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The Dutch duo of singer Ineke Vandoorn and guitarist Marc Van Vugt have worked together numerous times in many types of settings including in a quartet, a larger ensemble and, as featured on this
LiveStream from July 4, 2020, a duo.
Ineke Vandoorn is an adventurous but friendly and accessible singer who has worked with Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, Thomas Chapin, Robin Eubanks, and Vince Mendoza among many others.
Marc van Vugt is a well-respected composer in addition to being a guitarist who, in addition to also working with Wheeler, Chapin, Eubanks and Mendoza, has performed with John Clayton and John Abercrombie.
During their atmospheric set, Vandoorn and van Vugt (who sings behind Vandoorn on one song) perform melodic and often very attractive originals, functioning both as one purposeful voice and as a full orchestra by themselves.
During the last part of their intimate performance, keyboardist Derk Reneman makes the group a trio, fitting in well while pushing the others to really stretch themselves.
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Husband and wife Charnett Moffett and Jana Herzen have both had significant careers.
The son of drummer Charles Moffett, Charnett Moffett began playing bass and recording in the family band when he was just eight.
Since that time he has played with nearly every one of importance in modern jazz including Branford and Wynton Marsalis (back in the 1980s), Stanley Jordan, Tony Williams, Art Blakey, Ornette Coleman, Kenny Garrett and many others, leading at least 18 albums of his own.
Jana Herzen has been a performer for years but first became well known for founding the Motema label in 2003 and producing many memorable recordings.
A singer-songwriter who also plays guitar, Jana Herzen teams up with the virtuoso electric bass playing of Charnett Moffett to perform a set of colorful originals on their LiveStream of July 30, 2020; their music, which could be called modern folk with jazz inspirations, cannot easily be categorized.
