Yuri Honing has dedicated his new album to the gruesome heritage of Bluebeard, titlular character of the 17th Century French fairytale.
The relentless Bluebeard now has a soundtrack thanks to Dutch saxophone pride Yuri Honing. With his Acoustic Quartet, Yuri Honing has been celebrating international success for many years. As with his previous album Goldbrun, the release of Bluebeard will be followed by an exhibition at Museum De Fundatie in Zwolle, a 'Gesamtkunstwerk' of paintings, sculptures and music in collaboration with painter Mariecke van der Linden. Honing's awards include three Edisons and the Boy Edgar Prijs 2012, and he has worked with countless greats such as Pat Metheny, Charli Haden, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Paul Bley and Craig Taborn.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"Dutch saxophonist Yuri Honing's tenor horn floats with melancholic grace through this album inspired by the wife-murderer of European folk tale... Honing's playing is expressive throughout." 4 STARS -The Scotsman
"Dutch saxophonist/composer Yuri Honing's Bluebeard (2020) his fourth album on Challenge Records with his acoustic quartetis not just a highly personal take on the Bluebeard legend, but arguably one of the most lyrical and musically poetic. It's a stunning work, spare yet deeply layered, and beautifully haunting." All About Jazz
"With Bluebeard, Yuri Honing has pulled off something quite exceptional. The whole album is an exercise in exquisitely controlled restraint with much said in just a few carefully chosen brush strokes and where the silences between the notes are almost as eloquent as the notes themselves. It's tempting to say that the album is a culmination of three decades of experience but that implies a conclusion and one hopes that there is much more still to come from Yuri Honing." - SandyBrownJazz
