Swiss electric guitarist Florian Stoffner (Manuel Mengis Grupp) and Spanish/Portuguese saxophonist Albert Cirera (Agusti Fernandez Liquid Trio) present the 8 part "IRMA" in concise free improvisations, restrained but alert and quick-witted dialogs that explore their instruments with alternate approaches to each in articulate ways.
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Florian Stoffner-electric guitar
Albert Cirera-tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
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UPC: 5609063405118
Label: Creative Sources
Catalog ID: cs511
Squidco Product Code: 25791
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2018
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 31st, 2017 by Luis Candeias.
"Isn't it marvellous ? (- or are you reading this before you heard the music?) Anyway, I think it's marvellous : two young guys thriving to dedicate themselves totally to Total Improvisation. Everything that jazz gave birth to as of central importance is there : rhythm, dynamics, a plentitude of original ideas, fast reactions, individual sound, listening to each other as a whole; even the shadow of an undefined groove. Hard work : continuous focus. The pieces are short, but they are neither cut nor edited (something that many "free" improvisors did in the early days fifty years ago, and some still do : no doubt, a kind of post- composing). It takes years of concentrated effort before the spinning of the musical thread flawlessly flows into a long set. Fortunately, these pieces are presented here in the order they were played. What happens in one leads to what happens in the next.
The next one would be different had the one before not been what it was. The act of playing this stuff is performed in a special mental state, a sort of trance. In its uninterferred continuum, one thing organically leads to the next. After recording, when the instruments are put down, when the musicians do what is called "listening back" to what they did, the mind works differently : conscious decisions are made following only criteria formed by thoughts that originate in taste or compositional planning and ideas. That's not improvising. No! - hands off : it was, and it became, so don't mess with an intuitional process! It has been said that it takes twenty years to know how it works, and it has been observed that it takes another twenty years to be able to do it. These guys are well on the way, so stand by: we'll check and see in a few decades. Perhaps (and hopefully) they go for something that a young Italian lady-poet once described to me thusly: "Don't try to do something new, try to do what has always been there". Lo!"-from the liner notes
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Florian Stoffner "Florian 'Flo' Stoffner ( 1975 ) is a Swiss jazz guitarist and composer. Stoffner made his first experiences through performances with Harald Haerter and Erik Truffaz , including at the Lugano Festival. From the beginning of the 21st century he worked with musicians such as Marius Peyer ( Unsung Songs , 2000), Gitta Kahle , Christian Weber , Lionel Friedli , Hans-Peter Pfammatter , Manuel Mengis ( Into the Barn , 2004), Christoph Grab and Hilaria Kramer. , and in the Fat Son, Lauschangriff, Lila and Science Fiction Theater groups. In 2012 he came with a solo album... and Sorry ( Veto Records ). With Paul Lovens and Rudi Mahall he recorded the trio album Mein Freund der Baum ( Wide Ear , 2017). In jazz, he was involved in 15 recording sessions between 1990 and 2011." ^ Hide Bio for Florian Stoffner • Show Bio for Albert Cirera "Saxophonist, renowned for his vigorous sound, melodic and abrupt phrasing, and great versatility in terms of musical styles, collaborates in numerous projects of the most diverse nature, from the most classic to the most contemporary and risky jazz, even in some of them closer to pop National or song author. He began his musical training at the age of six with the violin as his main instrument. A few years later, by the hand of Professor Alfons Carrascosa, will change this by the tenor sax. After years of classical training at the Music School of Igualada and many others in modern music schools in Barcelona, he continues his formative career at the Catalan School of Music where he receives classes from Eladio Reinon, Xavi Figarola, Dani Pérez, Agustí Fernández among others. He also moved to The Hague (Holland) to study for a year at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague with John Ruocco, graduating finally in 2007. During these years he also receives advice from Tony Malaby, Ellery Eskelin, Bill Mchenry, Perico Sambeat .. Since 2011 leads su propio quartet Albert Cirera & Tres Tambor forming part también en proyectos as Duot, Agusti Fernandez Liquid Trio / Quintet, Free Art Ensemble, Landspace, Javier Galiana & the Spice berberechos, Wooookam, Triot, IED'8, Nelson Projecte, Free Orchestra Association, Esther Condal, El Petit de Cal Eril, etc, receiving with some of them prizes such as the AMJM (Association of Jazz Musicians and Modern Music of Catalonia) in 2011 to the best jazz group with Duot and also, That same year, the Enderrock prize of the critic to the best disc of jazz by "Vol.2 Mode Joe" of Nelson Project. He has played and continues to do so with musicians like Joe Morris, David Mengual, Joe Smith, Agustí Fernandez, Johannes Nästesjö, Massa Kamaguchi, Carlos Zingaro, Ulrich Mitzlaf, Dani Perez, Jaume Llombart, RJ Miller, David Soler, Celeste Alias, Alessandra Patrucco, Marc Egea, Tom Chant, Pablo Rega, Vasco Trilla, Olle Vikstrom, Julian Sánchez, Sonia Sanchez, etc., in various clubs and other jazz venues in the Iberian peninsula, Belgium, Hungary, Italy and Portugal as well as in festivals Jazz of Barcelona, Vic, Tarrasa, Egido, Girona, Granollers, Banyoles, Lleida, Ibiza, Ezcaray, Sant Juan Evangelista, Hurta BCN color, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Skodra, Hungary), Noth Sea Jazz (Holland), Rocella Jonica (Italy) and Minde (Portugal). He currently resides in Lisbon where he integrates into the eclectic music scene by playing and building new projects with musicians such as Hernani Faustino, Miguel Mira, Luis Vicente, Vasco Furtado, Fededico Pascucci, Marcelo Dos Reis, Marco Franco, Big Band Reunion, Francisco Andrade, Joao Lencastre or Gabriel Ferrandini." ^ Hide Bio for Albert Cirera
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Track Listing:
1. Irma1 4:58
2. Irma2 5:22
3. Irma3 4:41
4. Irma4 3:59
5. Irma5 7:04
6. Irma6 5:55
7. Irma7 1:05
8. Irma8 1:58
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