Classic haiku
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Author Archives: Marnix Busstra
Buzz battle
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Burung kakatua
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Between blue and brown
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Authentic turtle
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And then you dive
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Three years, three months, three weeks, three days
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Indonesia – 2011
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Saturday, December 10 The plane that takes us on our second trip to Indonesia leaves Schiphol at 09:00 PM: the Buzz Brothers, Marnix (guitar) and Berthil (keys) Busstra, drummer Chris Strik, and bassist Thomas Pol, a 22-year old (!) super talent who replaces our regular bass player Frans van der Geest for this series of concerts. We had picked Malaysian… Read more »
NRC – Edo Dijksterhuis
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“The group is full of fantasy, creating variations while playing as little themes develop in tempo and color.” The negative meaning often associated with the word “Naive” does not apply to the title of the second CD from the Marnix Busstra 4-tet. The nine compositions on The Naive World are of a relatively uncomplicated structure and emit an almost childlike… Read more »
Volkskrant
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“…Busstra’s group rewards the attention paid them with music that has been well thought out and deeply experienced by it’s performers.” The Dutchman Marnix Busstra uses long, electrically colored tones but distinguishes himself from the masses of jazz-rock guitarists by never bowing to the temptation to exaggerate. His quartet, beautifully recorded in a direct manner, (and with an excellent tenor… Read more »