„The Dorf“ („The village“) was founded in 2006 by Klare and has since released a bunch of internationally acclaimed albums, played some important festivals and has become the subject of an exceptional film called „Jazzsoup“. Guests as Caspar Brötzmann, FM Einheit, Stian Westerhuis or Phill Niblock have visited.
This XXL band works like a marketplace – people come together, new faces enter the scene, old acquaintances say goodbye, there are constant arguments on hierarchy and space for the individual. There are village elders, excursions and a common meal. The quite modern and therefor well sounding term „social sculpture“ should be mentioned.
„Visiting tourists“ encounter a certain proletarian roughness- and dirt factor – placative actions, decibel and energy must be accepted. Underneath this occasionally hard shell the most tender plantlets, poets and thinkers can be found.
www.thedorf.net
„The Dorf“ Alben online kaufen
The band 1000 has gone through many musical developments since it was founded in 2004 by Jan Klare, Bart Maris, Wilbert de Joode and Michael Vatcher. It actually started playing compositions mainly from the classical world by composers like Wagner Bach or Monteverdi, combined with some originals by Klare.
Although composition was always a crucial element in their music, the way these four players improvised together was the prominent impressive side of the quartet. („consistently interesting quartet that keeps evolving and getting better with each release.“ Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery). Through the years 1000 developed a very intuitive, almost telepathic musical language with an enormous instinct for form and structure.
When drummer Vatcher left to New York City in 2017 the band changed As a quartett 1000 performs also with Elisabeth Coudoux (cello).
An invitation to the Moers festival 2018 led to „2000“ – a six piece edition including Elisabeth Coudoux on cello, Steve Swell on trombone and Michael Vatcher again.
Jan Klare – reeds
Bart Maris – trumpet
Wilbert de Joode – bass
Michael Vatcher – drums
+ occasionaly
Elisabeth Coudoux – cello
Steve Swell – trombone
Conny Bauer – trombone
Elisabeth Harnik – piano
Achim Kaufmann – piano
„1000“ auf Umland Records
Das Album „Unplayable“ online kaufen
Das Album „Played“ online kaufen
Das Album „Shoe“ online kaufen
Together with Luc Ex and Michael Vatcher, Jan Klare had built a powerful trio, which stirs a mixture of jazz, punk and improv music.
Luc Ex´s bass playing is unique – he was a longtime member of „The Ex“ and has toured all the relevant european festivals with „Four Walls“ or „Sol 6“. Drummer Michael Vatcher went back to NYC in 2017 – since then the fast uprising drummer Onno Govaert, also from Amsterdam, who gained international acclaim with „Catus Truck“, joined the trio.
Jan Klare has just recently gained attention through his work with groups such as his extra large orchestra „The Dorf“, that has started playing some big festivals, such as the Moers Festival.
Jan Klare – as, bss
Luc Ex – bs
Onno Govaert– dr
RoKeT auf Umland Records
Das Album „RKeT“ online kaufen
Das Album „ReKorT“ online kaufen
Tunnel & Meadow ist ein mit Saxophon/ Gitarre/ Bass/ Schlagzeug (ähem) klassisch besetztes Quartett, das (ähem) konventionelle Klänge über lange Strecken stetig wiederholt und mäandert und auf diese Weise einen Zustand von Trance erreicht.
Jan Klare – Reeds
Serge Corteyn – Guitar
Johannes Nebel – Bass
Marvin Blamberg – Drums
Shabnam Parvaresh – Klarinette
Jan Klare – Reeds
Emily Wittbrodt – Cello
Dacid Helm – Bass
Bruna Cabral – Drums
KIND is pretentious – playing Controlled Deranged ProgChamber – compositions by Jan Klare somewhere in between Gavin Bryars, Blurt and Lindsay Cooper.
KIND wants to play.
recording courtesy of WDR
Jan Klare – AltoSaxophone
Over the years, Klare has (probably as most players that deal with their instrument for a long time) has involved himself with solo performances. What in the beginning felt like having to prove that one can do it – then touching the question like how to thoroughly entertain an audience only with a melody instrument – he has freed himself from questions like these and found ways to develop drama from starting at scratch – then taking that initial flame to tell a story.
This development can very well be seen, when you compare his 2 solo records, first one released on poise records, second one called B.C.meaning „Before Corona“, because it was recorded just before the pandemic hit and was produced by long time associate Wilbert de Joode.