Jazzfest Berlin 2024: De Beren Gieren

“What Eludes Us”

De Beren Gieren – Foto der Musikgruppe De Beren Gieren

19:30

De Beren Gieren: “What Eludes Us”

(BE)

German premiere

Since first emerging 15 years ago, the Belgian trio De Beren Gieren has steadily drifted away from jazz orthodoxy in search of fresh areas of exploration. On paper they may seem like an old school piano trio, but only if The Bad Plus was a starting point. Over time the agile rhythm section of double bassist Lieven Van Pée and drummer Simon Segers has pushed well past swing into elaborate grooves more indebted to electronic music and post-rock. While keeping an acoustic piano at the core of his soundworld, keyboardist Fulco Ottervanger has gamely and inventively made electronics a crucial part of the trio’s attack.

 

The trio recorded its seventh and most recent album “What Eludes Us” (Sdban) in Bergen, Norway with producer Jørgen Træen, who helped De Beren Gieren deftly straddle electronic music tropes with flashes of Baroque melody, fourth world expansiveness and jazz improvisation, delivering party-grade kicks with unfussy intellectual rigour. Simply put, De Beren Gieren have located the sweet spot between body and head, fusing indelible melodies with elaborate rhythmic constructions where spontaneity is reflected through splintered and reconstituted grooves rather than strings of predictable solos.

Line-up

Simon Segers – drums, electronics

Fulco Ottervanger – piano, synthesizers, electronics

Lieven Van Pée – double bass, electric bass

22:00

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Runtime: Thu, 31/10/2024 to Sun, 03/11/2024

Next date: De Beren Gieren: "What Eludes Us"

• Date Thursday, 31/October/2024 19:30
• Venue A-Trane Jazzclub
• Address Bleibtreustraße 1, 10623 Berlin-Charlottenburg