AA Quintet in Münster
We had a great evening at Theater Münster last Sunday (06/01/14) with the Quintet. Fantastic venue and audience. Münsersche Zeitung Erster unter Gleichen Mit dem Auftritt des norwegischen Bassisten Arild Andersen und seiner Band öffnet sich das Klangspektrum auf Superbreitwandformat. Andersen eröffnet das Set mit lang gezogenen, kräftigen Basslinien, die imaginäre weiträumige Fjord- und Tundra-Landschaften zu beschallen scheinen. Selbst als seine Mitspieler einsteigen, gibt Andersen kein Dezibel nach. Trompete (Tore Johansen, Norwegen), Saxofon (Tommy Smith, Schottland) und Piano (Marcin...
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GREAT EVENING WITH A GREAT BAND Arild Andersen’s International Quintet debut was with his current crew at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival last summer, when the Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski replaced Danish Carsten Dahl in about the time it takes to pack a bag and get from Warsaw to Kongsberg in the quickest manner. Now he is in the band, along with Andersen’s three partners for many years, the Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith, the German trumpeter Markus Stockhausen and the French drummer Patrice Héral.Saturday night the band ended the Oslo Jazz Festival in...
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The quintet started out as an idea to connect the musicians I have been working with the last 10 years . It comes from three trios. Carsten Dahl, Patrice Heral, Arild Andersen Markus Stockhausen,Patrice Heral, Arild Andersen Arild Andersen,Tommy Smith, Paolo Vinaccia Patrice has also subbed for Paolo in my trio several times. This is all some of my favorite musicians and from this I wanted to form a New Quintet Marcin Wasilewski , who I worked with this winter came in on piano. I did not work with a Jazz Quintet like this since my band “ Masqualero” 1982-92 The...
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