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Dietrich Eichmann: The Hot Days
by AAJ Italy Staff
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 ...
Continue ReadingDietrich Eichmann/Jeff Arnal: The Temperature Dropped Again
by Florence Wetzel
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 ...
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