Hideji Taninaka – double bass and Sho (Japanese mouth organ)
William Parker- double bass and Guimbre (North African Bass-lute)
Wilbert de Joode – double bass,
Klaas Hekman – bass saxophone

Vier Bassinstrumente mit unterschiedlichen Klängen- die Erotik der tiefen Töne dargestellt von dem unerschütterlichen Focus von Hideji Taninaka, dem unerschöpflichen Drive und Energie von William Parker, eigensinnig und frisch Wilbert de Joode und ein unberechenbarer Kontrapunkt Klass Hekman.

Die 4 Musiker aus 3 Kontinenten haben in 6 Tourneen einen unverwechselbaren Klang entwickelt

Multi-bassband Intermission is the extreme texture of four temperaments of the ‚low‘:
The unflappable focus of Hideji Taninaka (Japan), the never ending energy and drive of William Parker (New York),Wilbert de Joode (Zaandam, NL): obstinate and alert, Klaas Hekman (Rotterdam, NL): unpredictable and with counterpoint.
Here are four improvisers: three double-basses and a bass-saxophone. In 12 years, working together in three continents, on six€ tours the group developed its idiosyncratic sound and improvisational uniqueness.

Intermissions music finds it origin in the universe… or to quote William Parker:
„Music is every wondrous canyon in a miraculous dream.“

„Music is every wondrous canyon in a miraculous dream.“
William Parker

„Intermission: Music without a position? Au contraire, in this outing the ensemble takes the privileged status of the questioner, the inquirer, the poser of conundrums and engineer of investigation…A Human exploration.”
John Corbett

„These fellas are each schooled in making ensembles work, whatever the lineup, so they come up with a fascinating mix, even when all playing fast pizz in open time…“
Kevin Witehead

„The quartet Intermission is conceptually severe: three contrabasses and organizer Klaas Hekman’s bass saxophone. They get as low to the ground as any band anywhere. Rumbling underground moans unfold without haste, like a tape of Ligeti strings played at the wrong speed.
„Intermission“ „pauze“ was Duke Ellington’s deprecatory slang for „bass solo,“ but the band avoids jazzy gestures: no 4/4 bass walking tonight. By conscious choice, it’s a music of texture more than form, a risky business……“.
KW. Volkskrant