Ab Baars
Dutch musician-composer and bandleader Ab Baars performs on clarinet, tenor saxophone and shakuhachi. He focuses mainly on solo concerts, his trio Baars Buis Deman, duo Baars-Henneman, the quartet Perch Hen Brock & Rain and the ICP Orchestra. He’s also a member of the Kaja Draksler Octet and trio Kneer Baars Elgart.
In reviews Baars’ music has been characterized as joyfully obstinate, but surely appealing and as colourful as it is astonishing. It embodies the best typically Dutch improvised music has to offer. Although he seldomly uses recognizable song forms or ongoing swing rhythms, the music stays catchy, because it is stripped to the essence and clearly presented.
A Free Step: The Music of John Carter by Ab Baars Trio
Abet?! አቤት?! by Gustafsson / Vandermark / Baars / Nilssen-Love
Aforismen Aforisme Aforismes by Ab Baars / George Dumitriu / Ig Henneman / Pau Sola Masafrets
And She Speaks – A Collection of Ballads by Ab Baars
Autumn Songs by Duo Baars - Henneman
Canvas by Ab Baars & Zlatko Kaučič
Canzoni di Primavera by Duo Baars - Henneman
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