Release Date: 26 January 2015
Label: Cracked Anegg Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 9120016850558
Genres: Jazz  
Release Date: 26 January 2015
Label: Cracked Anegg Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 9120016850558
Genres: Jazz  
Description
"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." What Ludwig Wittgenstein has formulated so superbly - granted, in a different context - could also be said of pianist Uli Datler. He is not one of those musicians who heap on blathering, prettified cascades of notes. Quite the contrary: each one of his notes has its place, and he knows the significance of the silences between them. A Dancing Shape, his debut album, is the impressive proof of his artistry.
Uli Datler crafts his compositions with a strong sense of form. The frequently contrapuntal treatments of his themes are interrupted by rapid runs, as if Datler were compelled to throw in an aside. In his solo passages, the Viennese pianist proves to be a shrewd elocutionist. He gently unleashes his initial "words" and "phrases" into the room, then condenses them, digs deep, and expounds on them until he reaches a meaningful statement.
In short, Uli Datler is a musician who has something to say and who also knows how to say it: sometimes hesitantly, sometimes with gentle insistence, with irascible passion, or with restrained lyricism.
In collaboration with Alexander Lackner (bass) and Christian Grobauer (drums), the pianist is revealing fresh, original facets of the piano trio, a form that is often reputed to be dead.
Tracklisting
Georg Graewe Franz Koglmann Quintet
Koglmann Arcari Pasztor
Harry Sokal Groove
The Little Band From
Marina Zettl
Kevin Mahogany
Maria Christina
The Little Band From Gingerland
Mark Guiliana
Larry Nozero
Peter Vuust & Aarhus Jazz Orchestra
Mike Westbrook
Nigel Price Organ Trio
Jordan Hamilton
Art Tatum
Conrad Herwig