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WHO Trio: Strell - The Music of Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington

Read "Strell - The Music of Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Nel 2018 il Who Trio ha festeggiato vent'anni di attività, varando per l'occasione il progetto Strell, dedicato alla rilettura del repertorio di Billy Strayhorn e Duke Ellington, operazione certo non nuova--tutt'altro--e per la quale la prospettiva di rilettura, l'angolo visuale, diventa di conseguenza basilare. In questo album, inciso quasi per intero in studio a Losanna nel maggio 2019 (fa eccezione “Passion Flower," ripresa dal vivo un anno prima nella stessa città), il lavoro di scavo e ricostruzione (o ...

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Michel Wintsch, Christian Weber, Christian Wolfarth: Thieves Left That Behind

Read "Thieves Left That Behind" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Arriva al quarto album, questo trio svizzero dedito alla musica improvvisata, il primo per l'etichetta Veto dopo passaggi su Leo, Monotype e Hatology. Stavolta la formazione vede il pianista Michel Wintsch impegnato solo su strumenti elettrici -sintetizzatore e piano elettrico -cosa che porta il trio in una direzione atipica e tutta da esplorare. Nella migliore tradizione dell'improvvisazione più rigorosa, i suoni si intrecciano ai rumori e ai silenzi, qui però senza quasi mai eccedere nell'intensità dinamica, né accelerare ...

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Michel Wintsch - Christian Weber - Christian Wolfarth: Willisau

Read "Willisau" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Willisau follows up the Swiss trio's The Holistic Worlds Of (Monotype, 2012) and once again the artists are seemingly intent on routing one's imagination through multiple locations, while not embarking upon a utilitarian approach to the core jazz or avant- jazz piano trio concepts. In fact, the band proffers an antidote to the norm, which can be an exciting proposition, especially if you're looking for something outside the scope of modern mainstream jazz and bop fare. Enamored by a crystalline ...

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WHO Trio: Less Is More

Read "Less Is More" reviewed by Mark Corroto


The piano jazz trio is by now a familiar form--maybe too familiar. Many are already attuned to the standards-style trio (which may also cover modern pop tunes), and the free jazz trio (which is neither tethered to melody nor anchored in jazz sensibilities. But expectations need to be set aside when WHO Trio plays. The descriptive title, Less Is More, might just bear the subtitle “any more of this might just be too much."

This trio, featuring drummer ...

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Michel Wintsch & Road Movie featuring Gerry Hemingway: Michel Wintsch & Road Movie featuring Gerry Hemingway

Read "Michel Wintsch & Road Movie featuring Gerry Hemingway" reviewed by Robert Spencer


“This work," according to a brief liner note, “was first performed and recorded at the concert 'Between the Lines - Zwischen Jazz und Europäischer Moderne'." If the intention was not just to stay zwischen but to bring jazz and Europäischer Moderne together in one musical stew, this disc has admirably succeeded.

Pianist Michel Wintsch, who himself traffics in explicitly European classical motifs a great deal in his playing, composed eight of these twelve tracks. Here he has assembled an unusual ...

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Michel Wintsch/Gerry Hemingway/B: Identity

Read "Identity" reviewed by Robert Spencer


Any disc that features the master drummer Gerry Hemingway will be full of rhythmic surprises, and this one is no exception. Pianist Michel Wintsch, meanwhile, is a European-inflected pianist who is matched every step by bassist Bänz Oester.

This is music that derives from the jazz tradition in its instrumentation and great forward energy, but otherwise it may owe more to modern classical music than to the sounds of jazz. A piece like “Anne-Marie S" even nods explicitly to older ...

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Michel Wintsch & Road Movie Featuring Gerry Hemingway: Michel Wintsch & Road Movie

Read "Michel Wintsch & Road Movie" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


One of three releases on the brand new German based “Between The Lines” label, pianist/composer Michel Wintsch and his band Road Movie featuring drummer Gerry Hemingway, render a picturesque snapshot of vivid musical mind’s at work. Here we have twelve pieces, eight of which were composed by Wintsch that interweave and tell a story akin to an evolving plot, short story or movie. The admirable performances of the brass/string ensemble along with the fine drumming of Lucas Niggli and Gerry ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Strell - The Music of...

Clean Feed Records
2020

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Thieves Left That...

Veto Records
2016

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Willisau

Hat Hut Records
2013

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Close Ties on Hidden...

Hat Hut Records
2013

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Metapiano

Blue Note
2011

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