German born musician Heinrich von Kalnein presents a double CD with solo improvisations and compositions for sax quartet

Heinrich von Kalnein (HvK) in conversation with John Heitzmann (JH):
JH: Heinrich, ””Möbius Strip””, a
2-CDbox, is quite a treat for your upcoming 60th birthday. How did it come about?

HvK:””Möbius Strip”” actually connects two very distinctive productions, which evolved almost simultaneously over a longer period of time. It all started with solo improvisations I did in the studio of German pianist Joachim Kühn in Ibiza, Spain. Joachim at one point uttered the idea of recording free improvisations and let the rhythm section play on top of it afterwards. Usually this is done just the other way around and I thought that this is a brilliant idea and absolutely worth a try. Out of more than two hours of music I distilled about 40”. It took me quite a while though finding the right musicians, who were not only able to create a killer groove, but at the same time being fluent in free form improv. Then my wonderful Argentinian wife came up with the right ideas at the right moment. The Austrian drummer Lukas König is one of the European shooting stars and I assume you can hear why. Austrian bassist Gina Schwarz is one of the highly respected players of this small, but very musical country. It was pure joy listening to and then also playing with these two fine musicians on a sunny November afternoon in a Viennese studio. Listening back you actually can”t tell, which tracks had been prerecorded by myself and which we did together. Big fun!””

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Improvisation No.1 – Prologue
• Improvisation No.2 (Alto, Bass & Drums)
• Improvisation No.3 (Tenor, Bass & Drums)
• Improvisation No.4 (Alto & Bass)
• Improvisation No.16 (Bari, Bass & Drums)
• Improvisation No. 8 (Tenor & Drums)
• Improvisation No.11 – Interlude
• Improvisation No.17 (Bari, Bass & Drums)
• Improvisation No.10 (Tenor & Bass)
• Improvisation No.12 (Tenor & Bari)
• Improvisation No.15 (Bari, Bass & Drums)
• Improvisation No.13 (Alto & Drums)
• Improvisation No.14 (Bari, Bass & Drums)
• Improvisation No.7 – Epilogue

Disc 2:

• Resistance
• Blue Train
• 3 – 4 – 5 1st Movement (Meditation – Exercise)
• Swedish Blue
• 3 – 4 – 5 2nd Movement (Listen – Absorb)
• Think About It
• 3 – 4 – 5 3rd Movement (Rage – Serenity)
• No Rhythm, No Change
• Bugs, Birds & Beasts
• Marlene On the Couch

Additional Details

Label: Natango Music

Genre: Jazz

Language: English

Run Time: 90:56 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 06/12/20

UPC: 4250095883248