Tromboneplayer Nabou Claerhout composed the entire repertoire for this Ensemble herself. While writing the music, she explored the trombone's wide possibilities: "The aim is to both indulge you with warm, soft, carrying parts and then afterwards discover the trombone's spicy and cordial character."
Despite the ‘unusual’ line-up of five diverse jazz trombonists, each with a different background, you still get to hear a very homogeneous sound, which is full of playfulness and small details. "I tried to make room and focus for each individual. And of course there is also a starring role for the rhythm section with guitar, double bass and drums."

Setlist Nabou Claerhout
00:00A Day at the huge field with the little house
-Hutch
-Illusion
 
Line-up
Nabou Claerhout, Jeroen Verberne, Rory Ingham, Peter Delannoye - trombones, Tobias Herzog bastrombone, Gijs Idema - guitar, Cyrille Obermüller - bass, Daniel Jonkers - drums

For years, a very own ensemble project had been one of the dream projects on Nabou Claerhout's bucket list. After a residency at Antwerp based cultural venue Rataplan, she already saw the creation become a reality in the Spring of 2022. Shows at Gent Jazz, Jazz Middelheim and Brussels Jazz Festival followed over the past year and a half, and now the collective released their self-titled debut album on November 3rd 2023 via W.E.R.F. Records. 

Editors: Melchior Huurdeman, Aad van Nieuwkerk, Sakti Khedoe
Camera & lighting: Ramon de Boer, Marijn Zurburg, Leon Jackson
Sound: Vera Kraaijkamp
Producer: Jorinde Hiddema/Pippa Harris
Director/Editing Reinier Bruijne

This video was recorded at Transition Festival TivoliVredenburg 2024 for VPRO Vrije Geluiden: music program made by the Dutch public broadcast organization VPRO

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