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Biography
Octurn is a Belgium|Belgian polyrhythmic jazz musical ensemble|ensemble led by Bo Van Der Werf ( baritone saxophone and clarinet ). Its lineup as well as the composers are changed for every album. They always play with at least 3 saxophones and from 2002 they have been playing with two basses and two drummers.
Members
Apart from the leader, Laurent Blondiau ( trumpet and flugelhorn ) is the only member who played on each Octurn release. Other members are, on :
saxophone: Ben Sluijs (alto), Jeroen Van Herzeele (tenor and soprano), Bart Defoort (tenor and soprano), Guillaume Orti (alto) and Patrick Zimmerli (tenor);
flute : Magic Malik, Ben Sluijs and Pierre Bernard ;
trombone : Ilja Reijngoud and Geoffroy De Masure ;
piano : Jozef Dumoulin, Ron Van Rossum , Kris Defoort and Fabian Fiorini ;
guitar : Nelson Veras, Jacques Pirotton , Pierre Van Dormael and Ben Monder ;
double bass|bass : Piet Verbist , Nicolas Thys , Otti Van Der Werf and Jean-Luc Lehr ;
