Josse De Pauw, Kris Defoort Trio — An Old Monk

About the body and the mind and how impossible it is for them to be in tune with one another.
Except perhaps during a little dance. — Josse de Pauw

A joint venture by Kris Defoort and Josse De Pauw was an old idea. Their work schedules had never previously allowed it, but then we had it: An Old Monk. Josse De Pauw performs a piece he wrote himself, with music by Kris Defoort inspired by Thelonious Monk. About wanting to live at all costs.

Reviews

“A wonderfully successful and jazzy ode to life.”- Els Van Steenberghe, KNACK, 11.11.2012

“An Old Monk is undoubtedly one of the ten best performances of the season. (…) Josse  De Pauw tells the story and celebrates. Inventive, funny, true to life. The music likewise. (…) All power and freedom, Thelonious Monk would have been mad about it.”- LE TEMPS, 18.06.2013

“The music by the Kris Defoort Trio has three pillars: the compositions by Defoort, themes from Monk, and improvisation, which interlock to form a free-thinking whole and largely create the atmosphere. (…) De Pauw is a masterly storyteller and actor, who fills the whole stage with his voice, language and body.”- **** HET PAROOL, 28.10.2013

Credits

Text Josse De Pauw
Composer Kris Defoort
Inspired by Thelonious Monk
With Josse De Pauw & Kris Defoort Trio:
Kris Defoort piano,
Nicolas Thys electric bass,
Lander Gyselinck drums
Images Bache Jespers & Benoît van Innis

Production LOD muziektheater
Coproduction Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne