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Henning Sieverts draws on the immense possibilities of the systematic and masterfully exploits these possibilities. With his ear attuned to continual change, Sieverts has made subtle use of symmetric material in the pieces on this CD. The music grooves, twitters, warbles, frazzles, and dazzles, absorbing and impulsive as only the most vibrantly-played jazz can be.
Henning Sieverts Symmetry · Blackbird
Henning Sieverts bass, cello · Chris Speed clarinet, tenor saxophone · Johannes Lauer trombone · Achim Kaufmann piano · John Hollenbeck drums
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NEW RELEASE: JÜRGEN FRIEDRICH · POLLOCK
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Jürgen Friedrich, John Hébert, and Tony Moreno are exponents of the highest art of the piano trio. They are a masterful trio who play music swirling with intensely vivid, luminous colours. Refinement and immediacy: seldom does one find this combination in such consummate harmony and at the same time with such a subtle complexity.
Jürgen Friedrich · Pollock
Jürgen Friedrich piano · John Hébert bass · Tony Moreno drums
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NEW RELEASE: NICOLAS THYS · VIRGO
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A CD full of incredibly sensuous sounds, constantly challenging the intellect. With an enthralling, mesmerizing intensity and a lot of soul, the music bundles together an immense richness of colours and impressions. Lyrical melodic magic that leaves fluorescent traces in the memory - unforgettable, iridescent, beautiful: music from Nicolas Thys.
Nicolas Thys · Virgo
Nicolas Thys bass · Chris Cheek tenor saxophone · Jon Cowherd piano · Ryan Scott guitar · Dan Rieser drums
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NEW RELEASE: MARC COPLAND · NIGHT WHISPERS - NEW YORK TRIO RECORDINGS VOL. 3
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BILL CARROTHERS · HOME ROW
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Incredibly cohesive trio play, improvisation with an earthy, bluesy vehemence. A contemplative jazz piano trio masterpiece, with a pensive lyricism searching for the peace within. There is a like-minded aesthetic that underlies the music's gripping sensuality and sense of the unusual. Carrothers' deep sense of lyricism and the special nuances in the slower pieces are an essential part of this recording.
Bill Carrothers · Home Row
Bill Carrothers piano · Gary Peacock bass · Bill Stewart drums
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PABLO HELD · FOREST OF OBLIVION
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Congratulations! Pablo Held is finalist of the EBU-Competition 2009. The finally concert take place in July at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2009 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Pablo Held is the "Westfalen Jazz 2009" prize winner.
Seldom has a German jazz musician's debut album received such outstanding critical acclaim. The jury saw in Held an "exceptional musician" and characterised his concerts and recently released first album Forest of Oblivion as having "amazing musical maturity"...
Pablo Held · Forest Of Oblivion
Pablo Held piano · Robert Landfermann bass · Jonas Burgwinkel drums
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