Little Dancer featuring Angelo Verploegen and Jeroen van Vliet from Just Listen is an Exclusive Early Release in Stereo and 5 Channel Surround Sound at NativeDSD!
“My grandson. His birth, in early 2023, had an overwhelming emotional impact on me. I experienced an unspeakable feeling of sheer joy and happiness, but there was also an almost unavoidable underlying sense of worry. What challenges await him and his generation? I had no choice but to start looking for songs of love, hope, comfort, life, and childhood, and perform them in the most intimate and vulnerable setting.
How lucky I was to run into pianist Jeroen van Vliet again. We had played as a duo before (at the closing weekend of the old Bimhuis in 2005), and he was part of my semi-acoustic quartet, Executive Lounge. His strong sense of form, sensibility, creativity, and musical intuition would make a perfect match for my intentions for this album.”
– Angelo Verploegen
Angelo Verploegen, Flugelhorn
Jeroen van Vliet, Piano
Tracklist
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Additional information
| Label | |
|---|---|
| SKU | JL033 |
| Qualities | DSD 512 fs, DSD 256 fs, DSD 128 fs, DSD 64 fs, DXD 32 Bit, DXD 24 Bit, CD |
| Channels | |
| Artists | |
| Composers | Ahbez, Arlen, Berlin, Butler, Chaplin, Fine, Harrell, Parks, Shorter, Wayne, Weston |
| Genres | |
| A/D Convertor | DSD256 Horus, Merging Technologies |
| Amplifiers | Van Medevoort, Holland |
| Editing Software | Pyramix, Merging Technologies |
| HRP Mastering Engineer | Tom Caulfield |
| Label Management | Jara Holdert |
| Mastering Speakers | Grimm LS1 |
| Microphones | Bruel & Kjær 4006, Schoeps |
| Mixig Board | Rens Heijnis, custom design |
| Instruments | |
| Original Recording Format | |
| Producers | Jared Sacks, Jonas Sacks, Angelo Verploegen |
| Recording, Editing, Mixing & Mastering Engineer | Jared Sacks |
| Recording Location | MCO Studio 1, Hilversum, Netherlands |
| Release Date | January 12, 2024 |
Press reviews
Positive Feedback
Where the tunes on “A Handful of Stories” were written by Verploegen (all but one), the songs on “Little Dancer” are a collection of standards from various other composers including Irving Berlin (“Always”), Harold Arlen (“Over the Rainbow”), Wayne Shorter (“Infant Eyes” from his 1966 album Speak No Evil), Eben Ahbez’s “Nature Boy” made famous by Nat King Cole, Mabel Wayne’s “Little Boy, You’ve Had a Hard Day” which we know from recordings by Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie, and Eric Clapton.
The album is an indulgent journey through emotions of love, life and joy. As Vergplogen writes, they are performed in the most intimate and vulnerable setting one might imagine. And Angelo’s and Jeroen’s performances are thoroughly engaging, moving, and utterly delightful. As always, Verploegen’s playing is creative, innovative and subtle. There is nothing pedestrian about his interpretations; they are fresh natural extensions of his personality, and always come with a subtle twist, a playful fillip.
Recorded once again by Jared Sacks, the sound quality of this album is exceptional. Jared balances the sound of Verploegen’s horn and Van Vliet’s piano delicately and deliciously naturally. They are in the room with me as I listen. Just marvelous!
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