Ab Baars Trio

i feel like first time i posted this was kinda slept on. a pretty remarkable and remarkaly varied document of this group. inventive, playful, sensitive, and such a crisp clarity in their enunciation of ideas...

(for The Jam™ check track 3 of disc 2)

bigup ∞ for information concerning these 2 discs (which turns out to be 2 separate albums + 5 songs from yet another):

AB BAARS TRIO:
Ab Baars - clarinet, tenor sax
Wilbert de Joode - double bass
Martin van Duynhoven - drums, percussion

CD1: "Songs" (GeestGronden 22, 2001)

1. Wai-Kun (5:17)
2. Indiaan (4:50)
3. Klawulacha (4:18)
4. Hevebe Tawi (4:20)
5. Cherokee (8:51)
6. Wolf Song (4:56)
7. Maliseet Love (3:52)
8. Song (1:53)
9. Jeux (4:22)
10. Clayaquot War (4:30)
11. Song (5:54)
12. Aotzi No-otz (4:15)
13. Meshivotzi No-otz (4:08)
14. Dsichl Biyin (3:49)
15. The Indians (5:43)

All compositions Ab Baars, exc. 2 by Guus Janssen - arr. Ab Baars, 5 by Ray Noble - arr. Michael Moore, 15 by Charles Ives - arr. Mariette Rouppe van der Voort.
Recorded by Dick Lucas DATA RECORDS 4 February 2000 Theater De Burcht, Zaandam.

CD2: "3900 Carol Court" (GeestGronden 12, 1992)

1. Kimmel (6:27)
2. Visser van Lucebert (5:16)
3. Trav'lin in Plastic Dreams (6:03)
4. Krang (7:57)
5. 3900 Carol Court (4:27)
6. Glorpjes (6:29)
7. Asor (3:13)
8. Farfalla di Dinard (4:36)
9. The Dutch Windmill (4:17)

All compositions Ab Baars, except 3 by John Lewis.
Recorded by Dick Lucas DATA RECORDS March 15, 1992 Theater a.d. Molenlaan, Bussum and March 20, June 7 and 18, 1992 the Bimhuis, Amsterdam.

"A Free Step | The Music of John Carter" (GeestGronden 20, 1999)

10. Juba Stomp (4:00)
11. Morning Bell (6:13)
12. Sticks and stones (3:46)
13. Karen on Monday (5:00)
14. Night dance (3:47)
(5 of 10 tracks)

All compositions John Carter, arr. Ab Baars.
Recorded by Dick Lucas DATA RECORDS January 25, 1997 Bimhuis, Amsterdam & April 23, 24, 1998 Polanentheeater.

disc 1 disc 2