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Since 2020 this trio of Amsterdam-based improvisers have worked together to develop a unique free improvisational language, fueled by but not contained to jazz forms, as heard in this debut album recorded in 2022 between three ex-patriots residing in Amsterdam: German bass & contrabass clarinetist Tobias Klein, Polish pianist Marta Warelis and Chicago drummer Frank Rosaly.
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Tobias Klein-bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
Frank Rosaly-drums, percussion
Marta Warelis-piano
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UPC: 590422487830
Label: Relative Pitch
Catalog ID: RPR1186
Squidco Product Code: 35095
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2024
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at Splendor, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on March 6th, 2022, by Hayden Hook.
"Tobias Klein, Marta Warelis and Frank Rosaly have been playing trio since 2020. Right from the start there was a remarkable chemistry between them - intense and relaxed at the same time - and very personal."-Relative Pitch
"The debut release of this trio of well-known improvisers. And what a debut it is. Listen to this and let yourself be astonished and taken adrift, yes adrift, because this journey is man oh man on their journey in four pieces. It's as simple as that. This is chamber jazz to the max without maximum volumes, rather the opposite. 'Levensnevel', the second piece and the longest, clocking at almost half an hour, shares the title with an anthology of stories by Dutch writer Kees van Kooten about memories and the past mystified or mistified by the present. 'Avec toute la tendresse possible' shares a line with the Crystals' 'He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)' about a woman who is domestically violated (With all the tenderness there is translated into French as 'Avec toute la tendresse'). The music has a subdued, menacing quality to it, partly due to the use of the contrabass clarinet's lower registers and the piano's micro-fanned strings, suitably ending with a suspended unresolved chord. Gestalt switch is the optical illusion of seeing either the image or the other in a drawing, depending on your favourite perspective. The music is the most notable; yes, I know it's an obsolete word, but it's fitting for this music. Always in motion, only coming to a temporary standstill midway through the piece, in effect making the gestalt switch. This is, to my ears, chamber jazz of the highest order. The ideas of all three of them, sometimes solo, in duet and many times in trio, man oh man, connect in a way that is more than the sum of its parts. [...]"-MDS, Vital Weekly
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Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Tobias Klein "Tobias Klein grew up in Saarbrücken (Germany), lives in Amsterdam since 1990, studied saxophone and bass clarinet, with a.o. Jasper Blom and Harry Sparnaay; South Indian musical concepts with Rafael Reina. He moved to Amsterdam in 1990 and studied saxophone and bass clarinet at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with, among others, Jasper Blom and Harry Sparnaay. He has been busy leading his own bands Spinifex and Lackritz, Maw Sit Sit and Full Fathom Five, co-leading bands/projects like Spinifex, Almeida/Duynhoven/Klein, Man Bites Dog (with Damien Cluzel) and Dalgoo (with Meinrad Kneer), collaborations of Spinifex with bands from France (Umlaut Double Trio), Germany (The Bliss), Turkey (Gevende) and with South-Indian master musicians (Dr. Mysore Manjunath, Dr. Suma Sudhindra, BC Manjunath, Pramath Kiran), working in duo with Oguz Büyükberber and in quartet with Oguz, Claron McFadden and Kristina Fuchs, playing as a sideman in Esra Dalfidan's Fidan and Boi Akih 'Liquid Songs', exploring the work of some Russian poets with the projects Dalgoo New Anatomy and President of the Globe, bands and projects involving impro & Balkan music such as Man Bites Dog Eats Amsterdam Klezmer Band and Deep Fried Angel Fish, playing with the psychedelic Folk band Gevende from Istanbul, fusing impro & Karnatic music with Bhedam, writing for large jazz orchestras David Kweksilber Big Band and Tetzepi, writing