Harmen Fraanje

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November 29 Oct 2009

Hi,

Didn't update this site for a long time: from now on I'll try to update this site weekly.
Our sons Bendt and Finn are doing great, 4 months old now, still the nights are very short,
can't remember the last time I slept 6 hours in a row...
But it's great!

I'm very much looking forward to November, I'll play a lot of concerts with very nice musicians.
I invited my good friend and fantastic guitarist Nelson Veras, Thomas Morgan on bass and Martijn Vink on drums to play concerts in the last week of november. I'm very curious how this 'new' group will develop, still writing some ideas and compositions. I feel it will be a nice experience to play with them. It will be the first time for me to play with Thomas Morgan. Last year I saw him play with John Abercrombie, Mark Feldman and Joey Baron, and I was very touched by his music, so delicate and very sensitive. So looking forward immensely to meet him in the 'zone'.

The November Music Festival offered me a Carte Blanche, Thanks!
I will play with my trio (Clemens and Flin) and Tony Malaby on sax.
We never played together, so it will be a first meeting too.

This month we'll mix our new cd (trio + Michael Moore) which will be released in May 2010. You can listen to some rough material on this website.

At the moment I play a lot with Igor Roma. I like it a lot, he's a brilliant pianoplayer. Very intense! Check the tourdates for some concerts!

That's all for now!
Best wishes,

Harmen