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Bite the Gnatze
12+ albums
experimentaljazzJumadutchinstrumental
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The band Bite the Gnatze is playing for sixteen years now and working with the same musicians , all rooted in the jazz and improvised music scene of Amsterdam. In the music composed by guitarplayer Paul Pallesen you can hear echo,s of Monk and Mingus and modern classical composers as Milhaud and Ives. But with the banjo , lapsteelguitar and the whistle you hear folkmusic subtile slipping into the music. ‘A collective whose comic flair and precise technique confirms the exuberant passion and confidence of Holland’s free music scene’ (Cadence) Bite the Gnatze are: Joost Buis , trombone and lapsteelguitar Played with everybody of any importance in the jazz and improvised music scene of Amsterdam. His most recent activities are his own band the Astronotes , the David Kweksilber big band , the Spinifex Orchestra , the Ex and playing with Corrie van Binsbergen and writer Toon Tellegen. Michel Duijves , clarinet,bassclarinet and whistle His most important work is his band Maalstroom for which he is the main composer and organiser. Besides jazz , Klezmer (Jewish music band) , East European traditional music and classical music were always an important source of inspiration. During the years he discovered British folkmusic which became part of his playing. Meinrad Kneer , double bass Together with pianoplayer Albert van Veenendaal,he started off the independent recordlabel Evil Rabbit. After moving back to Germany his most important work now is the Kneer/Baars/Elgart trio, The
