| Long story short, as Ab Baars's trio neared its tenth anniversary, he decided to throw a party. Baars not being one to rush into anything (off stage, at least), the band was eleven-and-a-half before he finally got around to it. But nobody complained, any more than when friend Sean Bergin's MOB had its tenth birthday Bimhuis bash at age nine.
To join him in making merry Ab invited folks who'd helped make it all possible: his trio-mates of course, and four other colleagues crucial to his development as composer, tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. |