21:00 Special Reserve Frisque Concordance D/GB
"...The pianist in the wide gap between muted hammerwork and the new impressionistic fluidity; the saxophonist with his pleasant alinear atmospheric sheet-lightening, bridging overtoning and underblowing, pulses and plosives. That and that and Hans Schneider and Martin Blume, forming a mirror that walks through itself, a time tunnel conducting itself into the present; as commentators and guides, always two steps ahead and two behind... a fantastic example of an improvisation project. " (Jazzthetik)
No matter what our colleague saw fit to say here, Frisque Concordance delivers what is commonly expected from European improvised music: Free jazz, high-powered improvisations, pleasure in building sound-scapes, compositional fragments which do not deny the impact of contemporary (E-) influences, energy-charged passages interspersed with fragile melodic curves - in sum: European Music at its best!! CH
24:00 Farmer's Market
Stella Jones and Georg Farmer, both children of famous trumpet-playing fathers (Carmel and Art), in an encounter with children of unknown fathers... It's clear we're not referring here to a children's party! In the background, a roiling octet, bolstered by Öllerer and Schwinn over Farmer's bass line; in the foreground, a budding Diva; and uniting them all, the common denominator: Let's play!! MR
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