Erker, Goudsmit, van Geel & van Vliet – Estafest!
This was what we were: Duo Goudsmit and Van Geel and Duo Erker and Van Vliet:
2+2= Estafest!
Erker, Goudsmit, van Geel & van Vliet Four of the most creative improvisers in the Netherlands in a very unusual
line-up: viola, electric guitar, piano and saxes. The game is triggered by original
compositions and ideas of the bandmembers, short pieces with no specific order.
Everything is decided on the spot, the audience and the musicians loose themselves
in the adventure while time stops...
Erker, Goudsmit, van Geel & van Vliet Mingus meets Schoenberg meets Bach meets Radiohead, played by a bass-playing sax, a drumming viola, a singing piano on a spread of african guitar-chops.
6 duo’s, 4 soloists, 3 trio’s or 1 quartet? In 2010 we will release our first album, recorded Live! @ Jazz in Duketown
| Anton Goudsmit | el. guitar |
| Oene van Geel | viola, cajon |
| Mete Erker | sax, clarinet |
| Jeroen van Vliet | piano |
Rinus van der Heijden, www.jazzenzo.nl
The imagination of the musicians of Estafest is intangible, it's effect often breathtaking... The power of the quartet is that each duo is capable of staying in its own musical energy, and at the same time connecting flawlessly.