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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
Release date: October 30, 2008
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 NEW RELEASE: ACHIM KAUFMANN · KYRILL
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The music this trio plays is the opposite of harmless. It is music that is excitingly intense, expressive, and shimmering with kaleidoscopic complexity. It is piano trio music that is both highly complex and intensely sensual in which the composition plays a central roll, a music that consummately goes its own way.
Achim Kaufmann · Kyrill
Achim Kaufmann piano · Valdi Kolli bass · Jim Black drums
Release date: October 17, 2008
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NEW RELEASE: JOHN SCHRÖDER · SIR LEMUEL'S DANCE
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For John Schröder virtuosity is a means to an end, and that end is to deliver an enthralling musical message. The music is full of surprises and instinctive interplay. The music revolves in an extremely complex dance as Schröder challenges the band with continually modulating meters, scales, and harmonies - Schröderish dances composed of tones sparkling with deeper meaning - and Schröder's quartet communicates with penetrating intensity.
John Schröder · Sir Lemuel's Dance
John Schröder piano · Christian Weidner alto saxophone · Oliver Potratz bass · Oliver Steidle drums
Release date: October 3, 2008
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NEW RELEASE: PABLO HELD · FOREST OF OBLIVION
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This is piano trio music that doesn't need to advertise itself; it is simply persuasive. The music isn't looking for a quick fix or flashy effect; it lives and breathes through it's intricate structure and deep meaning. This music has something secretive and mysterious about it; it shimmers and sparkles, and in its gentle way creates a unique world of sound replete with an intimate excitement.
Pablo Held · Forest Of Oblivion
Pablo Held piano · Robert Landfermann bass · Jonas Burgwinkel drums
Release date: September 12, 2008
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NEW RELEASE: MARC COPLAND · ANOTHER PLACE
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CD OF THE MONTH: TIM HAGANS · ALONE TOGETHER
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There's playing of breath-taking intensity to be heard on this CD - it is exciting, richly communicative music. Tim Hagans plays with a strong, subtly expressive tone, as articulate as it is eloquent - regardless of the musical context. With its strong contours, Tim Hagans' trumpet sound glides weightlessly over Copeland's unusual harmonies. Piece after piece, it's a listening experience filled with refinement and magic.
Tim Hagans · Alone Together
Tim Hagans trumpet · Marc Copland piano · Drew Gress bass · Jochen Rückert drums
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NEW RELEASE: JOHN RUOCCO · AM I ASKING TOO MUCH?
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Intimate beauty and stylistic clarity: these are fundamental characteristics of the six pieces on this CD. Every tone is understated. The music radiates a quiet beauty with a tender, enchanting atmosphere. Extraordinarily refined jazz compositions - sublime, restrained, with nuance in every tone. Music with a deep inner life - a life in which screams are not necessary; the music's quiet intensity says all that needs to be said. Musik from John Ruocco.
John Ruocco · Am I Asking Too Much?
John Ruocco clarinet · John Taylor piano · Riccardo Del Fra bass
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CD OF THE MONTH: BILL STEWART · INCANDESCENCE
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One set of drums and two sets of keyboards - that's a combination with a lot of possibilities. A unique music in which each piece presents a new challenge. Here are three musicians who are on the case, with a commitment that is palpable. Every bar shines with a pulsating iridescence. A trio for lovers of a jazzy broadening of horizons.
Bill Stewart · Incandescence
Bill Stewart drums · Larry Goldings hammond organ, accordion · Kevin Hays piano
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NEW RELEASE: JASON SEIZER · TIME BEING
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Seizer is the master of the lean, sharply contoured tone - a sound that is nevertheless elastic and colourfully textured. You seldom find this mixture of introspection and strong presence - a combination that is intrinsic to Seizer's style. Music that concerns itself with substance and finely-sculpted tonal textures that will make you sit up and listen.
Jason Seizer · Time Being
Jason Seizer tenor saxophone · Marc Copland piano · Matthias Pichler bass · Tony Martucci drums
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