Effortlessly colourful: Rembrandt Frerichs Trio

I wrote the following article after Jazzahead 2 years ago but I had not published it. Rembrandt Trio played at Kaş Jazz Festival on August 26. So I remembered the article J  I'm sorry that I have missed their perormance, hoping to go to their concert at Borusan Sanat in Istanbul on December 3. I highly recommend that you follow, listen and watch.

By the way, I knew the trio as RFT, it seems that they are currently called RT. This is just to explain why I used both names in this article J

Rembrandt Frerichs Trio, from the Netherlands, one of the important centers of European jazz, is one of the well-known bands of the country. The trio has 7 CDs (*now 8), they are traveling the world frequently and they even came to Ankara Piano Festival in 2019, but it was a new discovery for me that I enjoyed very much. In an interview with Götz Bühler after their concert, pianist Rembrandt Frerichs said that they regularly rehearse every week, whether there is a concert or not. Apart from the gusto in each musician's playing, this explains the impeccable communication and exchange of emotions between them. It wasn't like that on Jazzahead stage, but I noticed that he mostly plays his back facing double bassist Tony Overwater and drummer Vinsent Planjer. Pianists often want to make eye contact with other musicians, he doesn't need it. As they create the music together, they also feel it together. Rembrandt Frerichs' playing and songwriting are, if nothing else, very colourful. His music transitions effortlessly from genre to genre, making it into classical, blues and Middle Eastern melodies among jazz improvisations. Apart from these, you hear many familiar languages ​​in his music, but he has created a unique expression form out of all those languages. Rembrandt Frerichs Trio offers surprising and delicious music that wraps you up in jazz and makes you travel around the world.

You can watch Rembrandt Frerichs Trio’s Jazzahead performance below, at the end of the video there is also an interview that Rembrandt Frerichs gave to Jazzahead's moderator Götz Bühler (45:00), but I would say you also take a look at their albums. Apart from their accustomed style, they have also released albums that emphasize Freririch’s passion for classical and Middle Eastern music, with Iranian kemenche player Kayhan Kalhor and classical music composer and musician Hossein Alizadeh. It seems that a new project featuring bağlama master Erdal Erzincan is currently underway. I surely look forward to it. (*current edit - 28.08.22)