Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Kika Sprangers & Pynarello - No Man's Land (July 2021 ZenneZ Records)

Kika Sprangers is on the forefront of the new jazz generation in the Netherlands. Her new release No Man’s Land was recorded live on November 22, 2020 at CloudNine in TivoliVredenburg.

“To me No Man’s Land is a special work, created in a quiet, pandemic world, with the focus theme: the position of women in the present time”, says Kika.

She explains how she has tried to capture reconciliation and vulnerability on this recording, “the most important elements in the gender discussion, if you ask me. The music is about connection and emotion. Character should be first in the ranking, gender comes later. Or perhaps it should not really matter at all?”

1. Walllflower 03:53
2. Terra 07:21
3. No Man's Land 07:03
4. A Minor Interlude 04:56
5. Jakob 09:20
6. Ravi 06:17
7. Ronja 10:26
8. All We Have Left 07:54

Kika Sprangers – saxophones and compositions
Merel Vercammen, Jeffrey Bruinsma - violin
Annerien Stuker, Hadewijch Hofland - violin
Liselot Blomaard, Judith Wijzenbeek - viola
Anne Meike Burgel, Sebastiaan van Halsema - cello
Wolfert Brederode - piano
Thomas Pol - bass
Jasper van Hulten - drums