“Busstra is quite capable of expressing himself with originality within this genre with powerful compositions that are virile and flavorful,…” Fusion has, not always without justification, received a lot of criticism, or so we read in the CD’s insert. Guitarist Marnix Busstra wants to create fusion in the same fashion as Weather Report and Steps Ahead have done in their… Read more »
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“Buzz Bros Band have released a very good album with Ppff unk and is one that caught me totally by surprise earning a very deserving three and a half stars.” Hailing from The Netherlands, the Buzz Bros Band are not what you would call your typical Dutch band, in fact are far from it. They play a brand of funk… Read more »
“…these crafty Euros are more about promoting fun than anything else.” A loping love letter to 70s funk that doesn’t bother with adhering to the conventions if time and tide has changed things around. The kind of stuff a white boy would groove to, these crafty Euros are more about promoting fun than anything else. Several steps above being a… Read more »
“… to touch his audience with his exceptional integrity and his impressive skill on the instrument.” You need guts to play really beautifully, and to create an ambience in which every note counts and every subtlety comes across. The Mike Mainieri/Marnix Busstra Quartet made the audience realize that one hardly ever gets to hear music played that way – for hours on… Read more »
“Busstra komt altijd, ook op eerdere cd’s met verrassende thema’s” Castle in the air’ is een reunie van twee musicerende broers, gitarist Marnix en pianist Berthil Busstra. Marnix Busstra gaat vanuit de jazzrock van zijn eigen kwartet en zijn band ‘Second vision’ hier een zachtere fusionkant op. Hij schreef negen stukken die allemaal een net iets andere signatuur hebben, ook… Read more »
“… in a perfect balance between free improvisation and jazz.” The Buzz Bros Band is a quartet formed by brothers Marnix (compositions, guitars) and Berthil Busstra (keys). The band is characterized by a strong interaction between all four musicians, in a perfect balance between free improvisation and jazz. It’s often hard to translate that balance into music – but this DVD,… Read more »
“The quartet is an extremely convincing unit. “As if it’s a single breath”…” The Buzz Bros Band is a remarkable quartet with an extremely agreeable sound, playing a distinctive type of acoustic/electric fusion that’s easy to the ear, yet not superficial. The quartet is an extremely convincing unit. “As if it’s a single breath”, says one of the group’s members,… Read more »
“The band, …, delivers a perfect electric jazz performance. Fully recommended!” Review DVD: “The Same New Story” – Buzz Bros Band Turtle Records This section is for reviewing movies only – but The Same New Story, the first DVD of the Buzz Bros Band, inspired us to make an exception. The band, formed around guitarist and composer Marnix Busstra and his… Read more »
