Trigg & Gusset - Black Ocean (2021)

Dutch jazz renegades Trigg & Gusset, notorious for their musical ingenuity as well as their mature production style, are now back in 2020 with their third album “The Way In”. This follow up to their internationally acclaimed “Adagio For The Blue” features eight soundly composed and tightly produced tracks.

While staying inside the domain of instrumental jazz, Trigg & Gusset manage to constantly maintain a tight embrace with the world of electronica. Gusset’s powerful woodwind performance combines magically well with the composition and production skills of the studio veteran Trigg, allowing them with each release to create an ever more a unique blend of styles that can only be said to be in a league of its own.

As well as both being excellent musicians themselves, Trigg & Gusset manage to maintain a strong network of excellent performers, as well as creatives, supporting their original compositions on all levels, from artwork to guest performances. “The Way In” can be considered Trigg & Gussets summit in this perspective as well as in the sense that it has matured their diversity; the trumpet solo of Coen Hamelink in Mirage, the flute solo by Famke van Daalen in Stardust or the bass playing by Dominique Bentvelsen and Just Lavooij enable it the sense of a solid formation, setting it apart from the current standard of electronica or next generation dark noir jazz in a big way.



Track List:
01 - Coloroid (00:04:43)
02 - Vigilante (00:04:56)
03 - Sea And Wind (00:05:32)
04 - Galatea (00:04:48)
05 - Chiffler (00:01:31)
06 - Portrait (00:07:39)
07 - Ominous Clouds (00:06:03)
08 - Blue Shades (00:04:47)

erik van geer – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
bart knol – piano, rhodes, synths, percussion & programming
coen hamelink – trumpet on track 2, 4, 6 & 8
jurren mekking – guitar on track 1, 2, 4 & 7
mischa porte – drums & percussion on track 1, 2, 4, 6, 7
nicky hustinx - drums on track 8
jimi hellinga - fiddle on track 3
zach brock - violin on track 7

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