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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.
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Vein Trio al Piccolo Teatro di Milano
by Paolo Peviani
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, Florian Arbenz alla batteria. Vein come “vena," vocabolo che anche in tedesco racchiude in sé tutte le sfumature che ha nella ...
read moreVEIN: VEIN plays Ravel
by Dan McClenaghan
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 music that got its start down in New Orleans. The Swiss trio VEIN has gone full immersion with the classical side, taking ...
read moreVEIN featuring Dave Liebman - Jazz Talks
by Phil Barnes
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 either the jazz tradition or something more expansive. While this special quartet had played live together before, documented on the live album Lemuria, this ...
read moreVote For Vein: Three People Can't Be Wrong!
by Dave Wayne
Working in a piano trio these days, it's really quite hard to stand out with so many amazing players in the piano trio biz. Think about it. You have to compete with The Bad Plus, Satoko Fujii, Keith Jarrett, The Dawn of Midi, Vijay Iyer, Marcus Roberts, and a zillion other innovative and talented musicians using the exact same instrumentation. Yet, for all of the activity in this particular area there's always a new piano trio on the horizon with ...
read moreWith Scottish Blood in Her Veins, Jacqui Dankworth Takes a Unique Opportunity to Tour Scotland in June
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All About Jazz
When the offer to perform in Scotland with just two guitarists as her band was made to leading British vocalist Jacqui Dankworth, the Campbell blood in her veins made her take up the challenge in earnest. Not content to perform this rare show once, she instructed her agent to request a string of dates all over Scotland, the response to which was phenomenal. “I have never taken this show to Scotland before, it is something I did a while ago ...
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JaRon Eames presents....Jazz and Cocktails every sunday eveing 5:30-8:30
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All About Jazz
Now appearing every Sunday
JaRon Eames & Trio Musicial Dir. Ms. Amy Quint Jazz/Blues vocalist & Cable TV talk show host: Join me for a swinging afternoon of Jazz, cocktails & Hors-do'euvres Indigo Bar Door charge $10.00 Show time-5:30-8:30 Jam-session follows 487 Amsterdam Ave-between 83rd and 84th St. 212-362-0373
Performances will be video taped for the JaRon Eames TV show seen every Wednesday night ...
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This set captures the core group's inspired fusion of traditional jazz-trio methods and wittily deconstructivist impulses...a focused and dynamically creative set. The Guardian, John Fordham
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