04-09-2000 Darmstädter Echo (Germany)		Review BYE-YA! Live in Darmstadt Germany (Translation Joep van der Plas)
		Fingers and palms of the hand The 'Latin'-element forms an important chapter in the relationship between jazz an popular music. Regularly Latin-American components have had tremendous effects on influential musicians and these influences have been entwined in a number of standard compositions, as with the trumpet-player Dizzy Gillespie. Recently jazz-groups have strongly been devoting themselves to this variant, encouraged by the phenomenal success of the "Buena Vista Social Club". The Dutch quintet 'Bye-Ya', that Friday evening performed in the 'Bessunger' boys' school, consists of such a melting-pot, in which these elements are being mixed in an innovative way. In front of an attentive audience the young musicians proved, that they move in a promising direction. The Curaçao-born pianist Randal Corsen, who perfectly represents both components (Latin-American and Jazz), is the driving force behind this remarkable quintet. His brilliantly performed improvisations on the piano were as impressive as most of the arrangements made by him. Another excellent soloist is the trumpeter Jarmo Hoogendijk, who masters the complete range from smooth bebop, over south-American emotionalism up till sensuous-contemplative play with the mute (sordino). The rhythmic, which is so important for this type of music, is characterized by vehemently syncopated bass-lines, which were effectively provided for by double-bass player Mick Paawe. On percussion a real Cuban can be found; with an innate enthusiasm he drums even the most complex of rhythms. In this he is assisted by Jens Kerkhoff, who works an array of five harmonized congas and thus contributed to the warm and lively sound of the collective. Mambo, Rumba or Bossa Nova, the sound of 'Bye-Ya' lastingly brings a successful junction between modern Jazz and Latin-American tradition about.