{"id":2325,"date":"2015-02-10T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marnixbusstra.nl\/wordpress\/the-jazzwriter-woodrow-wilkins\/"},"modified":"2015-09-11T19:52:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T19:52:27","slug":"the-jazzwriter-woodrow-wilkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marnixbusstra.nl\/wordpress\/the-jazzwriter-woodrow-wilkins\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jazzwriter – Woodrow Wilkins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0“…an album that\u2019s loaded with enjoyable sounds.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Marnix Busstra debuted in the United States with 2009\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Twelve Piece<\/em>\u00a0and the following year\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Trinary Motion<\/em>, both of which he co-led with vibist Mike Mainieri of Steps Ahead. Now, the Dutch guitarist steps out with\u00a0<\/span>Sync Dreams<\/em>\u00a0(Buzz Music Records, 2013).\u00a0<\/span>With Busstra are Rembrandt Frerichs on piano, Arnold Dooyeweerd on double bass and Pieter Bast on drums.<\/span><\/p>\n

Busstra plays electric sitar on the placid \u201cEarth Tone\u201d to open the set. Busstra says of the instrument that he studied Indian music and played the sitar for a few year but had to stop because it\u2019s a tough, physically demanding instrument. \u201cYou really have to play it every day because it\u2019s hard on your fingers.\u201d The song has a slight, Pat Metheny edge to it with just a hint of Santana when Busstra shifts to electric guitar. His accompanists are fully involved throughout the piece.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDown, and Up Again\u201d is a lively 6\/8 song that puts drums and bass a little closer to the front. Busstra carries the melody and stretches out aplenty. Shortly after the two and a half-minute mark, Frerichs takes point. The solo is intense and has been compared to something one might expect from Herbie Hancock. Underneath (although not by much), Bast and Dooyeweerd go to town, making this one of the more enjoyable selections on an album that\u2019s loaded with enjoyable sounds.<\/p>\n

Busstra\u2019s father, Jan Busstra, was a working musician and piano teacher with a great love of jazz. Older brother Berthil plays keyboards and is co-leader with Marnix of the Buzz Bros Band. Their sister, Margreet, is a professional singer and multi-instrumentalist. Marnix tried several instruments before settling on guitar at age 14. He joined his first band while in high school during the 1970s. After playing with a series of other bands, Busstra ultimately landed with Mainieri and now leads his own quartet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0“…an album that\u2019s loaded with enjoyable sounds.” Marnix Busstra debuted in the United States with 2009\u2019s\u00a0Twelve Piece\u00a0and the following year\u2019s\u00a0Trinary Motion, both of which he co-led with vibist Mike Mainieri of Steps Ahead. Now, the Dutch guitarist steps out with\u00a0Sync Dreams\u00a0(Buzz Music Records, 2013).\u00a0With Busstra are Rembrandt Frerichs on piano, Arnold Dooyeweerd on double bass and Pieter Bast on drums…. Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rev-mbb-sync-dreams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marnixbusstra.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marnixbusstra.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marnixbusstra.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marnixbusstra.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marnixbusstra.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marnixbusstra.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3348,"href":"https:\/\/www.marnixbusstra.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325\/revisions\/3348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marnixbusstra.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marnixbusstra.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marnixbusstra.nl\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}