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Cote De Cologne

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Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2013
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Tracks

01. Offshore 03:10 02. Der Sonnentänzer 06:27 03. White Wall 05:10 04. Edith´s Welt 07:12 05. Tristesse 06:57 06. Termitology 05:55 07. Osning 06:07 08. Eifelwelten 11:14 09. Edward´s Home 03:17

Personnel

Offshore Quintet

band / ensemble / orchestra

Christoph Möckel

saxophone

Dierk Peters

vibraphone

Constantin Krahmer

piano

Oliver Lutz

bass, acoustic

Fabian Rösch

drums

Additional Personnel / Information

Christoph Mockel: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone; Dierk Peters: vibraphone; Constantin Krahmer: piano; Oliver Lutz: bass; Rafael Calman: drums.

Album Description

Only a person who has a stable and navigable ship goes "Offshore". And who has a goal, even if it is only a vague one in the sense of "exploring new things". The quintet Offshore from Cologne also started their journey at the "Côte de Cologne", i.e., on the banks of the Rhine. The five students and graduates of Cologne Music College, where they obtained a solid basis for their excursions, joined together in 2009 and had an amazing start: Finalists and first-place winners of the contest "Startbahn Jazz 2010" (Straubing), winners of the "Convento" prize, finalists in the "European Jazz Prize 2011" (Burghausen) and the soloist prize for Dierk Peters there. Quite a respectable list! And quite something worth listening to! A somewhat unusual mixture with vibraphone, saxophone and piano trio enables sound textures, which attract your attention. The stylistic openness makes lyrical moods and groove-oriented, modern arrangements possible. Modern jazz, which has very clear roots in jazz history, but just as clear stimuli from classical music and from current trends in jazz and pop, and consequently extends the horizon as far as possible – the reference to the open sea fits here too.

Review

• Cote De Cologne by Glenn Astarita

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