FRESH SWISS JAZZ !!!
alternative jazz - free jazz - modern jazz - nyc - saxophone - swiss - Switzerland
Label: QFTF
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Trips to the Center can be loud and exciting. If Marc Jufer s recent album production was a travel guide, of how to discover and dwell into the ventures of modern jazz, it would be full of unusual turns and twists. Jufer can take the listener to loud and exciting places or cool his ears with an elegant flair for melodies and space.Â
âTrip to the Center,â is his first album on the Berlin based label, QFTF, solidifying his stature as one of the brightest and most experienced voices in Swiss jazz. A number of things have changed in his band â Jufer re-casted his rhythm section and gives up on a harmony instrumentâ underlining his prominence as a composer and player.Â
Marc Jufer has both the vision and experience to know where and how his music should take place, sharing an experience of more than twenty years in the European jazz circle, âTrip To The Centerâ is his fifth album as a leader. The trio has been working on this album, in a single recording stretch over two days, with a powerfully alert bassist, Lisa Hoppe, and a sharp, supple drummer, Devin Gray. âTrip To The Centerâ lasts entirely of of Jufer s original compositions.Â
âSymetrique Ascendantâ the opening song, an explicit showcase of the trio, involves some quicksilver tenor work, beginning with a fragmented melody, assigned in alternating spars intervals, before swerving into a powerful sound wave. And âLou Sau Do Baouâ employes dartlike syncopations of the sort that flatters the whole band. Jufer s improvisational style pierces the surface from the very first idea. Demanding heart and energy from himself and his bandmates.Â
The result is the work of a true visionary, with a sound that carries on the timeless energy of jazz, but does not fear to break with classic directions and keeps his eyes trained on the horizon.Â
all songs written by marc juferÂ
Marc Jufer / tenor saxÂ
Lisa Hoppe / bassÂ
Devin Gray / drumsÂ
Recorded on August 30, 2017 at studiocartepostale by Massimo BonomoÂ
Mixed and mastered by Massimo Bonomo and Marc JuferÂ
Photography by pemimages
Design by cargocollective/emiliebenvegninÂ
license : all rights reserved
DE
"Trip To The Center" ist das fĂŒnfte Album von Marc Jufer unter seinem Namen und zugleich sein erstes beim Berliner Label QFTF. In seiner Band hat sich seit dem Beginn der musikalischen Reise einiges geĂ€ndert. Jufer hat seine Rhythmusgruppe umgestaltet und verzichtet auf ein Instrument, um seinen Sound mit Harmonien zu unterlegen. Seiner Vision von Komposition und Performance kommt er damit wieder ein StĂŒck nĂ€her.Â
FĂŒr das neue Trio hat sich der Saxophonist zwei wunderbare Musiker aus Brooklyn hinzugeholt. Lisa Hoppe, eine lebendige und einfallsreiche Kontrabassistin (me & mobi, Esche, Niculin Janett und Rich Perry, Ambush, ...) und Devin Gray, einen eleganten, vielseitigen und kreativen Schlagzeuger (Chris Speed, Ellery Eskelin, Michael Formanek, Drew Gress, Dave Liebman, Anna Weber, meta cash, âŠ). Mit beiden spielte er bereits zuvor in anderen Besetzungen zusammen.Â
Die Melodien entstehen abwechselnd fragmentiert oder gemeinsam, den gesamten Raum fĂŒllend. Kollektive Improvisationen verwandeln sich in kraftvolle und warme Klangwellen. Das Ergebnis dieser Arbeit verewigt die zeitlose Energie des Jazz, zögert jedoch nicht, mit den klassischen Richtungen zu brechen und den Blick auf entfernte Ufer zu richten.
FR
AprĂšs six annĂ©es passĂ©es Ă la tĂȘte d' acousma4 et quatre avec Marc Jufer Immersion quartet lâaventure continue en trio avec le fabuleux batteur newyorkais Devin Gray (Chris Speed, Ellery Eskelin, Michael Formanek, Drew Gress, Dave Liebman, meta cashâŠ) qui fut invitĂ© par Marc avec Immersion ou en trio Ă plusieurs reprises, et la non moins fabuleuse contrebassiste allemande Lisa Hoppe (me&mobi, Esche, Niculin Janett and Rich Perry, AmbushâŠ) elle aussi installĂ©e Ă New York.
Câest lâalbum « trip to the center, qui sortira en mars 2019 sur le label berlinois QFTF qui donnera le dĂ©part sur scĂšne de ce nouveau projet.
Tracks :
ⷠ1. Symétrique Ascendant. 04:41
ⷠ2. Mrddg. 03:56
ⷠ3. Sick. 06:03
ⷠ4. Double Reverb. 04:19
ⷠ5. In Fact. 04:16
ⷠ6. Sigh. 02:49
ⷠ7. Lou Sau Do Baou. 02:56
ⷠ8. I Don?t Know Why. 05:34
ⷠ9. Bass No More. 04:17
