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| 1. | The last vestiges
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| 2. | A dreg of red
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| 3. | Your smile a stone, shattering my breath
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| 4. | Dips and proclivities
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| 5. | More than a simple shoreline
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| 6. | Landscape faux-na&
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| 7. | Sheets surfacing like an ocean
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| 8. | Space usually given over to knives
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| 9. | Her hair a dark river, and in its depths ghosts and goblins
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| 10. | No trace of food, or grief
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| 11. | Four small rooms
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| 12. | March b2
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| 13. | 2300 skiddoo
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| 14. | Heavy lace
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| 15. | Of water plants and figurines
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| 16. | Sand melody
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| 17. | Windows composing trees
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| 18. | Beyond which the blue trembles
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Jazz / Post-Bop, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Recorded 9 December 2003 at Bimhuis, Amsterdam with the exception of tracks 3 and 5, recorded at Loft, Cologne on 25 March 2004, and track 9 recorded at Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg on 10 January 2003.
Achim Kaufmann, solo piano
Titles, artwork and photography by Gabriele Guenther; cover concept by Achim Kaufmann.
This is the second CD by Achim Kaufmann for Leo Records, the first one being his quartet with the American saxophonist Michael Moor. The music of the quartet was called "the finest forward-thinking chamber jazz coming out of Europe today". The solo CD is altogether different. It's a result of many years of investigation of the piano. There are 20 pieces on this CD, and in Achim's words "they are different types of knives, different shapes".
Achim Kaufmann's set of solo piano improvisations is concise and very adventurous. On some numbers he builds on a rumbling forward momentum à la Lennie Tristano while others are sound explorations. Kaufmann fully explores the piano in all of its registers and even inside, where he sometimes "prepares" the piano with tools. He often plays violently but at other times creates an uneasy peace that is anything but peaceful. Other than a reworking of Herbie Nichols' "2300 Skidoo," all of the music performed is Kaufmann originals, some of which seem designed for specific purposes even though much of the improvising is quite free. Overall this is an intriguing if somewhat disturbing set of avant-garde jazz. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Achim Kaufmann
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: 1962 in Aachen, Germany
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Post-Bop |
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