Henning Sieverts - Hidden C (CD)

This record is a small sensation, filled exclusively with enigmatic compositions by the acclaimed Munich jazz bassist. If playing hard is a sign of quality in Rock, then one must take the term 'soft' with a grain of salt in Jazz. Exceptions confirm the rule, especially when soft is not synonymous with insipid, but, on the contrary, for deep, contemplative, introspective and clear. It has been a long time since there has been such a soft, and yet beautiful and unfathomable album as the Munich-based bass player and cellist Henning Sieverts' 'Hidden C'. One is reminded of Jimmy Giuffre's early albums or of Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan in the 1960s. And yet Henning Sieverts' music is much more complex. 'Making a bass or cello record is just not my thing. I'm much more concerned with the composition. The are my works, and I have carefully selected the musicians, who can make it sound good. Amazingly, these musicians have never played together in this combination. I knew all of them from