CROSSING CANADA
Prairies and plains, mountains and lakes….
Dutch Grammy award-winners singer Ineke Vandoorn and guitarist/composer Marc
van Vugt return to Canada in the fall to present their album ‘Crossing Canada’. The
music offers a mixture of lyrical, original jazz songs and adventurous, sound
orientated improvisations! The album was recorded live during previous Canadian
tours playing at festivals, and clubs, collaborating with Canadian musicians and
teaching and performing as artist-in-residence at Universities in Toronto and
Vancouver. The CD Crossing Canada got raving reviews in Europe. Now is the time
to bring this music back to Canada!
… from the first sounds of Marc’s guitar and from the first notes by Ineke, you understand that this is jazz and nothing else.
… Everything that pleased in those early albums remained with them, but now a great deal of experience has been added, and the level of understanding has reached telepathic heights. Leonid Auskern – Jazzquad – Russia
Ineke Vandoorn glides effortlessly through the eleven original compositions, and is able to sing a song convincingly and put down meaningful wordless improvisations. Herman te Loo – Jazzflits.nl
The eleven original compositions sound like a road trip in itself, reflecting the emptiness and vastness of the Canadian landscape. Zing Magazine
Crossing Canada opens up as an album with inspired guitar and vocals, harmonious and melodic, and full of surprising stories that you listen to intensely. Bernard Lefèvre – Jazz’halo- Belgium
The voice of Ineke Vandoorn is intriguing, the guitar playing of Marc van Vugt is no less. The timing of the singer is perfect, her voice is warm and penetrating, the improvisations she contributes often place the music on a different track. But above all, she forms a close unit with the guitar sounds of Marc van Vugt. He manages to let staccato parts transform into singing counterpoints to his partner’s voice antics. You are therefore sucked into an intimacy that sometimes makes you wonder: is it appropriate to be here? Rinus van de Heijden – Jazz.nl
Personnel:
Ineke Vandoorn voice & piano
Marc van Vugt guitar
Dan Fortin bass
Ethan Ardelli drums
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This performance is part of the WOMEN IN JAZZ series, sponsored by DIVA INTERNATIONAL, makers of the Diva Cup.
