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| Manuel Mengis : Into The Barn on Hatology 627 Born in the Swiss canton Wallis in 1972, trumpeter and part-time mountain guide Mengis probably is virtually unknown to most people. It thus comesas a surprise that his first release is for a label that has not pledgeditself to promote and encourage local young talents but to track downadventurous and ambitious music of our time. Which, however, is another sign that the world of jazz has been undergoing fundamental changes for the past couple of years. Whoever still believes that New York is the hub of the jazz world is on the wrong track. Unfortunately many influential CD producers, festival organisers and music critics are still barking up the wrong tree (even in Europe), thus it will take some time for innovative impulses from regions which so far have enregarded as the periphery to be duly recognised. Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6 · Into The Barn Manuel Mengis–trumpet, Achim Escher–alto saxophone Christoph Erb–tenor saxophone, Flo Stoffner–electric quitar Marcel Stalder–electric bass and Linonel Friedli–drums New release on Hatology 627 write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |