On September 12, 2020 Steven Kamperman and his ensemble HOT (& Brass) launched a CD registration of Reflections of Duke. Jazz featuring a churchorgan? HOT proves again and again that it is possible! After their album debut Bird & Beyond, decomposing the works of Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, HOT this time embraces the big band repertoire of jazz icon Duke Ellington. The CD is available at Zennez Records.
Reviews CD Reflections of Duke
ProgJazz, Storm Bakker, August 2020
HOT & Brass is un-Dutch good. In any case, extremely striking and daring in our national ground-level culture.
The album is now packed with class and hopefully it will be the big stick for these guys from HOT & Brass, to soon deliver another unique masterpiece.
Moors Magazine, Holly Moors, August 31, 2020
It provides an hour of stunning music, which exudes the atmosphere of Duke Ellington, and therefore exudes a timeless quality, but at the same time, through the approach of HOT, has also mysteriously become music of the twenty-first century.
Jazz Nu, Rinus van der Heijden, September 12, 2020
The Organ Trio has found a new alley. One where not is performed, but created. Built on decades-old remains, which place Duke Ellington in a new light.
HOT added one to the countless interpretations that impresses and signifies a contemporary innovation. And resists the timelessness of the American grandmaster.
