The Swiss string trio led by violinist Harald Kimmig, with Daniel Studer on bass and Alfred Zimmerlin on cello, is joined by UK saxophonist John Butcher for a set of improvisations that build with a unique percussive vitality and burning intensity.
Label: Leo Records Catalog ID: LEO 766 Squidco Product Code: 23308
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2016 Country: UK Packaging: Jewel Case Recorded live at Offene Ohren, in Munich, Germany, on January 25th, 2015, by Hannes Schneider.
1. A Short Night With A Light Beam Of The Moon 17:19
2. Cloudless Sky And The Sun 6:22
3. Morning Star Shining On Hydrangea 15:13
4. Croaks Of Frogs At Midnight Under The Milky Way 6:50
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"A string trio from the German-speaking part of Switzerland joined forces for the first time with their English guest on tenor and soprano saxophone. Harald Kimmig, Daniel Studer and Alfred Zimmerlin decided that their tight improvising unit needs a new challenge with guest musicians. They invited an Englishman John Butcher and their collaboration reached a new height. One can immediately hear the spiritual bond that developed between the trio and the Brit."-Leo
"One of the delights of Free music is the recurring recognition of the absolute skill employed by the musicians at play. It is audible and often astounds its audience that the performers can even imagine such musical ideas or even dare to present them without first a rehearsal to at least formulate a structure. Such musicians are of course entirely ripe in terms of their experience and technical know-how: this it is that allows them to realise full control of their chosen instruments and to interpret the perceptions of their fellow artists.
Raw is played with such skills and with considerable vitality, yet with subtlety, its spontaneity never overshadowed by any lack of interaction between the four instrumentalists and the saxophone and the string trio complement each other flawlessly.This is a fine album: its music is graceful and polished."-Ken Cheetham, Jazz Views