Franz Koglmann: Make Believe

Avant Jazz / Free Improvisation / Avant-Garde
premiera polska: 2011-01-18
opakowanie: Gatefoldowe etui
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Editor's info:
Owing to his consistent and very personal variant of the "Third Stream2, the fusion of classical music and jazz, Franz Koglmann, the trumpeter and flugelhorn-player from Vienna, has become one of the most significant contemporary composers.

Make Believe features a high-carat quintet presenting five "instrumental scenes2, and, under the title of Make Believe, a medley from Jerome Kern1s musical Show Boat modelled on Paul Whiteman1s recording with cornet-player Bix Beiderbecke. Make Believe made such a "bewitching impression2 on Cocteau while he wrote the novel that he recommended one should listen to it while reading the book. Anyone listening to Koglmann1s version of "Make Believe" and comparing it to that of Whiteman might get an inkling of the relationship between Koglmann1s own compositions and Cocteau1s text. The "extraneous2 material provides the initial spark for a re-exploration of his own realm of composing. Even though the above statement might sound pretentious, the resulting music certainly does not. It is a rare treat today to hear an ensemble play in such densely-knit closeness and yet stay so relaxed in the process. Koglmann1s composition leaves room for each of the musicians to unfold their personal skills and qualities, of which they have an ample supply.

Even though the individual players have a definite impact on the music of Make Believe, the CD hinges on the decade-long co-operation between Koglmann and Coe. The affinity between their respective instrumental timbres, mellow and dark, gives Koglmann1s compositions a particular personal depth. Anyone already familiar with Koglmann will be pleased to hear this recording of his latest work. For anyone hitherto hesitant to take up the challenge of Koglmann1s music, Make Believe offers an ideal easy-listening initiation.

muzycy:
Franz Koglmann: tp, fl-h
Tony Coe: cl, b-cl, ts
Tom Varner: fr-h
Brad Shepik: g
Peter Herbert: b

utwory:
1. Make Believe
2. Lotrecht in die Tiefe
3. Rue Montmartre Triology:
4. L'écrevisse
5. Interlude
6. Rue Montmarte
7. Eye, Ear, Nose
8. Der Vogel
9. Blut (Lullaby)

wydano: 1999-09-03
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