Claudius Valk – sx, bcl
Dieter Manderscheid – b
Roland Höppner - dr
recorded live at Stadtgarten Köln, October 29, 2009
1. Shapes for Ornette
2. One for Bill
3. Last Song for EJ
Roland Höppner - dr
recorded live at Stadtgarten Köln, October 29, 2009
1. Shapes for Ornette
2. One for Bill
3. Last Song for EJ
German saxophonist Claudius Valk about his Valktrio: "Valktrio is the band that has accompanied me the longest of all others.
After an intense examination period of 'harmonically' characterised music ( especially in the work with Tim Sund and Jürgen Friedrich) I knowingly wanted to achieve a counter balance, completely without piano. Naturally here the focus lies far more on the rhythmic aspect of the music. In addition the 'missing' piano creates free space in the band's sound which opens up the opportunity for me to act melodically more spontaneous and harmonically freer. Besides that the challenge stimulated me to develop a sound with the smaller trio which, in an evening's concert, wouldn't let the harmony instruments be missed."
After an intense examination period of 'harmonically' characterised music ( especially in the work with Tim Sund and Jürgen Friedrich) I knowingly wanted to achieve a counter balance, completely without piano. Naturally here the focus lies far more on the rhythmic aspect of the music. In addition the 'missing' piano creates free space in the band's sound which opens up the opportunity for me to act melodically more spontaneous and harmonically freer. Besides that the challenge stimulated me to develop a sound with the smaller trio which, in an evening's concert, wouldn't let the harmony instruments be missed."
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