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| German bass player Henning Sieverts working with a double quartet on a 600 year old Bavarian mass (June, 3rd 2016 Pirouet Records)  Bassist/composer Henning Sieverts and his Double Quartet reflect over 600 years of Bavaria's Benedictine Irsee Monastery history as original compositions transmute past polyphonies into a rich amalgam of symmetries. The "twin" instruments of two saxes, piano and vibes, bass and tuba, drums and percussion are divided and regrouped into a double quartet of talented, innovative players from Europe, Germany and the USA.Saxophonists Loren Stillman and Sylvain Rifflet, pianist Florian Weber, vibraphonist Pascal Schumacher, tubaist Francois Thuillier, and drummers John Hollenbeck and Jochen Rückert join Sieverts to project the music of the past onto the present as eight remarkable musical personalities bind their passion and intellect together in a common cause. Sieverts has assembled some of his favorite musicians, players that "fit together aesthetically; their sound and musical styles intermesh without being too homogeneous. I don't want things to get boring. There needs to be a healthy mixture of 'blind understanding' and constructive tension." Imbedded with influences from European liturgical and Renaissance music, twelve-tone rows, polyrhythmic complexities, and the swing and passion that permeates American jazz, Sieverts' music exemplifies what makes European jazz so vital, placing it at the exploratory forefront of serious contemporary improvised music. HENNING SIEVERTS Double Quartet Release Date: June 3rd, 2016 Label: Pirouet Records Cat.no. CD: PIT3092 EAN (UPC): 4-260041-180925 Distribution: USA/Canada: Naxos / Distribution in Europe (except GB and NL): NRW Distribution / GB: Discovery Records / The Netherlands: Bertus / Japan: Gats Production / Hong Kong · China: Shun Cheong Record / Korea: C&L Music Line-Up: Loren Stillman (alto & soprano sax) Pascal Schumacher (vibraphone) Henning Sieverts (bass, cello) John Hollenbeck (drums) Silvain Rifflet (tenor sax, clarinet) Florian Weber (piano) Françoise Thuillier (tuba) Jochen Rueckert (drums) write your comments about the article :: © 2016 Jazz News :: home page |