A quintet configuration of New Old Luten, the core of Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky on sax, clarinet and Romanian shepherd's flute and Christian Lillinger on drums & percussion, with Elan Pauer on piano & little instruments, and both John Edwards & Robert Landerfmann on double bass, performing the first set of a 2015 evening at naTo/ in Leipzig, Germany.
Format: 3" CD Condition: New Released: 2017 Country: Germany Packaging: 3 " CD in a cardboard sleeve Recorded at naTo/ in Leipzig, Germany, on December 13th, 2015, by Marco Birkner.
"The final meeting of the New Old Luten Quintet started with a warm-up as a trio interaction again. Contrary to Short Night formed without audience this short trio piece was part of the public first concert set of that evening. "-Euphorium Records
"The trio of Schwerdt, Petrowsky and Lillinger refers back to the beginning of the original idea, a bass-less trio in the tradition of Cecil Taylor's early Unit with Jimmy Lyons and Sunny Murray. Like the great role model, the trio dives pell-mell into music without metric boundaries, opening a lucky bag of possibilities. Schwerdt is a keyboard dervish, a magician of improvisation. Compared to White Power Blues his playing has become much more sophisticated and refined, more lyrical and percussive at the same time. He makes extensive use of clusters and parallel runs, that's why the music is very dynamic. Petrowsky's alto blares against the thunder of Schwerdt's piano, he indicates the direction of where the improvisation goes. Around the 14-minute mark of "Letzter Radau!", the only track on the album, Petrowsky throws in blues and bebop riffs just to come up even fiercer and more uncompromising. The whole improvisation is pushed by Lillinger's drumming, Paul Lovens might be an influence here, especially the toms propel the music relentlessly. The album is another example of his enormous versatility, he's just the most interesting drummer these days. The last four minutes surprise with a complete break - Petrowsky pulls out his flutes, the track becomes more world-music-like, Lillinger's bells and Schwerdt's prepared piano open the door to a different universe."-Martin Schray, The Free Jazz Collective