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Lisa Hoppe's Third Reality: The Mighty Unlikely

Read "The Mighty Unlikely" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
January 24, 2020

Without giving away any professional secrets, it is quite often that any beat-pounding pundit or wily curmudgeon--pick several thousand if you like, there's billions out there--will come at an artist with certain prejudices and expectations. And so it is with German bassist Lisa Hoppe. Having heard her unusual yet oddly soothing explorations on such discs as ...

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Esche: Der Dichter Spricht

Read "Der Dichter Spricht" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
July 7, 2018

A trio of piano, violin and bass seems like it could be limiting in an improvisational context but the German group Esche does just fine with that lineup. They create a bright style of lively chamber music that teems with emotion and romance. This is not one of those European groups that relies on ...

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Esche: Der Dichter Spricht

Read "Der Dichter Spricht" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
April 26, 2018

On its sophomore release, Swiss trio Esche continues its search for ways to fuse classical chamber music with possibilities for improvisation, and even swing, that stem from the jazz tradition. The title of the record, Der Dichter Spricht ("The Poet Speaks"), does not seem an intentional reference to the Schumann piece of the same name, although ...