Artists
Nicolas Thys Double bassSteve Altenberg Drums
Ghalia Ben Ali Chant
Jeroen Van Herzeele Saxophone
About
Original compositions, standards and pop songs are mixed and matched on the debut CD from the Nicolas Thys Trio. Purely acoustic (both live and in the studio), a simple and stripped-down concept where the sax plays the melody, the bass adds the counterpoint and rhythmic drive while the drums frame and add colour to the 2 melodic instruments.
This is a trio for whom listening is the first priority, "the space between the notes is as important as the notes themselves". A trio joined on 3 tracks by the Tunisian singer/dancer Ghalia ben Ali. Although she comes from a different background, she blends into the music with surprising ease, adding a mystical and hypnotic dimension that is uncannily natural... A recording that is simple and true, touching and vulnerable, developed by the frontman, Nicolas Thys.
This highly-rated double-bass player has been successfully travelling between New York and Europe since 1996, for his own projects (Alice's 5 Moons, Nicolas Thys Trio, Sextet, Nicolas Thys/Mike Kanan duo) and others such as the Kris Defoort Quartet, Walter Lang Trio, Bill Carrothers Trio and the opera "Roméo & Leïla" by Ghalia Ben Ali.
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- 09 old man 0:00
- 08 easy 0:00
- 07 blessed and sinful 0:00
- 06 alice et mamy 0:00
- 05 lawn 0:00
- 04 bordeline 0:00
- 03 im calling you 0:00
- 02 acceptance 0:00
- 01 borhan 0:00