Johannes Enders & Nils Petter Molvaer
Release Date: 18 December 2008
Label: Intuition Music
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 750447340923
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
Projects like Enders Room and the Tied & Tickled Trio have made saxophonist Johannes Enders famous far beyond Germany's borders. If he is now marking out new musical territory on his Dome CD, there is no need for concern that he might not remain true to himself. The very title of the album refers to Enders Room. And yet here the room is polarized quite differently than what we are used to from Enders. From the first note, it becomes clear that he is looking for an entirely different resonance here than an ordinary studio can offer. In the Romanesque church of St. Michael in Altenstadt in Bavaria, Enders found a space suitable to realizing this project.
On Dome Enders finally betrays a close physical bond to his instrument and to every single note. Together with the Norwegian trumpeter Nils-Petter Molvær, the Munich-based tonbak player Saam Schlamminger, bass clarinetist Ulrich Wangenheim, drummer John Hollenbeck, and organist Ralf Schmid, Enders celebrates the physical beauty and mystical transfiguration of the pure note that stands for itself. Ecstasy resides in the interstices. "That is surely because this church space is so sensitive. I always have to take care not to overburden it. This space reacts quite differently to the individual note than do the spaces I am used to. In that sense, my personal style as wind player comes across totally differently than it does when I just start playing with a percussionist. "
Tracklisting
Sebastian Sternal & hr-Bigband
Hans Ludemann TRIO IVOIRE XX
Hans Lüdemann & Trio Ivoire
Abdullah Ibrahim
Uwe Dierksen
Johannes Enders & Nils Petter Molvaer
Jon Hassell
Iyeoka
Jim Howard
Howl Quartet
Fred Hersch Trio
Kerry Politzer
Vincent Courtois Trio
Mike Westbrook Orchestra
Harper Trio
Gaspare Pasini
