Dimensions is a 2002 album by jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 band Octurn

Octurn

Octurn is a Belgian polyrhythmic jazz ensemble led by Bo Van Der Werf . Its lineup as well as the composers are changed for every album...

. It was recorded at Studio Jet, Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

 from February 12 until February 15, 2002. It is the fifth release compiled in the 11-CD box edited by De Werf

De Werf

De Werf is a Belgian arts center based in Bruges. It organizes concerts and records CDs for jazz musicians. The first record it released was Sketches of Belgium by K. D.'s Basement Party, a band led by Kris Defoort. The next year, Octurn's first album went out on this label...

 the same year.

Track listing

Part 1 : "Dimensions" (Geoffroy De Masure) – 40:35

1. "Khora" – 1:27
2. "Quadrature" – 5:29
3. "Continuum" – 4:52
4. "Alter Native" – 5:05
5. "Perpetuum" – 1:09
6. "Loga Rhythm" – 7:25
7. "Chaos" – 7:25
8. "Griot" – 3:55
9. "Homo Sentimentalis" – 4:22
10. "Griot (bis)" – 1:33

Part 2 : "Haikus" (Bo Van der Werf) – 18:57

1. "Aware" – 5:20
2. "Sabi" – 6:41
3. "Yugen" – 6:56

Part 3 : "Les Premiers Des 42 Jours" (Antoine Prawerman) – 14:53

1. "Les Premiers Des 42 Jours" – 3:30
2. "Octurn Sans Haine Ne Nuit Point" – 4:27
3. "Le Très Grand Frère d'Awa Toé" – 6:56

Personnel

• Bo Van der Werf - baritone saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  , leader
• Laurent Blondiau - trumpet
  Trumpet
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  , flugelhorn
  Flugelhorn
  The flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus...
  
  
• Geoffroy De Masure
  Geoffroy De Masure
  Geoffroy De Masure started playing trombone and piano at fourteen years old. From 1985 to 1989 he studied at the Conservatoire in Avignon classical trombone with Professor Bernard Buffet and Jazz with André Jaume. He started playing professionally at 18 in rock and funk band and got his first jazz...
  
   - trombone
  Trombone
  The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
  
  
• Guillaume Orti - alto saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  
• Fabian Fiorini - piano
  Piano
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  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Pierre Van Dormael
  Pierre Van Dormael
  Pierre Van Dormael , born in Brussels, Uccle, was a Belgian musician and composer.In 1988, he played with the James Baldwin Project with a.o. David Linx and Deborah Brown , Slide Hampton , Diederik Wissels , Bob Stewart and Michel Hatzigeorgiou...
  
   - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Otti Van Der Werf - electric bass
  Bass guitar
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• Jean-Luc Lehr - electric bass
• Chander Sardjoe - drums
  Drum kit
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• Norbert Lucarain - drums
• Stéphane Galland
  Stéphane Galland
  Stéphane Galland is a Belgian drummer.He got his first drumset at the age of 3 and six years later, he entered the Huy conservatory, from which he graduated in 1987. When he was 11, he started to perform with jazz musicians like Eric Legnini and Jean-Pierre Catoul...
  
   - drums
• Michel Seba - percussions
  Percussion instrument
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