presentation of new CD "TANGOZZ"

RUUD BERGAMIN is a saxophone player, music teacher, composer/arranger and conductor. In the 1980s he studied at the Teaching Department of the Rotterdam Conservatory. He played with many musicians, well-established and upcoming talents alike. Nowadays he mainly performs with the jazz quartet Cruise Control and with the jazz trio Red Cool. He is conductor/arranger for a big band (TheBigBand) and occasional workshop leader. His book on the basics of Jazz Improvisation has been in demand for more than 25 years. He wrote and writes arrangements and compositions for larger and smaller ensembles. His CD ‘Let’s Walk‘ with his own compositions appeared in 2002; ‘Easy Cooking’ with Cruise Control in 2006. www.ruudbergamin.com		WIM WARMAN is a pianist, composer and arranger in diverse genres, like latin, jazz, fusion, pop and Argentinian tango.  From 1995 to 1999 he was the pianist of the well-known Sexteto Canyengue founded and led by Leo Vervelde and Carel Kraayenhof. He played with a number of other outstanding musicians and contributed to several CDs. As a music professor at Codarts, University for the Arts in Rotterdam ( World Music Academy - Argentinian Tango Department) Wim  teaches piano, improvisation and transcription. Prior to this CD ’Tangozzs’ he made three CDs with his own work: ‘The Forest’, ‘Cuando la luz aparece’ and ‘Brisa’ . www.wimwarman.com

Duo Warman & Bergamin

Ruud and Wim met during jam sessions in Reeuwijk in the 1990s. Sometimes they played together during these sessions and proved to connect. They wanted to do a tango project and they formed a duo. Along the way they found their own sound of Argentinian tango with a jazzy touch. The combination of tango and jazz phrasings by this duo is fierce, tasteful and tastefully fierce in turn. They play different kinds of tango, like real standards, but also milongas and compositions by Piazzolla; last but not least they play their own work. Wim and Ruud both go from beautiful tango melodies to sparkling improvisations, which adds to their special sound and style. Respect for the tango idiom always remains intact with them.

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