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November 06 2017

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November 06 2017

CD Hotlist: Charles du Plessis Trio, Baroqueswing Vol. II

Baroque music, particularly the music of J.S. Bach, has proved irresistible to jazz musicians for decades now. I think it’s the combination of harmonic richness and rhythmic regularity: Bach’s countrapuntal lines are so much fun to play in straight rhythm that the temptation to makes those lines swing can just be kind of overpowering. This Sout...


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October 30 2017

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October 30 2017

Audiophile Audition: Charl du Plassis Trio, Baroqueswing Vol II

Jazz versions of top Baroque and other melodies. This disc was recorded live at the 2015 Festival Muskdorf Ernen in Switzerland. Du Plessis has chosen baroque works by Bach, Gluck, Vivaldi and Handel and ends with a six-movement jazz suit and a closing track of Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm theme. Du Plessis sort of continues the efforts of the ”Play...


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March 28 2017

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March 28 2017

AUSTA Stringendo: BAROQUESWING VOL. II review by students

Charl Du Plessis Trio first formed in 2006 has performed in a great variety of styles including classical, jazz and rock. The Trio consists of Charl du Plessis as pianist, Hugo Radyn on drums, and Werner Spies is the trio’s bassist. Baroqueswing is the Trio’s sixth and most recent album, featuring arrangements based on works by Bach, Gluck, Viva...


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December 08 2016

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December 08 2016

Musica: 5 Stelle for Baroqueswing Vol. II

Non solo Bach ma anche Gluck, Händel, Vivaldi. Una renaissance della musica barocca in salsa jazz dopo Jacques Loussier? Possibile e sorprendente con Charl du Plessis e i compagni che lo affiancano dal 2006. Prima curiosità: il disco contiene l’esibizione dal vivo, nel 2015, al Festival Musikdorf di Ernen in Svizzera. Che un trio di crossover, ...


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November 01 2016

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November 01 2016

Hebdoscope: Charl du Plessis Trio

Après un premier volume fort réussi, ce nouvel opus du Charl du Plessis trio enregistré au festival Musikdorf d’Ernen, s’attaque à d’autres morceaux bien connus du répertoire tels que les Quatre Saisons de Vivaldi, la fameuse Sarabande de Haendel rendue célèbre par le film Barry Lindon ou la Toccata et fugue de Bach.On est une nouvelle fois ench...


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October 21 2016

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October 21 2016

Do people even buy CDs anymore? - Birth, Charl du Plessis

I heard a friend ask yesterday. This question came ahead of the launch concert for my first international recording contract with Claves Records of Switzerland. My trio had the fun experience of playing some music from our new Baroqueswing Vol. II album for a packed house at Pretoria’s Atterbury Theatre last night. I was overwhelmed by the supp...


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October 14 2016

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October 14 2016

Release date: Baroqueswing Vol. II - Charl du Plessis Trio

Album's presentation Crossover music has (in my opinion) become the step-sister of jazz and world music alike and is met by some listeners with trepidation. After further listening and exposure of live and recorded performance of this unique style of music I have seen its power to convince even the most stern classic music lover to enjoy jazz...


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October 06 2016

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October 06 2016

Pretoria News: Renowned trio release new album - Charl Du Plessis Trio

Photo credits: © Festival Musik Dorf Ernen "It's about finding your tribe,” explains bassist Werner Spies, one of the members of the Charl du Plessis Trio who return to the Atterbury Theatre in Lynnwood, Pretoria, for the release of their latest album under Swiss record label Claves – Baroqueswing Vol. 2. It was all about finding a niche in t...


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October 03 2016

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October 03 2016

Beeld: baroqueswing Vol. II - review

Here is a review (in Afrikaans) that appeared in BEELD on 26 September 2016 by Paul Boekkooi Dink aan die Swingle Sing­ers, die Jacques Loussier Trio en die Raymond Guiot-kwintet: Heerlike jazz-improvisasies, soms teen ’n virtuose sneltreintempo wat weliswaar Bach en sy maters hul pruike tydelik laat verloor het, maar uiteindelik ’n stewige bru...


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August 04 2016

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August 04 2016

Cross-over Jazz: The Charl du Plessis Trio

As luck would have it this morning, I ran into pianist Charl du Plessis on the lovely Dorfplatz, the central square in Ernen that’s more or less the aorta of the village. Last evening, du Plessis and the other members of his trio − Werner Spies, stick bass, and Hugo Radyn, drums − had knocked the socks off listeners in the jazz program they bro...


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