Joachim Kühn – Love & Peace (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 46:38 minutes | 947 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Love and peace. The program of this album by Joachim Kühn has the merit to be clear. With drummer Eric Schaefer and double bass player Chris Jennings, his trio formed in 2015, the German pianist, now 73, seems to have found a new playground in which the strength of his melodies proves central. Rather labelled as an avant-gardist—or even free—musician, Kühn, who has always rejected conventions throughout his extended career, is of course not sinking here into simplistic and plain music. Quite the contrary. Through rather concise themes, mostly original, aside from pieces from the Doors (The Crystal Ship), Mussorgsky (The old castle from Pictures at an exhibition) and Ornette Coleman (Night Plans), he lightens his improvisations and takes the time to play with space and even with silences. Released in 2016, Beauty & Truth, the first disc from the trio, already let you hear this somewhat uncommon Kühn. With Love & Peace, he found an inner peace which makes his music even more moving.
Tracklist:
1-01. Joachim Kühn, Eric Schaefer, Chris Jennings – Love and Peace (01:59)
1-02. Joachim Kühn, Eric Schaefer, Chris Jennings – Le Vieux Chateau (04:12)
1-03. Joachim Kühn, Eric Schaefer, Chris Jennings – The Crystal Ship (03:19)
1-04. Joachim Kühn, Eric Schaefer, Chris Jennings – Mustang (05:14)
1-05. Joachim Kühn, Eric Schaefer, Chris Jennings – Barcelona-Wien (03:50)
1-06. Joachim Kühn, Eric Schaefer, Chris Jennings – But Strokes of Folk (04:14)
1-07. Joachim Kühn, Eric Schaefer, Chris Jennings – Lied Ohne Worte No. 2 (03:43)
1-08. Joachim Kühn, Eric Schaefer, Chris Jennings – Casbah Radio (03:52)
1-09. Joachim Kühn, Eric Schaefer, Chris Jennings – Night Plans (04:17)
1-10. Joachim Kühn, Eric Schaefer, Chris Jennings – New Pharoah (05:20)
1-11. Joachim Kühn, Eric Schaefer, Chris Jennings – Phrasen (06:31)
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