Miha Gantar Trio
Das Miha Gantar Trio entstammt der Tradition der großen kreativen Köpfe der Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts und versteht sich als nächster Schritt in der Entwicklung des Jazztrio-Formats. Die Gruppe, die sich durch ihre abenteuerliche Einstellung zum Musizieren auszeichnet, macht sich die fortschrittlichen Ideale, die in der Geschichte des Jazz und der Moderne verwurzelt sind, zu eigen und versucht, sie voranzutreiben, so dass bei jeder Aufführung neue klangliche Realitäten entstehen. Mit seinem sehr persönlichen Zugang zu Komposition und Klang bietet Miha einen Vorschlag für die Zukunft des Trios. (Pressetext)

Sourcing from the lineage of great creative minds of 20th-century music, the Miha Gantar Trio contextualises itself as the next step in the development of the jazz trio format. The group, defined by its adventurous attitude to music making embraces the progressive ideals rooted in the history of jazz and modernism and seeks to push them forward, allowing new sonic realities to emerge with each performance. With a deeply personal approach to composition and sound, Miha offers a proposition on the trio for the future. (Pressetext)

I’m pleased to be given the opportunity to listen to the creative work of Miha Gantar. From the first note, I find his work a fresh sound not heard before. This is definitely not music that one is up to hear without realizing that the selections here encourage you to continue to the next sections, like being anxious to be going on to a next chapter of an engrossing book. Gantar has surrounded himself with like-minded musicians, who seem to be on the same plane of thought as he is, which is a natural ingredient for great and spontaneous creativity. I’m impressed with Gantar’s intelligent use of precious silent moments. The need to contemplate and evaluate the musical thoughts which are never to be heard the same way again. This is an important, and might I say, rare quality, experience within the artist who has developed oneself to the point of being qualified to receive those important messages from the universe. To the listener: take time to hear all selections before settling with Gantar’s “Stasis Temporis” and notice the intervals he has chosen, as he created this particular work. Kudos to Dré A. Hočevar to create conditions and encouraging musicians; to - be - know – believe in their God-given gift. (Reggie Workman)

Igor Lumpert & Innertextures
Igor Lumpert, 1975 in Slowenien geboren, ist Absolvent des Jazzdepartments am Linzer Brucknerkonservatorium. 2000 übersiedelte er nach New York und studierte dort an der New School University. Bald erfuhr er auch die richtige Jazzsozialisation. Reggie Workman, Buster Williams, Chico Hamilton, Billy Harper und Wayne Shorter waren seine Lehrherren. Und er trat auf mit Reggie Workman, John Abercrombie, Robert Glasper, Jonathan Blake, Sonny Simmons. Was Lumperts Saxspielen Originalität gibt, ist sein freimütiger Umgang mit der Jazz-Tradition, seine Balance zwischen expressiv angewandter Neo-Bop-Orientierung und romantisch anmutender Beziehung zu Balkan-Rhythmen. (Pressetext)