Home » Articoli » Album Review » Mathias Kielholz-Sunny Strings: Opening

1

Mathias Kielholz-Sunny Strings: Opening

By

View read count
Mathias Kielholz-Sunny Strings: Opening
Mathias Kielholz è un chitarrista svizzero che non soffre le divisioni di genere. Anzi, a ben guardare, utilizza il panorama degli stili musicali come una perfetta tavolozza di colori in cui intingire la sua creatività.

Dopo un paio di esperienze fatte con gruppi locali ethno-folk (Echo) o in band free jazz (Kieloor Entartet o i Bermuda Viereck di Martin Schlumpf) l’artista ha voluto focalizzare il suo composito background ideando questo suo debutto bipartisan.

Ecco perché non ha timore di citare “Gute Nacht” di Franz Schubert; di immaginare un divertito ska in tempi dispari (“Ska Maria Navarrese”) e ravvivarlo con i suoi spumeggianti arrangiamenti; né di schitarrate hard (“Makossa Variations: Tribute to Ska P”) o di incursioni nel folk (Irish Root Medley) o nella più accomodante estetica lounge simil Burt Bacharach (“Banga”).

Lo accompagna la Sunny Strings, una coloratissima orchestrina composta dai migliori musicisti svizzeri con un paio di guest star (Joe McHugh, uileann pipes, e Julio Barreto, percussioni).

Opening, ridente e bucolico, pastorale e brillante è un cd che sembra un campionario di misture.

Per oltre un’ora la Svizzera sembra un paradiso alle Antille.

Track Listing

01. Makossa Variations: Opening; 02. Makossa Variations: Her First Heartbeat; 03. Banga 04. Crippled Waltz; 05. Irish Root Medley: D minor; 06. Irish Root Medley: F major; 07. Irish Root Medley: D major; 08. Ska Maria Navarrese; 09. Gute Nacht; 10. Ich liebe Dur; 11. Makossa Variations: Tribute to Ska P; 12. The Eyes I Have Known; 13. Flux Density

Personnel

Daniel Schenker
band / ensemble / orchestra

Mathias Kielholz (chitarra elettrica); Philippe Schaufelberger (chitarra elettrica); Daniel Schenker (tromba; flicorno); Christoph Grab (sax tenore e alto); Adrian Mears (trombone); Wolfgang Zwiauer (basso); Julio Barreto (batteria); Joe McHugh (tin whistle, uileann pipes)

Album information

Title: Opening | Year Released: 2006 | Record Label: Brambus Records

Tags

Comments


PREVIOUS / NEXT




Support All About Jazz

Get the Jazz Near You newsletter All About Jazz has been a pillar of jazz since 1995, championing it as an art form and, more importantly, supporting the musicians who make it. Our enduring commitment has made "AAJ" one of the most culturally important websites of its kind, read by hundreds of thousands of fans, musicians and industry figures every month.

Go Ad Free!

To maintain our platform while developing new means to foster jazz discovery and connectivity, we need your help. You can become a sustaining member for as little as $20 and in return, we'll immediately hide those pesky ads plus provide access to future articles for a full year. This winning combination vastly improves your AAJ experience and allow us to vigorously build on the pioneering work we first started in 1995. So enjoy an ad-free AAJ experience and help us remain a positive beacon for jazz by making a donation today.

More

Tramonto
John Taylor
Ki
Natsuki Tamura / Satoko Fujii
Duality Pt: 02
Dom Franks' Strayhorn
The Sound of Raspberry
Tatsuya Yoshida / Martín Escalante

Popular

Old Home/New Home
The Brian Martin Big Band
My Ideal
Sam Dillon
Ecliptic
Shifa شفاء - Rachel Musson, Pat Thomas, Mark Sanders
Lado B Brazilian Project 2
Catina DeLuna & Otmaro Ruíz

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.