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Johannes Berauer: Vienna Chamber Diaries plus Strings
by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
Johannes Berauer's album, Vienna Chamber Diaries plus Strings on Basho Records, is a jewel of emotional weathering to illuminate hearts after an unexpected and extended era of sadness. Berauer is a modern thinking, cross-over, chamber jazz Jedi. Perfecting the placement of elegant, exciting, heart easing, and harmonising in nine arrangements of exacting and uplifting joy, The Vienna Chamber Diaries plus Strings are a rollercoaster of gentle impulses and elation. The assembly of soloists is prescient, assured and propulsive. ...
Continue ReadingKlaus Gesing: reaLTime
by Tyran Grillo
Klaus Gesing is best known stateside for his collaborations with Norma Winstone and Anouar Brahem, both documented to wide acclaim on ECM Records. The German multi-reedist's work with these honed ensembles polishes only a few of his diverse facets, which reflect his equal footing in classical and jazz training, as well as beyond. Whether in the soulfulness of Jan Garbarek or the genius of Herbie Hancock, the grandiosity of Gustav Mahler or the prodigy of Michael Jackson, he has taken ...
Continue ReadingKlaus Gesing: Heartluggage
by John Kelman
Sometimes a musician's associations are so high profile that it's easy to overlook his own work as a leader. Seeming to appear out of nowhere on British vocal legend Norma Winstone's sublime Distances (ECM, 2008) and Tunisian oudist Anouar Brahem's equally chamber-centric The Astounding Eyes of Rita (ECM, 2009), Klaus Gesing is, in fact, an established and active player. Heartluggage isn't the saxophonist/clarinetist's first album as a leader, but it's as good a place as any to discover how, while ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Musicista ben noto nel nostro paese per le frequenti collaborazioni con il pianista friulano Glauco Venier, il sassofonista e clarinettista tedesco Klaus Gesing ha allestito un eccellente quartetto multinazionale, con il quale propone questo disco ricco di tensione ritmica e suggestioni tematico-melodiche. La cifra del quartetto è quella di un eclettico jazz moderno, che include suggestioni cameristiche (si ode qualche eco degli Oregon), grande dinamismo espressivo (eredità di uno dei maestri di Gesing, Dave Liebman), spunti narrativi (forse dovuti alla ...
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