Silke Eberhard Trio with Jan Roder and Kay Lübke

Silke Eberhard Trio with Jan Roder and Kay Lübke: Being-A-Ning

by Mark Corroto
May 6, 2025

It is rare to describe an audio recording as brave, but that is precisely what the latest release by the Silke Eberhard Trio is--bold, fearless, and unflinchingly original. Being-A-Ning, the group's fifth album, borrows its title from Thelonious Monk's “Rhythm-A-Ning," nodding to the jazz giant while continuing the trio's thematic naming convention. Previous albums--Being (2008) and What A Beauty Being (2011) on Jazzwerkstatt, followed by The Being Inn (2017) and Being The Up And Down (2021) on Intakt--have all explored ...