Showing posts with label Dietmar Fuhr. Show all posts
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February 11, 2011

Roger Hanschel’s Heavy Rotation live at Jazzfest Berlin 2010 - UPDATE!


Roger Hanschel alto sax
Markus Segschneider guitar
Dietmar Fuhr bass
Daniel Schröteler drums, percussion

recorded live at Quasimodo, Berlin, November 4, 2010
1. Inner vibes of love
2. Extrembiose
3. Warming Up
4. Vin
5. Liquid Missiles
6. Floating View
7. Waiting
8. Fragrant Vegetation

In times in which it becomes increasingly difficult to press forward into truly unheard-of musical territory, creative minds are needed to discover the hidden points of intersection among the already known. One of these keen explorers is alto-saxophonist Roger Hanschel, who has for more than 20 years fathomed all degrees of musical freedom with the all-saxes band Kölner Saxofon Mafia.

His outfit Heavy Rotation is one more declaration of independence, this time in a classical quartet format. With unrelenting spirit of research he composes sophisticated compounds made of chamber music, jazz and rock – breatheing life and joy of playing into these syntheses. Precision and passion go hand in hand.
Heavy Rotation does not only focus on WHAT you play but also on HOW you play it – and they sure play it heavy! Their latest CD "Vin" was released on Jazzsick records.

March 05, 2010

Nils Wülker Group live at Hamburger Jazztage 2009


Nils Wülker (tp/flh)
Jan von Klewitz (sax)
Lars Duppler (p)
Dietmar Fuhr (b)
Jens Dohle (dr)

recorded live at Fabrik, Hamburg, October, 3, 2009

1. Ideal Situation
2. On and on an on an gone
3. A life in a Day
4. Turning the Page
5. Glow
6. Looking Up

"6 – this is the number of albums by Nils Wülker and the number of musicians involved in his latest work, as well as being the title of the new album. Concise, pragmatic and unpretentious, unmistakably Nils Wülker. On the one hand. Yet “6” might be diametrically opposed to the expectations of the feuilleton. For this is a surprising album – the opening piece “Fast Forward” already points clearly at the contents. It’s groovy, funky and it rocks, with pleasure in the hook line and grinding dirt under the valves. A vibrating mixture of power and lightness – the pace is clearly set for the remaining nine titles." (http://en.nilswuelker.com/)