Release Date: 21 October 2022
Label: TCB Jazz
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 725095013420
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 21 October 2022
Label: TCB Jazz
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 725095013420
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Electronic music is often accused of being soulless, unable to transmit emotions, and of being dominated by technology. However, this problem is far
from being novel. Just think of the poor pianists who, since the invention of the piano (itself a highly technical and complex machine), have been faced
with the task of breathing something like a musical soul into the monster. Saxophonists don't know this problem: they sing, they speak, they even
scream their emotions directly into, and through their instrument. This is probably one of the reasons why jazz, this highly expressive music, likes to
use this instrument – glibly based on the popular definition, "Jazz is when there's a saxophone".
Bruno Spoerri and Roger Girod find themselves in the midst of this tension – "in between" – as they explore new possibilities for the interplay between
technical challenges and personal expression. It turns out that the two seemingly contradictory approaches to jazz and electronics have more in
common than meets the eye: the playful and improvisational, the exploration and development of a personal sound palette, and the use of new
rhythmic structures have been part of jazz since its beginnings, and make their appearance quite organically in electronic music.
For 50 years Bruno Spoerri has been dealing with the traditions and developments of jazz as well as with electronic music – from its pioneering analog beginnings to the digital forms of today. In pianist Roger Girod he has found a partner who is able to rectify these two sides with his spontaneous
interventions in an intensively interactive intercourse, forming an amalgam that speaks from the language of jazz, but also widens the vocabulary of
this perennially metamorphic music. In the middle of this free space – between traditional forms and the potential of today's digital age – this duo
clearly feels at home – In Between!
Tracklisting
Yuri Storioni, Dominik Schurmann & Jorge Rossy
Richard Galliano New York Tango Trio
Charles Lloyd Quartet
Yves Theiler, Marton Juhasz & Marc Mezgolits
Su Rossy Girod, Nat Su, Jorge Rossy
Andres Jimenez Trio
My Lena
Klaus Koenig Jazz Live Trio
Patchwork Jazz Orchestra
Elaine Delmar
Ross McHenry
Open Thread (Peggy Lee, Julien Wilson, Theo Carbo, Dylan van der Schyff)
Antonio Farao
Mark Guiliana
Nigel Price Organ Trio
Conrad Herwig