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There certainly is no special need any more to mention the fact that today most jazz piano trios are deeply attached to musical interplay (even though this fact is worth to never be taken for granted!). And yet, even with the most subtle, most distinguished form of interplay there is always one in the trio who plays the part of the primus inter pares – the pianist, of course (usually and by definition leader of the group). That's exactly where pianist Michael Arbenz, drummer Florian Arbenz and bassist Thomas Lähns come up with their own idea of musical interplay. In fact, what they aim to achieve with their music - their understanding of music - is nothing less than the greatest possible balance of their three voices - starting with the way they work out their own compositions and arrangements, and going right through to the soloistic parts, fully assigned to all three of them. The result is a stupendous musical togetherness, packed with surprising melodic, rhythmic and dynamic turns, played with highest precision even in the most complex, distorted and twisted passages of their compositions, arrangements and solos.

Our Roots

By VEIN

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Luce; Restless; Dal; This Is Beat-O-VEIN; The Lovely Image; Betting Angel; On the Underground Road.

3x3: Piano Trios: March 2022

by Geno Thackara
March 23, 2022

Fergus McCreadie Forest Floor Edition Records 2022 The sound of the Fergus McCreadie Trio is the sound of joy. While there are recognizable elements in the mix from bop to (primarily) earthy folk, the brilliant outfit's music isn't a fusion of styles so much an impressionistic whirlwind. The exuberance here makes ...

Arbenz, Mehari, Veras: Conversation #1: Condensed

by Kyle Simpler
May 18, 2021

One of the most appealing aspects in jazz is the interplay among musicians in a group. There is usually a continuous musical conversation occurring during any given session, which adds an element of spontaneity. Swiss drummer Florian Arbenz is concentrating on this concept of conversation in his upcoming releases, beginning with Conversation #1: Condensed.

Vein Trio al Piccolo Teatro di Milano

by Paolo Peviani
January 23, 2019

Vein Trio Jazz al Piccolo--Orchestra Senza Confini-XXI Edizione Piccolo Teatro Strehler Milano 21.1.2019 Il concerto di apertura della ventunesima rassegna Orchestra Senza Confini ha visto salire sul palco del Piccolo Teatro Strehler gli svizzeri Vein Trio, al secolo Michael Arbenz al pianoforte, Thomas Lähns al contrabbasso, ...

VEIN plays Ravel

By VEIN

Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Prelude; Forlane; Toccata; Blues; Bolero; Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte; Movement De Minuet; 5 O'Clock Foxtrott

VEIN: VEIN plays Ravel

by Dan McClenaghan
September 13, 2017

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), the classical French composer/arranger, was an early embracer of jazz. He included elements of the then new music into some of his own later compositions. Jazz has--since the 1940s, initially under the guise of what became called the Third Stream, pioneered in part by Gunther Schuller--often married classical stylings with the quintessentially American ...

Forlane

August 19, 2017

Album: VEIN plays Ravel
By VEIN
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2017
Duration: 06:11

VEIN featuring Dave Liebman - Jazz Talks

By VEIN

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: All the Things You Are; Negative Space; Small Talk 1; Stories of a Century; Black Tortoise; Jammin'in the Children's Corner; Small Talk 2; Autumn Leaves; Clear Light; Waking With a Start; Small Talk 3; April in Paris; You and the Night and the Music.

VEIN featuring Dave Liebman - Jazz Talks

by Phil Barnes
April 22, 2015

This collection documents the first studio recording of Swiss trio VEIN with American saxophonist Dave Liebman over a single afternoon in Basel. VEIN had approached Liebman, perhaps best known for his Saxophone Summit recordings with Joe Lovano and Ravi Coltrane, as far back as 2009 seeing in him a like minded spirit perfectly at ease with ...