Jazz Articles about Matthias Bublath

Matthias Bublath: Second Angle

by Dave Major
December 31, 2008

Second Angle is the third CD from New York-based organist/pianist and composer Matthias Bublath. His two previous releases saw him exploring two disparate sound-worlds individually: Latin music and jazz/funk. Here, with the help of vibraphonist Tim Collins, drummer Obed Calvaire, and saxophonist Scott Bourgeois, Bublath seeks to unify and consolidate these ideas rather than segregating them.

The unique instrumentation provides a wide range of possible colors and timbres, all of which are exploited fully by the group. Collins shares the ...

Matthias Bublath: Matthias Bublath Band

by Tom Greenland
December 28, 2006

Making his transition from the academy to the “streets, pianist/organist/composer/arranger Matthias Bublath has released a trio/quartet album boasting a motley mix of sounds and skills. Simmered and steeped in soulful grooviness, tracks like “Jazzy Jazz, “Preachin,' “Stacy, and “Pain Relief owe a debt to the church, blues, and funk roots of African-American improvisational music, greatly aided and abetted by drummer Simon Lott's crackling dry snare and just-behind-the-beat backbone, played in-the-pocket with relaxed authority. The trio cuts (with Nathan Peck on ...