Press
Reviews of the Corneille Roelofs Trio CD 'Finally'
"The Trio and the CD have been praised into heaven by the press and rightly so. Glenn Corneille with
his smooth and refined playing, the melodically drumming Geert Roelofs and the tightly sticking Werner Lauscher are a lust for the ear. Virtuosity dares to give in to the calm peace. International ambiance."
(Muziekwereld, Ruud Zinzen, february 2002)
"A trio with two names, that usually doesn't promise much good. Most bands with a shared leadership have the habit of diverging under a duo of helmsmen. But not the Corneille Roelofs Trio. The two musicians from Limburg having been playing together for years - first as pat of a sextet, later in trio format - and seem to have grown together like a four-armed music animal. So now after all those years of fruition there's the debut album with the fitting title Finally. In the ten tracks Glenn Corneille lets himself be heard as a very grown-up jazz pianist with his very own dynamics. His playing has a crisp, almost edgy clarity.
Drummer Geert Roelofs follows his companion at a foot and is a master of subtle fillers and varied cymbal work. Bass player Werner Lauscher takes care of the streamlining but has to stand down two tracks for producer Hein van der Geyn, the discoverer of this trio. Van der Geyn has also brought them in contact with star-trumpeteer Eric Vloeimans. His glowing contributions to Nana (a Vloeimans composition) and Bloesje add the cherry to the cream of Finally."
(NRC, Edo Dijksterhuis, 31-01-02)
"The Corneille Roelofs Trio are masters of their trade and don't fade to the topmen Hein van de Geyn (bass) and Eric Vloeimans (trumpet) who appear as guest musicians. From the chase-scene soundtrack like opener 'NYPD-In Your Own Sweet Way' till the pleasantly flowing soul of the closing song 'Bond', the playing is warm and to the point."
(De Limburger, Paul van der Steen, November 2001)
"The Trio sounds like a well-oiled engine with a lot of smoothness and a good balance. To only blow fanfares for the renowned likes of Vloeimans and Van de Geyn would really cut short of Glenn Corneille, Geert Roelofs and Werner Lauscher. A compliment for Corneille is that he audibly masters many styles and directions of play. Praise to the Corneille Roelofs Trio !"
(Jazznews, Nico Haenen, November 2001)
"Pianist Glenn Corneille, who was pronounced best soloist at the 'Dutch Jazz Competition 2000', is in evidence of this new CD not
just any newcomer. Together with regular companion Geert Roelofs (drums) and German double bass player Werner Lauscher the Man from Limburg has delivered an album strong as steel. The piano trio has a long tradition in jazz, but the Corneille Roelofs Trio still succeeds in adding something extra to that tradition, without having to recede into overzealous experimentation. Piano and drums find one another intuitively, mutually complementing and challenging. The solemn bass is the restful anchor. An almost deadpan standard like The Girl From Ipanema receives an unexpected treatment, another pinnacle is the wonderful ballad Nana by and with guest trumpeter Eric Vloeimans. So to the guest roll of Lyrical bass giant Hein van de Geyn in Tom Harrel's Sail Away is especially beautiful.
Corneille's own compositions are almost sacred pieces, played devotedly austere. Finally is altogether an album that doesn't cut short of even American Piano-star Brad Mehldau's best trio work."
(Heaven, Jo Didderen, October 2001)
Concert Reviews
CR3 in concert with Eric Vloeimans at the Maastricht Jazztival.
"The Corneille Roelofs Trio has grown in the southern jazz circuit.
As hosts to well known soloists or on their own as they could be seen at the North Sea Jazz Festival. Drummer Geert Roelofs is co-leader of the trio. His hands have meanwhile grown together with those of Corneille. Through the energetic Eric Vloeimans, Corneille's rhythmical exercises developed a more free and unbound impulse. It must have done Vloeimans good: His admiration for the unmanufactured fantasy of piano-lions like as Jasper van 't Hof is well known."
(Volkskrant, Remco Takken, 27-11-01)
Review of North Sea Jazz
"The Corneille Roelofs Trio performed first in the Pianoroom. With a fresh sound and well played in on one another, the musicians gave a concert of unforged jazz, almost unnoticeable pop-influences and a lot of humour. For this occasion the gentlemen had also invited a string quartet to eventually perform the composition Symbioses of the German orchestra leader Claus Ogerman. A sustained composition whereby the string section played nice dense chords and also got the opportunity in some parts to show its abilities. This performance thereby deservedly received an ecstatic applause."
(Hessel Fluitman, Friesch Dagblad, 16 july 2001)
Dream debut Limburg Trio at North Sea Jazz
"A weekend North Sea Jazz Festival as a visitor means constant choicemaking..so..during the concerts a coming and going of the public. The Corneille Roelofs Trio didn't have any problems with that Saturday evening. Far off the largest part of the well-filled Carel Willink Zaal stayed put, listening and watching with fascination. Glenn Corneille (piano) and Geert Roelofs (drums) and their German bass player Werner Lauscher made a dream debut together. The threesome positively stuck out against many of the national and foreign artists with regards to drive as well as in the field of craftsmanship. Corneille, Roelofs and Lauscher really played together. Not the beaten sequence of theme, solos and theme, but numbers with a meticulous build-up which at the same time still offered enough space for improvisation. As a desert they had invited a string quartet of the Limburg Symphony Orchestra. This Corneille Roelofs Trio with strings also sounded like clockwork. If the programmers of the North Sea attended the concert, they can hardly avoid inviting the Trio back next year."
(De Limburger, Paul van der Steen, 16 july 2001)
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