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r e l e a s e . i n f o
Artist.....: Knut R÷ssler & Johannes Vogt
Title......: Between The Times
Rip Date...: Nov-19-2007 Cat.No.....: ACT9463-2
Style......: Jazz Label......: The ACT Company
Quality....: VBRkbps Type.......: Album
Size.......: 65,6 MB Source.....: CDDA
r e l e a s e . n o t e s
Ancient music meets jazz: The ACT-Debut of the ensemble Between
the Times with guest Miroslav Vitous
Fortune's ways are often unpredictable. Two musicians with
seemingly completely different focus. One of
them a German jazz saxophonist, blue note saturated by countless
gigs in subterranean joints since the 1960Æs.
The other a lute player from a completely different scene,
specialist for ancient music from the middle ages on.
Brought together by the visual arts û both of them often performed
at gallery openings for a number of
Heidelberg artists. One day they were asked to play together, as
the relevant exhibition connected the old and
the new. An unexpected and consequential prod: It resulted in a
lasting collaboration. Now saxophonist Knut
R÷ssler and lutenist Johannes Vogt are releasing their ACT-debut:
Between the Times is the name of the CD
and the ensemble itself, which is manoeuvred through time and
style by the two masterminds and their
collaborators percussionist Mani Neumeier and stellar bass player
Miroslav Vitous.
Between the Times is an effervescent name that resonates on a
number of levels. Here it also means
between two musical epochs, meaning not quite renaissance anymore
but not baroque yet. The compositions
that have inspired this recording stem from the period around
1650. Johannes Vogt finds the music from such
transitional periods especially fascinating, the pieces from this
time display an unusual pleasure in
experimentation, their vocabulary is not yet standardised, like
that of later compositions: a daring, un-clichΘd
and often surprising language. R÷ssler and Vogt venture into
almost uncharted territory (outside of esoteric
circles, that is!), with music by composers like Ennemond
Gaultier, Pierre Dubut or Jacques Gallot. This allows
for discoveries on a number of different levels.
ôWe did not wish to ransack the original compositionsö says Knut
R÷ssler, ôbut rather let them shine in a
new and respectful light.ö The 17th century pieces are not
interpreted in a jazz way, but become a starting point
for new original compositions that take their bearings from the
language and moods of the original lute music.
The originals do have their say though: as an interlude in
ôContemplationö, as an introduction on other tracks.
This is a sensitive approach to the music. The musicians dismiss
the commercially misused term ôcrossoverö,
which is usually synonymous with a dilution on both sides of the
equation. Listening to their music one quickly
realises that this is a sensitive bringing-together of two worlds,
in a way a gentle musical time machine.
These worlds anyhow have unexpected correlations. Improvisation
plays an important part not only in jazz,
but also in ancient music. Johannes Vogt was thus no stranger to
the art. Yet, before taking up the lute, he was
among other things an electric guitarist in blues-rock bands. Knut
R÷ssler was moved by the ancient music
straight away during his first musical encounters with Johannes
Vogt. A music, that like jazz contains many
ostinati, recurring repeated figures that allow a development to
take place. ôSome jazz musicians who have
heard us play found the harmony of the old pieces reminiscent of
jazz changesö, says Vogt. Yet, he says, ôI had
to learn a whole new way of improvising: If one just plays chorus
after chorus one soon realises that this does
not work". Uncharted territory reveals itself in the encounter
with old notes.
p l a y l i s t
01 Contemplation 07:07
02 PrΘ-luth modal 06:06
03 Kuna 05:00
04 L'encyclopΘdie 04:39
05 Dialogue 04:32
06 Le colibri royal 02:28
07 Le rΩve lucide 03:29
08 La mΘlancolie 03:57
09 L'intention paradoxale 05:21
10 La vie ΘphΘmΦre 07:52
11 Canaries 04:03
54:34 min
g r e e t i n g s
agw - amok - bass - bcc - bex - boss - cmg - cmc - cms - d2h
def - dh - disc0 - drum - emp - ftd - fwyh - gem - i8 - ipc
jce - jfk - jrp - just - khz - kinky - kw - lame - maem - mbs
mgc - psycz - r2r - rac - radial - rapid - rks - rtb - sb
sever - sfe - soup - sour - sq - tr - trt - ube - uc - upe
uki - xtc - yard - zi
respect to music lovers worldwide
never forget : go to the show. buy the t-shirt. order the vinyl