PELICAN THREE

Pelican Three is a trio with guitarist Mark Tuinstra, Dirk Beets on trumpet and Iman Spaargaren on saxophone. The press says: ‘..Due to the absence of the traditional rhythm section, to my ears the same thing happens as with the famous Gerry Mulligan Quartet: the three instruments together spin a delicate fabric in which everything (rhythm, harmony and melody) falls into place. While Mulligan generally keeps it light and airy, Pelican Three goes heavy every now and then. Their music ranges from lyrical chamber music ('Yorke') to raw punk ('Imandi'). This is where the electric guitar comes in handy.

It is a tightly knit trio that succeeds every time in spinning that fine musical fabric together. The three excellent musicians perform brilliantly with their individual solos. In addition, together with their unusual line-up they generate an incredibly beautiful and sonorous band sound. Take the intriguing Gee-O-Gee that starts as a chorale on a few broken guitar chords with which the three then tell a mysterious, compelling story that you can't get enough of. After the raw opening, Put your head in the radio transports you to angelically beautiful melody lines. The album title is a reference to the band Radiohead, an important influence on Pelican Three's music. It is also a small reference to the poor Dutch radio landscape 'where you have to look very hard for some surprising music'. However, we found that surprising music on the Pelican Three album!’

Iman Spaargaren - sax
Dirk Beets - trumpet
Mark Tuinstra - guitar

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