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<\/a><\/p>\nChristian Els\u00e4sser (Piano) – Niels Klein (Sax) – Tim Collins (Vibraphone) – Henning Sieverts (Bass)
\nFabian Arends (Drums)<\/p>\n
Life is change. At its best, it gives rise to inventive jazz\u2014as in Christian Els\u00e4sser\u2019s new album The Move.<\/p>\n
After a long phase working primarily as a composer, arranger and conductor for big bands and orchestras Christian Els\u00e4sser reveals a particularly intimate, chamber-like side on his new quintet album.<\/p>\n
\u201eWhile working on the music a lot of changes were about to happen in my personal life. The most crucial one was that my wife and I decided to leave Munich behind and create a new home for our family in the country-side.\u201c This emotional shift\u2014filled with excitement, nostalgia, and the magic of new beginnings\u2014runs like a thread throughout the album.<\/p>\n
The choice of musicians and the associated instrumentation had a decisive influence on the realization of the compositional ideas. \u201eFor this recording I invited four long time friends with whom I have worked in various musical contexts \u2013 but never in exactly this lineup. When mentally assembling the band\u2019s sound, I was imme-diately fascinated by the many colorful possibilities that arose from the combination of instruments.\u201c<\/p>\n
With The Move, Christian Els\u00e4sser creates a musical diary of change: a journey full of farewells and new be-ginnings, shaped by the growth of a family and the quiet yet profound changes that life brings over time. It explores movement in its deeply rooted facets\u2014from the life-changing experience of relocating to a new place to the small and significant steps toward a nature-oriented way of life. Pieces like Birds, Morgentau, and Wie-genlied create sonic landscapes drawing on the rich palette of modern jazz. Other original compositions, such as Kanon and Circles & Corners, reflect Els\u00e4sser\u2019s inventive structural concepts, already hinted at in their titles. Likewise, Short Story No. 2 follows a self-imposed challenge: to fit entirely on a single sheet of music\u2014quite a contrast to his large-ensemble arrangements, which typically require dozens of pages.<\/p>\n
Christian Els\u00e4sser is one of the most versatile voices of contemporary Jazz in Europe. He is regularly commissi-oned by top ensembles such as the Metropole Orkest (three-time Grammy winner), the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, and all four German radio big bands (WDR, HR, NDR, SWR). He has worked with a wide range of acclaimed artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kurt Elling, Aaron Parks and Mike Stern. Els\u00e4sser is also a pro-fessor of Composition and Jazz Piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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