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Dietrich Eichmann: The Hot Days

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 4, 2007

Tre anni dopo aver debuttato con la Leo in un disco col percussionista Jeff Arnal, il pianista e compositore tedesco Dietrich Eichmann torna alla guida di un ensemble ma non dimentica la relazione privilegiata con le percussioni (qui c'è Michael Grenier) e la dimensione del duo. Per quasi metà del disco, Eichmann intrattiene relazioni privilegiate con Gunnar Brandt-Sigurdsson alle manipolazioni elettronico-rumoristiche e con lo stesso Grenier. Nel resto, guida una formazione a geometria variabile (dal trio al quintetto) in cui ...

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Dietrich Eichmann/Jeff Arnal: The Temperature Dropped Again

Read "The Temperature Dropped Again" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel
July 6, 2004

Part of what makes jazz unique is the interplay between the composed and the improvised, an interplay compellingly explored in Dietrich Eichmann and Jeff Arnal's new CD, The Temperature Dropped Again. Pianist Eichmann studied with Alexander von Schlippenbach in the early '80s and was initially a free jazz improviser, but then for twelve years he focused on composing. Recently he returned to improvisation, with a wealth of compositional acumen at his disposal. Arnal, a drummer and percussionist, also has a ...