Pirouet Records
Jochen Rueckert Fuses Indian Classical With Western Jazz on 'Charm Offensive' [REVIEW]
Spend 'Every Hour of the Light and Dark' with Euro Sax Man Christian Weidner, Pirouet [REVIEW]
Christian Weidner's alto saxophone flies over the piano/bass/drums rhythm section of his groundbreaking quartet on 'Every Hour of the Light and Dark' (Pirouet Records). It's a heady concoction whose circuitous road is so delicious that while the destination remains unknown, it's the getting there that's all the fun. Henning Sievert's 'Double Quartet' is a Rare Meld of Beauty, Mystery and History [REVIEW]
For his 16th CD, Henning Sieverts' 'Double Quartet' (Pirouet) reaches back over 600 years to research the history of the Bavarian Irsee Monastery in uncovering a mass written in 1614. He then wrote 15 original pieces of music (shortest 51 seconds; longest 12 minutes) for duo, quartet and octet in a similar style but expanding it into modern jazz. No overdubs.
