First something about the title of the third album of the Dutch jazz super quartet Estafest !. After all, this already explains a lot about the content of the disc. Bayachrimae is a combination of (music by) the Bayaka people in Central Africa and the composition Lachrimae from the early 17th century by the British composer John Downland. Relay race! consists of saxophonist Mete Erker ( ), violinist
… Oene van Geel ( ), guitarist Anton Goudsmit ( , ) and pianist Jeroen van Vliet ( ). As Estafest! comes together, there is really only one rule: everything must be possible. It once again produces an equally wonderful and moody disc, full of chamber jazz that goes in all directions. It is a musical journey from Central Africa to Renaissance England. Improvisations that come about with the utmost concentration and audible pleasure. A unique quartet. (MR)more