以下、彼らから送られてきたメールです。 --- ?Dutch improvising big band Bik Bent Braam is coming to Japan! “Bik Bent Braam is currently the most exciting music machine around.” ? You might have seen pianist Michiel Braam at the Yokohama Jazz Promenade last year, with Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher. Now he’ll be back with his 13-piece band. ? Friday October 7 ? 20:00 - Super Deluxe ? Tokyo Saturday October 8 ? 19:00 ? Yokohama Jazz Promenade - the Media Center (‘Dutch Jazz Today’: members of Bik Bent Braam playing in various ensembles) ? Sunday October 9 ? 15:30 ? Yokohama Jazz Promenade ? Kan-Nai Hall ? From the October issue of Downbeat magazine: “The musicians all provide input, calling out tunes in mid-phrase and deciding tempo and instrumentation. The results can sound delirious. The hard swinging roar of a jazz orchestra gets wonderfully upended by peripatetic sabotage, whether it’s the brass section doing the tripping up or Braam injecting a new compositional nugget. The listener has to hold on tight, but it’s a hell of a ride.” (European scene by Peter Margasak) ?