released March 6, 2014

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FEATURING
Marc van Vugt, guitar, slide guitar, acoustic baritone guitar
Ineke Vandoorn, voice, live-electronics, piano (all except 9,11,13)
Paul van Kemenade, alto sax (all except 14)
Robin Eubanks (USA), trombone (8,10,12)
Mario Pavone (USA, double bass (9,11,13)
Michael Sarin (USA), drums (9,11,13)
Sander van Herk, electric guitar (10)

BIG BIZAR HABIT: Angelo Verploegen - trumpet (1,2,3,4,5,6,7), Toon de Gouw - trumpet (8,10,12), Paul van Kemenade - alto sax (all except 14), Jasper Blom - tenor sax (8,10,12), Louk Boudesteijn - trombone (1,2,3,4,5,6,7), Joost Buis - trombone (8,10,12), Herman van Haaren - violin (2,3,4,6,7), Mary Oliver - viola/violin (1,5), Lorre Trytten - violin (8,10,12), Jasper Le Clercq - violin (8,10,12), Arjen de Graaf - viola (8,10,12), Baptist Kurvers - viola (1,2,3,4,5,6,7), Ro Krauss - viola (1,2,3,4,5,6,7), Annie Tangberg (N) - violoncello (all except 9,11,13,14), Joost Lijbaart - drums (all except 9,11,13,14), Paul Berner - double bass (all except 9,11,13,14).

NEDERLANDS KAMERKOOR (14)
Soprano: Caroline de Jongh, Heleen Koele, Annet Lans, 
Tannie Willemstijn - Alto: Marleene Goldstein, Myra Kroese, 
Karin van der Poel, Nine van Strien - Tenor: Stefan Berghammer, Alberto ter Doest, Joost van der Linden, Albert van Ommen - Bass: David Barick, 
Peter Dijkstra, 
Kees Jan de Koning, Gilad Nezer, 
Jasper Schweppe

ABOUT (what about) WORDS
With (what about) WORDS guitarist/composer Marc van Vugt and singer/pianist Ineke Vandoorn continue their cd-series Collectables with a double-cd featuring no less than 39 musicians in varying line-ups. The musical focus on (what about) WORDS shifts from the vocal and introverted, as on it's predecessor ‘White’, to the orchestral and instrumental. The music, that is almost exclusively composed by Marc van Vugt, takes the listener on a journey through a very personal musical world full of fantasy; a world evoking exciting film-noir-like images that sometimes change unexpectedly to lightness and virtuosity; a world that does not follow any musical trend, that is full of details, and that forms the inspiration for the, sometimes heartrending, contributions of the musicians.

(what about) WORDS is built around the jazz chamber orchestra Big Bizar Habit, featuring trombonist Robin Eubanks (USA). Saxophonist Paul van Kemenade is not only part of Big Bizar Habit, but also plays in 3 quartet pieces together with the late saxophonist Thomas Chapin's rhythm section, Mario Pavone (USA) and Michael Sarin (USA). The double cd closes with ‘Back to the Market Square’, an intimate piece recorded with the renowned Nederlands Kamerkoor (Dutch Chamber Choir).

(what about) WORDS offers a carefully chosen collection of recordings made at different moments and in different line-ups. None of this music has ever been released before. It provides a beautiful overview of the diversity of the musical projects initiated by Marc van Vugt and Ineke Vandoorn in the last couple of years. Some parts of the Ubuntu-suite can be heard, a work-in-progress in which Marc van Vugt gives a personal interpretation of this South-African principle.

ABOUT THE TITLE
The title of the double cd is derived from the piece ‘What about Words’. Marc van Vugt: “Words are what we use to communicate what we want and what we feel. But most of the time they only express what we want to say by approximation. For that reason what is behind the words is what counts for me. In general I find that others are way more capable of expressing themselves through words than I am. So: What about words?" In the title piece, the spoken words by Vandoorn almost disappear in van Vugt’s arrangement. In this way the words lose there meaning while the emotion gets under the skin of the listener.

THE PRESS ABOUT WHITE
“The cd shows an extraordinary view of the two on both the world of music and the world we all live in. ‘White’ grabs you by the throat, makes you smile, sometimes shiver, but will always move you.” (Rinus van der Heijden - Jazzenzo)

“White’ has a beautiful tension arch and is of very high quality. The whole cd shows a mature balance from the musicians. A cd that deserves a permanent spot next to your cd-player.” (Hessel Fluitman–Jazzflits)

TRACK INFO
All music by Marc van Vugt and Ineke van Doorn © BUMA/STEMRA
Publisher: Baixim Music Publishing except: Get 2 it by Robin Eubanks
Compositions commissioned by the Performing Arts Fund NL. Except: Athis commissioned by the City of Utrecht, Back to the Market Square commissioned by the Nederlands Kamerkoor and the Performing Arts Fund NL. Get 2 it commissioned by the Main Biennale.

Track 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 recorded live by Chris Everts at Theater aan de Slinger, Houten and SJU Jazzpodium, Utrecht 2009
Track 8,10,12 recorded live by Chris Everts at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Utrecht 2005
Track 9,11,13, recorded live by Jurre Wieman for VPRO Radio at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam 2009
Track 14 recorded live for NPS Radio by Gert Jan van den Dolder and Marc Broer at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam, 2007

Artistic mixing and mastering by Sander van Herk, Stustustudio, Loenen aan de Vecht.
Produced by Marc van Vugt and Ineke van Doorn
Graphic design by Studio Derk Reneman
Photos by Ineke Vandoorn
Photo Marc and Ineke by Jiri Büller, location: www.vanschijndelhuis.nl

Baixim records ℗ 2014
The Netherlands
BR F530
℗ & © 2014 van Vugt / van Doorn

THANKS TO
Sander van Herk, Leo Samama, Vera Vingerhoeds and Pieter van Hoogdalem (VPRO Radio), Co de Kloet (NPS Radio), SJU Jazzpodium for inviting us as ensemble in residence 2008-2009, Marcel Kranendonk, Huub van Riel, Marijn Phillipona, Maurits Thiel, Ruud Kluten, Arjen Berendse, Harmen van Twillert, Jiri Büller, Natascha Drabbe (Van Schijndelhuis), Chris Teerlink (www.luthiers-gitaren.nl), Ernst Fliek (www.ernstamps.com), Angelo Verploegen and all musicians and technicians!

CONTACT
Van Vugt/Van Doorn management
music@marcvanvugt.com
www.marcvanvugt.com
phone: +31306379938