Return of the Elephant The Phonebone Quintet

• 1 Alone Together 08:12
• 2 One Pair of Boots 07:13
• 3 Why did you leave me 04:43
• 4 Cherokee 04:44
• 5 Old Country 05:03
• 6 I Didn't Know What Time It Was 05:16
• 7 Funkalerro 04:10
• 8 Lover Man 06:25
• 9 The Way It Goes 04:19
• 10 Autumn Leaves 06:08
• Total Runtime 56:13

Info for Return of the Elephant

The Phonebone Quintet formed in 1994. The concept was simple. We thought, ‘We all love to play jazz originals. Let's play around with the melody, harmony and structure of the tunes, but without losing the strength of them.' We then added a few of our own compositions, and that was it: a swinging new band called The Phonebone Quintet.

The Phonebone Quintet existed for only a short period, from 1994 until 1996. But what a great time we had playing together! We played everything by heart and the energy during the concerts was fantastic. For us it was just a big musical playground.

The Phonebone Quintet stopped playing partly as a result of the members' busy individual gigging schedules, combined with the huge amount of time needed to book concerts. We discovered that planning and booking concerts is an extremely time-consuming activity.

Unfortunately, no skilled organizer crossed our path to take up that task. And so it slowly faded out.



The Phonebone Quintet:
Allard Buwalda, saxophones
Martijn Sohier, trombone
Joe Dinkelbach, piano
Frans van Geest, double bass
Hans Dekker, drums

Recorded on May 9-10, 2007 at The Location Studios, Antwerp, Belgium
Recording, editing and mastering by Jos Boerland

The Phonebone Quintet
formed in 1994. The concept was simple. We thought, ‘We all love to play jazz originals. Let's play around with the melody, harmony and structure of the tunes, but without losing the strength of them.' We then added a few of our own compositions, and that was it: a swinging new band called The Phonebone Quintet.

The Phonebone Quintet existed for only a short period, from 1994 until 1996. But what a great time we had playing together! We played everything by heart and the energy during the concerts was fantastic. For us it was just a big musical playground.

The Phonebone Quintet stopped playing partly as a result of the members' busy individual gigging schedules, combined with the huge amount of time needed to book concerts. We discovered that planning and booking concerts is an extremely time-consuming activity.

Unfortunately, no skilled organizer crossed our path to take up that task. And so it slowly faded out.

Booklet for Return of the Elephant