Michael Wollny with Emile Parisien, Tim Lefebvre & Christian Lillinger – XXXX (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Michael Wollny with Emile Parisien, Tim Lefebvre & Christian Lillinger – XXXX (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:44 minutes | 860 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ACT Music

The beasts are loose! At the end of 2019, just a few months before the curtain fell over the world, pianist Michael Wollny (who has gone electric for this album), saxophonist Émile Parisien, bassist Tim Lefebvre and drummer Christian Lillinger all entered the A-Trane club in Berlin with no set-list and no roadmap. Over the course of eight sets, these four fascinating, crazy, contemporary jazz scientists conversed, provoked, fought, embraced, and entwined. What they created here was electro, krautrock, free, progressive – it was more than simply jazz. The sound defies classification, and maybe it’s better that way. With the help of producer Jason Kingsland, who mainly deals in rock productions (Kaiser Chiefs, Band of Horses, Belle and Sebastian), they turned almost eight hours of live recording into 45 minutes of studio material. The result is a fascinating experience. Naturally, XXXX is rather less accessible than Sidney Bechet’s Petite fleur. But the listener can’t help but be carried away by the generosity of these wild exchanges and the energy of the four musicians who never fall into the trap of a complacent, inward-looking jam. Sensitive souls steer clear! Curious souls, get stuck in! – Marc Zisman

Tracklist:
1. Michael Wollny – Somewhere Around Barstow (04:14)
2. Michael Wollny – Dick Laurent Is Dead (04:47)
3. Michael Wollny – Too Bright in Here (05:33)
4. Michael Wollny – Grandmother’s Hammer (01:59)
5. Michael Wollny – The Haul (05:03)
6. Michael Wollny – Find the Fish (03:05)
7. Michael Wollny – Doppler Fx (03:59)
8. Michael Wollny – Michael vs. Michael (06:50)
9. Michael Wollny – Nörvenich Lounge (03:47)
10. Michael Wollny – Nostalgia for the Light (05:21)

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