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| 746 |
| Trio ELF |
első megjelenés éve: 2009
55 perc |
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| (2009)
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| 4.951 Ft
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| 1. | Intro
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| 2. | 746
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| 3. | The Man Machine
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| 4. | Evet
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| 5. | Slam Stew
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| 6. | Arearea
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| 7. | Maydance
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| 8. | Azzurro
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| 9. | Adria
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| 10. | Intermezzo Op. 116
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Jazz
In recent years popular music styles like techno, hiphop and drum&bass have thoroughly changed the rhythms, timbres and sounds of our surroundings. Trio Elf from Bavaria, Germany refers to these clubby grooves by incorporating them into the concept of the acoustic jazz piano trio. The master of rhythms is drummer Gerwin Eisenhauer who studied with Dave Weckl at Drummer's Collective (New York), led workshops with Robby Ameen and has published a drum&bass workbook for drummers in 2005. Eisenhauer shows his rare talent in transposing those digital rhythms and jungle beats into strictly handmade, lightning-fast sticks artistry. On the other hand, pianist Walter Lang, a household name in Germany and Japan, shines with romantic sensitivities that clearly match those of a Keith Jarrett or Brad Mehldau. Last not least there is bass player Sven Faller -- once a cooperator of such as Jim Beard, Chico Freeman, Charlie Mariano, John Patitucci and Bobby Watson --: Connecting bass line groove with jazz balladry, he appears to be the stylistic link in the group.
When in 2006 Trio Elf presented their acoustic jazz "with an electronic flow" on the debut album "Elf" (ENJ-9488 2), the critical echo was overwhelming. Stereo magazine called it "a disc that manages to unite jazz and techno in one kind of music", made it "CD of the month" and gave it five stars for music as well as sound. Jazzthetik magazine called the concept "simple but brilliant" and asked: "Why did nobody have this idea before?" Trio Elf's music "with the loungy touch" was described as "a new color to the palette of the piano trio", "acoustic club music", "an excitingly new mixture" with "a totally novel, elevated freshness".
With their second album, "746", Trio Elf have set themselves onto a journey into new territories. Making good use of more diverse rhythmic patterns and more original tunes than before, they bring in strange hiphop and techno feels and unexpected experimental episodes, sometimes lyrical, sometimes rock-heavy, yet always clubby, relaxed and listenable. However, they also refer to techno history in Kraftwerk's "The Man-Machine", re-work a kitschy Italian pop oldie ("Azzurro") or a Brahms intermezzo. In Faller's "Adria" the trio even challenged those holy parameters of musical time that are regarded a matter of course in jazz as well lounge music. Facing the wide spectrum of their innovations, a German critic wrote: "The world needs this piano trio!" |
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