Klaus Koenig Seven Things: Dark With Excessive Bright

Straightahead / Mainstream Jazz
premiera polska: 2023-07-07
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
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Editor's info:
When the foundation „Pro Helvetia“ sent our group Magog to the Ljubljana Festival as the Swiss representative in 1975, we had the pleasure of meeting Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers there, as well as pianist Cecil Taylor. One can hardly imagine anything more dissimilar than the playing styles of these two jazz greats. On one hand perhaps the leading representative of hard bop at the time, and on the other, probably the most important protagonist of free jazz, if not to say its originator. But these two artists had one thing in common: the structure of their groups.Both included two wind instruments and a trio of piano, bass and drums. Apparently, the two-wind quintet is insensitive to stylistic differences, being robust enough to convey very different musical content. No wonder then that even today, decades after our little excursion, this formation continues to exist as strong as ever – it has become “classic”.

muzycy:
Klaus Koenig (piano)
Patrick Sommer (bass)
Andi Wettstein (drums)
Christoph Merki (alto saxophone)
Daniel Schenker (trumpet)

utwory:
01. Little Nick 06:36
02. Song of Woe 05:41
03. Ballad for Five 07:28
04. Gog's Girl 05:50
05. Es Ist Wie Es Ist 05:16
06. Blues for Marco 06:49
07. Dark With Excessive Bright 04:55
08. Ciaccona 05:12
09. For My Brother 06:09

wydano: 2023-04
more info: www.tcbrecords.com