chamber music for ensembles like Lyrisch Laag (Fie Schouten/Jelte Althuis), Kaïda, To Be Sung, So Low, Duometrie and Duo X. As a performing musician, his focus lies mainly on improvised music and contemporary jazz, enriched by his studies of contemporary composed music, live-electronics and techniques derived from African, Eastern European and Asian music. He currently (co-)leads the groups Spinifex, Almeida/Duynhoven/Klein, Omelette (with Jeroen Kimman, Tristan Renfrow and Jasper Stadhouders), 37Fern (with Claron McFadden, Kristina Fuchs and Oguz Büyükberber) and the duo Oguz Büyükberber/Tobias Klein. As a sideman he performs with Boi Akih 'Liquid Songs' and with Esra Dalfidan's Fidan. Tobias composes for both contemporary jazz groups and for chamber music ensembles. In 2018, six of his chamber music compositions were recorded by a.o. Fie Schouten and came out on the CD 'Chambery', released by the Dutch label Attacca in their series 'Composer's Portraits'. In 2010, he was awarded the North Sea Jazz Composition Commission. Tobias has toured or recorded with many great musicians such as Jasper Blom, Joost Buis, Oguz Büyükberber, Andrew Claes, Damien Cluzel, Esra Dalfidan, Benoït Delbecq, John Dikeman, Marc Ducret, Jozef Dumoulin, Kristina Fuchs, Oene van Geel, Onno Govaert, Mark Haanstra, Sylvia de Hartog, Gerri Jaeger, Gijs Levelt, B.C. Manjunath, Claron McFadden, Lothar Ohlmeier, Claudio Puntin, Timuçin Sahin, Emmanuel Scarpa, Chris Speed, Jasper Stadhouders, Raphael Vanoli and Teun Verbruggen." ^ Hide Bio for Tobias Klein • Show Bio for Frank Rosaly "Frank Rosaly (Francisco Javier Rosaly Amoros Rosello - b. 5/30/74 Phoenix, AZ) is a drummer and composer living in Chicago. He has been involved in the improvised and experimental music community since 2001 where he has become an integral part of Chicago's musical fabric, navigating a fine line between the vibrant improvised music, experimental, rock and jazz communities. He contributes much of his time to performing, composing, teaching, as well as organizing musical events, while also touring regularly domestically and internationally. Frank is currently active in many projects throughout Chicago as well as New York and in Europe. Some groups include Bobby Bradford/Frode Gjerstad Quartet, Matana Robert's Chicago Project, Rob Mazurek's Mandarin Movie, The Rempis Percussion Quartet, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten Quintet, Scorch Trio, Nicole Mitchell Ice Crystal Quartet, Jason Stein Quartet, Jeff Parker/Nels Cline Quartet, Josh Abrams' Natural Information Society, Fred Lonberg-Holm's Valentine Trio, Keefe Jackson's Project Project, The Fast Citizens, The Jeb Bishop Trio, Jason Adasievicz's Rolldown, Jorrit Dijkstra's Flatlands Collective, Chicago Lucern Exchange, Hearts and Minds, Slow Cycle, Outskirts, Darren Johnston's Chicago Quintet, Anchor and others." ^ Hide Bio for Frank Rosaly • Show Bio for Marta Warelis "Pianist Marta Warelis (1986) is a vibrant performer with a strong preference for improvisation and experimentation in all genres. She continually aims for instant composing on the basis of new sounds and influences. Her work draws inspiration from music across the globe including cumbia, Angolan dance music, as well as jazz, western classical music and the various schools of free improvisation. Born and raised in Poland where she graduated with honours from WSJiMR in Wroclaw, Marta moved to Groningen in 2010 to attend the Prins Claus Conservatory. In 2014 she found her place in Amsterdam, very quickly becoming an active member of the local improvisers' scene. Marta has appeared frequently in the Bimhuis, where in 2017 she was given a Carte Blanche in recognition of her remarkable talents. She performs with a variety of creative musicians including Michael Moore, Ab Baars, Mike Reed, Andy Moor, Joost Buis, dancers Lily Kiara and Michael Shumacher, as well with such groups as Hupata!, Omawi, Future Neighbor, Polyband, Edge Ensemble, Strings5, Xavier Pamplona, Warelis/Rosaly/Lumley/Dikeman and Bazooka." ^ Hide Bio for Marta Warelis
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Track Listing:
1. Thickofit 13:14
2. Levensnevel 26:33
3. Avec Toute la Tendresse Possible 9:33
4. Gestalt Switch 14:59
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