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Holland Festival Presents: Kapok, The Mirabel Sessions at Bimhuis
Courtesy of Onno Beukenhorst | Posted on April 12, 2017
When
Sun, June 11, 2017
20:30
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Musicians
Morris Kliphuis
french hornAbout
Brand new work by an unusual indie jazz trio: Morris Kliphuis on French horn, Timon Koomen on guitar and Remco Menting on percussion and drums.
They call themselves an unusual jazz trio, but Kapok is more than that. It is one of the most prominent bands in the contemporary Dutch indie music scene. Just take their instrumentation – there is no bass. Remco Menting sounds unlike any other drummer on his self-designed drum kit. Timon Koomen's guitar brings strange soundscapes to life. But the trio's most unexpected member is the french horn. Morris Kliphuis, a Save the French Horn ambassador, is one of the world's few jazz French horn players. He sings, tears and plays offbeat on his horn, as if it has been especially made for Kapok. The band, making its debut at the Holland Festival, presents new work which includes electronics for the first time....