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Mechanism - a zestful inner-exchange of monologues and self-dialogues. Florian Ross's first CD as solo-pianist is a recording of poetic beauty and subtle self-assurance: piano music of astounding variety and at the same time uncanny homogeneity - music filled with substance and soul.
Florian Ross · Mechanism
Florian Ross piano, loops
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 NEW RELEASE: PIROUET JAZZ COMPILATION - VOL. 2 · CATS AND DOGS
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NEW RELEASE: DOMENIC LANDOLF · NEW BRIGHTON
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Domenic Landorf - a wide-ranging instrumentalist - presents music of riveting beauty and a trio that plays with intimate intensity. Thirteen pieces that hold the listener spellbound. Magical moments appear out of thin air. Captivating moments with a quirky magic that enchants the listener and holds him spellbound.
Domenic Landolf · New Brighton
Domenic Landolf tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, alto flute · Patrice Moret bass · Dejan Terzic drums, glockenspiel
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NEW RELEASE: CONTACT · FIVE ON ONE
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"Five on One": the work of five friends. Five musicians who can find each other in the dark and thereby have developed an intense interplay characterized by an intimate warmth. These are gorgeously harmonious, masterful recordings played by musicians who could care less about what happens to be in vogue. Five radical individuals who play as one.
Contact · Five on One
Dave Liebman tenor & soprano saxophone · John Abercrombie guitar · Marc Copland piano · Drew Gress bass · Billy Hart drums
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BRILLIANT: HENNING SIEVERTS RECEIVES THE 2010 ECHO JAZZ AWARD
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This year, for the first time, the new ECHO JAZZ award will be presented. The new award is initiated by the German Recording Academy - the cultural institute of the Association of the German Music Industry. 300 nominees representing some 50 record labels took part in the competition. There were national and international winners in 31 categories. Henning Sieverts received the award in the "national instrumentalist of the year - bass" category for his playing on his Pirouet Records CD "Blackbird". The awards ceremony will take place on May 5th in the Jahrhunderthalle (Centenary Hall) in Bochum, Germany. The event will be broadcast on WDR television at 10:30 p.m., May 8th and on WDR 3 radio at 8:05 p.m., May 11th. We heartily congratulate Henning Sieverts on his award! More information concerning Echo Jazz can be found at www.echojazz.de
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: BILL CARROTHERS · JOY SPRING
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PABLO HELD · MUSIC
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Music is the name of the album, and the simple yet meaningful title expresses a self-confidence that Pablo Held has every right to possess. Completely without pretence, and playing with expressive ease, his trio relies completely on the music's inner strength. Music with its own sound and unique atmospheric mood.
Pablo Held · Music
Pablo Held piano · Robert Landfermann bass · Jonas Burgwinkel drums
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DOWNBEAT: THE BEST CDs OF THE 2000s
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CD OF THE MONTH: MARC COPLAND · ALONE
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Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Jazzstation.com: CD of the Month!
"Marc Copland is one of the best pianists in jazz history, an underrated artist who's in the same creative level of Keith Jarrett and Ahmad Jamal, all with particular and peculiar musical styles. "Alone", Marc's solo adventure, comes out on the Munich-based Pirouet label after this pianist's extraordinary "New York Trio Recordings" series of three CDs."
Marc Copland · Alone
Marc Copland piano
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ROBIN VERHEYEN · STARBOUND
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New York saxophonist Robin Verheyen and his Pirouet debut, Starbound, brilliantly accompanied by Bill Carrothers, Nicolas Thys, and Dré Pallemaerts: masterful clarity and atmospheric depth. The young saxophonist's Pirouet debut is a CD for listeners who want to be challenged and who treasure the art of nuance.
Robin Verheyen · Starbound
Robin Verheyen soprano & tenor saxophone · Bill Carrothers piano · Nicolas Thys bass · Dré Pallemaerts drums
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LOREN STILLMAN · WINTER FRUITS
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Magician of musical textures and colours, virtuoso of shading, Loren Stillman writes with stylistic self-assurance and sensitivity about the most sensual mysteries of modern jazz. With breathtaking joy at the musical give-and-take, rhythmic compactness, and striking precision, these four musicians achieve a marvellous world of sounds full of riveting mystery and textural nuances of delicate subtlety and masterful enchantment.
Loren Stillman · Winter Fruits
Loren Stillman alto saxophone · Nate Radley guitar · Gary Versace organ · Ted Poor drums
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GARY PEACOCK & MARC COPLAND · INSIGHT
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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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