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Michael Wollny

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Michael Wollny, born in 1978 in Schweinfurt, internationally successful jazz pianist, music inventor, unconventional thinker, popular figure. Nobody plays piano like him. His trademark: the unpredictable, the quest for the never-before-heard, the courage to devote himself to the moment, to make the unforeseen sound self-evident. His desire to keep reinventing himself, both in terms of sound and composition; that is what makes him a “consummate piano maestro” (FAZ) and “the biggest (jazz) musician personality that Germany has produced since Albert Mangelsdorff” (Hamburger Abendblatt).

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Purple Jazz: A Tribute to Prince, Part 2

Read "Purple Jazz: A Tribute to Prince, Part 2" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


This week we look into both the jazz side of Prince, including the unexpressed potentials of his collaboration with Miles Davis, and covers of his music by notable jazz players, from Nina Simone to Joshua Redman. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Nina ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Annette Peacock, Christina Galisatus, Paul Bley, Michael Wollny & New Releases

Read "Annette Peacock, Christina Galisatus, Paul Bley, Michael Wollny & New Releases" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


The spirit of the masters, the roots of each music tradition, are like ghosts that accompany a musician's creative process, with more or less awareness based on the musician's disposition. This is the premise directly explored by Michael Wollny in his latest album, and indirectly explored by every other musician featured on this show, which spotlights ...

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Ghosts

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: I Loves You Porgy; Willow's Song; Hauntology; Hand of God; Ghosts; Monsters Never Breathe; Erl; In a Sentimental Mood; She Moved Through the Fair; Beat the Drum Slowly.

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Article: Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2022

Read "Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2022" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


The depth and range of the music that jazz players have put on record in 2022 are so big that summarizing this “year in jazz" by selecting only ten albums feels akin to taking the photo of a breath-taking landscape with an ultra-low resolution camera... Ten years from now, how is one supposed to understand how ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

3x3: Piano Trios: September 2022

Read "3x3: Piano Trios: September 2022" reviewed by Geno Thackara


Teemu Kekkonen Here/There Self produced 2022 Teemu Kekkonen does indeed cross a lot of both “heres" and “theres" during the course of Here/There. His debut has one foot in his native Finland's folk roots and one in the most urbane of metropolitan clubs. It could instead refer to jazz's past and ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazzfest Bonn, Opening Night With Niels Klein / EOS Chamber Orchestra And The Michael Wollny Trio

Read "Jazzfest Bonn, Opening Night With Niels Klein / EOS Chamber Orchestra And The Michael Wollny Trio" reviewed by Josef Woodard


JazzFest BonnBonn, Germany May 31-May 28, 2022 From the vastly populous files of shuttled cultural plans during pandemic times, JazzFest Bonn also played calendar catch-up on May 1. The kickoff concert of the festival's 12th annual edition opened at the Oper, a large theater venue nestled along the Rhine River, in overdue ...

Album

XXXX

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Somewhere Around Barstow; Dick Laurent Is Dead; Too Bright in Here; Grandmother’s Hammer; The Haul; Find the Fish; Doppler FX; Michael vs. Michael; Nörvenich Lounge; Nostalgia for the Light.

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Article: Album Review

Wollny - Parisien - Lefebvre - Lillinger: XXXX

Read "XXXX" reviewed by Phillip Woolever


This unique group effort by a progressive team of virtuoso improvisers doesn't always hit the mark of inspired mastery, but the project certainly expands such possibilities. The album is culled from a four-night stand at Berlin's well-known A-Trane club which produced around eight hours of recorded material. The intriguing, unpredictable package presented here clocks in at ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Returned to Forever: The Chick Corea's Songbook, Part 1

Read "Returned to Forever: The Chick Corea's Songbook, Part 1" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


We celebrate the legacy of the late Chick Corea with his countless recordings as a leader or sideman, a body of compositions that have already expanded the jazz canon and will continue to do so in the coming years. In this first part of the programme we'll focus in particular on his “Spanish Heart" and his ...


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