- 7
- Title
- VII. Eternal Recurrence
- Duration
- 06:50
- Composer
- Joris Roelofs
- Performer
- Bram van Sambeek, Clemens van der Feen, Bram De Looze, Martijn Vink
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8 VIII. The Three Metamorphoses 03:44
- Track
- 8
- Title
- VIII. The Three Metamorphoses
- Duration
- 03:44
- Composer
- Joris Roelofs
- Performer
- Bram van Sambeek, Clemens van der Feen, Bram De Looze, Martijn Vink
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9 IX. …The Abyss Will Gaze Back into You 02:57
- Track
- 9
- Title
- IX. …The Abyss Will Gaze Back into You
- Duration
- 02:57
- Composer
- Joris Roelofs
- Performer
- Bram van Sambeek, Clemens van der Feen, Bram De Looze, Martijn Vink
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10 X. The Master Can't Dance 01:41
- Track
- 10
- Title
- X. The Master Can't Dance
- Duration
- 01:41
- Composer
- Joris Roelofs
- Performer
- Bram van Sambeek, Clemens van der Feen, Bram De Looze, Martijn Vink
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11 XI. The Convalescent 07:59
- Track
- 11
- Title
- XI. The Convalescent
- Duration
- 07:59
- Composer
- Joris Roelofs
- Performer
- Bram van Sambeek, Clemens van der Feen, Bram De Looze, Martijn Vink
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12 XII. The Laughing Child 02:33
- Track
- 12
- Title
- XII. The Laughing Child
- Duration
- 02:33
- Composer
- Joris Roelofs
- Performer
- Bram van Sambeek, Clemens van der Feen, Bram De Looze, Martijn Vink