“Play me a song that tells me about the place you come from » is the starting point of the compositions of the Belgian jazz trio « Mapping Roots» led by the bass-payer & composer Michel Vrydag.« Mapping Roots» presents lively, organic, luminous music, open to the world, nourished by improvisation and at the borders of many styles: a jazz universe with rhythms inspired by traditional music from several continents.
10 Belgian jazz records not to be missed in 2022 – Bx1 100%Jazz – Fabrice Grosfilley [Two musicians have thrilled us in contemporary and very different registers: the virtuoso bassist Michel Vrydag with a very successful double album « Mapping Roots », the best tracks of which are reminiscent of the trio EST…]
23 best Jazz Releases 2022 – Journalists picks Jazzfuel – Robin Arends Jazz Halo «The Brussels bass guitarist Michel Vrydag made a great effort to put down a hell of an album with his project, the trio Mapping Roots. It has become a double CD that does not bore you for a minute.»
✭✭✭✭ concerto.at. – meissl […There is a very refreshing piano trio in Belgium. Although it should be called a bass trio…Straightforward, transparent, precise and expressive.]
✭✭✭ Le soir – Jean-Claude Vantroyen […all the vitality of a very colorful, very powerful, very energetic trio… Roots of swing, world, jazz : Michel Vrydag has digested them and gives them back to us with a beautiful vigor and, on some pieces, a real tenderness.]
| Line up : Michel Vrydag : Basse et Compositions Bram Weijters : Piano Daniel Jonkers: batterie Web : www.michelvrydag.com Label : Unit Records Press Agent : Inge de Pauw-Stiletto | Audio Files : extracts (5tunes) – complete versions (3tunes) Vidéo Presentation : here Album : on all plaforms (public) Album : promo player (organizers only) Concerts Agenda : here updates here (website) Press reviews : here – ici – hier Photos HD + logo : here |