It took 26 years for pianist / keyboard player Jasper van 't Hof and saxophone legend Charlie Mariano to return to the studio with bassist Steve Swallow. It was in 1974 that they made music together with their then band Pork Pie (with guitarist Philip Catherine, now no stranger!). After decades of playing together, Van 't Hof and Mariano have developed an almost magical musical relationship, but as
… Jasper puts it himself:' Steve Swallow's playing was the last piece of the puzzle that completed the picture '. The CD 'Brutto Tempo' is the result of three intensive months of creating and exchanging compositions, playing and arranging, resulting in ten wonderful songs. The highlights are the title track Brutto Tempo by Jasper van 't Hof and the introspective composition Dhatuvardhani by Charlie Mariano. (RM)more
