related works
Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, 1996-2006, Volume 1
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
vc vibr pf
Yoolcoo-Yulcoo-Yoolcoou : for flute and harp / Jakub Polaczyk
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl hp
Racing Hearts (II) : for ensemble / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
picc fl fg pf vl
composition
Trio II (Moments of Jazzyness) : for alto saxophone, viola and piano / Leo Samama
Other authors:
Samama, Leo
(Composer)
Description:
In 1984 I wrote in Pesaro for Bernadette Verhagen and Arno Bornkamp my first trio, nicknamed Trio Marchese, opus 24 (Chiaroscuro I - da Pesaro). Several trios have devoted themselves to this composition with great dedication, and recently three young musicians even decided to name their trio with the unusual line-up of alto saxophone, viola and piano 'Trio Chiaroscuro'. For this trio, consisting of Maartje van Lent (viola), Ties Mellema (saxophone) and Frans-Bernard van Riel (piano), I have now written a second trio, indeed Trio II.
The subtitle "Moments of Jazzyness" explains itself immediately on listening to the music, but nevertheless deserves a single word at this point. In 1999 I visited the North Sea Jazz Festival with my son Ruben, who was studying jazz bass in those days, my wife and some friends. Impressed by the abundance of styles and techniques, the infectious enthusiasm of the musicians, the intoxicating feast that is music at such a festival, I composed my second trio during the following summer months.
Leo Samama