For A Little Dancin'

by OLIVER LAKE - CHRISTIAN WEBER - DIETER ULRICH

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1.	Marion Theme 03:58	info	buy track
2.	"Z" Trio 05:00	info	buy track
3.	Rollin' Vamp 07:01	info	buy track
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5.	In This 06:27	info	buy track
6.	Spring-Ing Trio 05:16	info	buy track
7.	Spots 03:47	info	buy track
8.	For A Little Dancin' 04:37	info	buy track
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Intakt CD 172

The recordings presented here by Lake, Weber and Ulrich, are convincing for different reasons. They show the three musicians in an intensive exchange, jumping across generations and continents. Lake, who was born in Arkansas in 1942, is thirty years older than Weber, while Ulrich, born in 1958 is almost exactly in the middle between the two. But they are of equal stature and speak the same musical language. All three of them have at their disposal a vernacular which has absorbed, and continuously develops, the traditions of Blues, Soul and R & B, Bebop, Modern and Free Jazz as well as Rock.

The statements of the trio are immensely rich in variety and open. Tight riffs and gripping ostinato figures alternate with meandering strips of sound. At one point the musical expeditions start off from short, dry patterns, then again a surprisingly singable, danceable theme takes centre stage. The music is dense, urgent, wide awake. It is, paradoxically, at the same time ecstatic and clear, spaced-out and near. It is intelligent but totally non academic and immensely colourful.

“Pure Jazz is a contradiction in itself”, Oliver Lake once said. For him, it is about a continuous transformation process. With his edgy, pithy tone he manages to create, again and again, what Whitney Balliett, a pioneer of Jazz journalism, has called the “Sound of Surprise”. Christian Weber and Dieter Ulrich are both precise workers as well as passionate expressive artists, and as such of a similar calibre to Lake. Let’s hope that this energetic trio gets together much more often in the times to come!

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released December 1, 2010

Oliver Lake: Alto Saxophone
Christian Weber: Bass
Dieter Ulrich: Drums

Compositions by Oliver Lake (Talin Stick Pub – SESAC) except “For A Little Dancin’” by Dieter Ulrich (SUISA). Recorded March 31 and April 1, 2009 at Sound Development by Heiner Merk. Mixed and mastered by Willy Strehler, Christian Weber and Dieter Ulrich at Will-y Klangdach, Guntershausen. Cover art: Niklaus Troxler. Graphic design: Jonas Schoder. Liner notes: Manfred Papst. Photo: Francesca Pfeffer. Produced by Intakt Records, Patrik Landolt.

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