Matthias' Spillmann's Trio with the leader on trumpet and flugelhorn, Swiss drummer Mortiz Baumgartner and Danish Bassist Andreas Lang are caught live at Bird's Eye Jazz Club, in Basel Switzerland in 2017 for a lyrical and informed album of hard bop, seminal free jazz and jazz standards, including pieces by Ornette Coleman, Billy Strayhorn, Joe Lavano, and William C. Handy.
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Matthias Spillmann-trumpet, flugelhorn
Andreas Lang-double bass
Moritz Baumgartner-drums
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UPC: 5609063005165
Label: Clean Feed
Catalog ID: CF516
Squidco Product Code: 27346
Format: CD
Condition: Sale (New)
Released: 2019
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded Live at the Bird's Eye Jazz Club, in Basel Switzerland, July 21st and 22nd, 2017, by Andre Fritzsche.
"Getting to the core of the matter is what drives trumpeter Matthias Spillmann and his stage companions, Andreas Lang and Moritz Baumgartner, in this CD recorded live. And this means to find the essence of this music genre we call jazz, using the repertory of its history, namely songs written by William C. Handy ("St. Louis Blues"), Billy Strayhorn ("A Flower is a Lovesome Thing"), Ornette Coleman ("Peace" and "Una Muy Bonita") and Joe Lovano ("Fort Worth").
Spillmann himself contributes only with one piece, "Kinderlied #1", but not because he isn't a remarkable composer. After all, he has composed for his long time working band MATS-UP for more than twenty years and he's one of the score contributors - in the domains of chamber music - for the Zurich's Ensemble fur Neue Musik. Here, he prefers the position of the arranger and the soloist. But if you understand the word "arrangement" as orchestration be aware: to arrange, in this collection of interpretations, is to keep everything raw and uncut.
That's the concept in cause: jazz as the most authentic music expression possible, without artifices and complications. The task needed instrumentalists who like to get to the point, and Spillmann found them in a Danish double bassist (Lang) known for his ability to react immediately to any given situation and a German drummer (Baumgartner) capable of pushing things ahead with his uncommon energy, at the same time being able to mix detailed colors and textures. Yes, the result of such endeavor takes out the breath of you. There's indeed life for jazz after its so wrongly announced death."-Clean Feed
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Matthias Spillmann "Matthias Spillmann (Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Composer) (Born April 15th 1975) Matthias Spillmann started playing the trumpet with classical training at the age of 11. Through a Miles Davis record he turns into a complete Jazz fan at 14. Next to Miles, he calls Kenny Dorham, Tom Harrell, Gil Evans and Duke Ellington his main musical influences. At the age of 19 he decided to make music his career. He studied at the Swiss Jazz School and the New School in New York City. His teachers include the Belgium trumpeter Bert Joris as well as jazz legends like Jimmy Owens, Richie Beirach, Ed Neumeister or Reggie Workman. M.S. has performed in numerous venues in Europe and America, among others the International Jazz Festivals of Bern, Montreux, Lugano, Lausanne, Frauenfeld as well as the 24th and 25th Annual IAJE Conferences in New York and Chicago.He was soloist with the Big Band of the EBU in Hungary 2002.He worked with musicians like Franco Ambrosetti, Randy Brecker, Bill Holman, Joe Lovano, Bob Mintzer, Clark Terry, Jimmy Woody and others. As composer and arranger, he has worked for Combos, Big Bands and Brass Ensembles in the classical sector. He leads the septet MATS-UP, a group which performs mainly his original compositions, the music from the bottom of his heart." ^ Hide Bio for Matthias Spillmann • Show Bio for Andreas Lang "Andreas Lang (* 1980 in Strynø) is a Danish jazz musician (double bass). Lang started playing bass at the age of 16. At the beginning of the 2000s he studied at the Carl Nielsen Music Academy in Odense with Bo Stief. In Denmark he played u. a. Anders Mogensen, Hans Ulrik, Kresten Osgood, Håvard Wiik and Mads La Cour. Since 2007 he lives in Berlin; in the German jazz scene he worked u. a. with Felix Wahnschaffe, Rudi Mahall, Christian Lillinger, Oliver Steidle, Gunter Hampel, Henrik Walsdorff, Tobias Delius and John Schröder. With the formation hut (with Max Andrzejewski) he was honored in 2013 with the New German Jazz Prize. Lang was also involved in recordings by Stefan Graser, Johannes Haage, Alex de Macedo and Thibault Falk." ^ Hide Bio for Andreas Lang • Show Bio for Moritz Baumgartner Moritz Baumgärtner - drums, sounds, music! Born April 1985 in Zürich - CH ^ Hide Bio for Moritz Baumgartner
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Education:
- Classical drum training from the age of 9 in Basel - CH
- Drum lessons at Jazzschule Basel 2000 - 2003
- studying with John Hollenbeck, Jim Black, Jeff Ballar, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Greg Cohen. David Friedman, Kris Dahlgren at Jazz Institute Berlin from 2006 - 2011
Career:
Moritz got to play concerts with Tony Malaby, Bob Stewart, Chris Tordini, Kurt Rosenwinkel, David Friedmann, Chris Hoffman, Perry Robinson, Ralph Alessi, Achim Kaufmann, Philipp Gropper, Pablo Held, Johannes Enders, Ack van Rooyen, Julia Hülsmann, Theo Bleckmann, Hayden Chisholm...
He played on several Jazz festivals p.E. Jazz Baltica, Moers Festival, JazzTage Leipzig, Jazz by Off beat Basel (CH), Jazzfest Berlin, Jazzfestival Port au prince (Haiti), Langnau Jazz Nights (CH), Jazzfestival La Paz (Bolivia), Lugano Jazzfestival (CH), Jazzfestival Bergen (NO); Jazzfest Timisoara (RU), Jazz D'Or Berlin - Strasbourg......and other Festivals like Sziget Festival (Hungary), Kazantip Festival (Ukrain), Rock am Ring, SXSW Austin (USA), Dour Festival (Belgium), Fusion Festival, Hurricane...
Moritz is / was touring frequently with many different Bands and Projects all over Europe.
(p.E Melt Trio, Lisbeth Quartett, Johanna Borchert Band, TAU - Gropper/Eldh/Zoubeck, Das Rosa Rauschen, Uri Gincel Trio, Christian Weidner, Pablo Held, Matthias Pichler, Gabriel Coburger, Frittenbude, Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra, Bonaparte, Saroos, The Eclectic Moniker and many more).
His music also took im to USA, Southamerica, China, Russia, Ukraine, Haiti, Norway, Rumania, Denmark, Sweden, UK...
You can find Moritz on over 30 different records on international labels (Traumton, Sony, Warner, Enja, Audiolith...) as a jazzdrummer and improviser but also as a rockdrummer.
Prices / Scholarships:
Jugend jazzt Bundeswettbewerb 1st Price (2003)
Jazzma Scholarship (2003)
Yehudi Menuhin Scholarship (since 2010)
Jazzpreis Baden Württemberg 2nd Price 2010
Jazz Echo "Best Newcomer 2012"
Nominated for Jazz Echo 2015 "Melt Trio - Hymnolia"
Nominated for Jazz Echo 2017 "drums national"
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Matthias' Spillmann's Trio with the leader on trumpet and flugelhorn, Swiss drummer Mortiz Baumgartner and Danish Bassist Andreas Lang are caught live at Bird's Eye Jazz Club, in Basel Switzerland in 2017 for a lyrical and informed album of hard bop, seminal free jazz and jazz standards, including pieces by Ornette Coleman, Billy Strayhorn, Joe Lavano, and William C. Handy.
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