Michael Wollny - Tandem (CD)

Release Date: 09/30/16The meeting between two of Europe’s leading jazz stars: an extremely rare magic.Two of Europe`s leading jazz artists team up for “Tandem”, Together they are to be heard exploring and expoiting all the sound possibilities of their instruments. Their stylistic palette does range widely. There is the mysterious, suspense-laden Björk Classic “Hunter.” They play Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” which the film-absorbed Wollny first encountered in the soundtrack of Oliver Stone’s “Platoon.” There is the anthemic 'Fourth of July' by Sufjan Stevens, a songwriter much admired by Wollny. The up-tempo number 'Vignette' by Gary Peacock is perhaps the only “classic” jazz tune on the album. The duo also plays a beautiful piece ('Song Yet Untitled') by the Swiss vocal soloist (and new ACT artist) Andreas Schaerer. Peirani’s preference for the melodic is underlined in his two original tunes on this album, above all in “Uniskate,” and also in Tan