Release Date: 17 August 2018
Label: MPS
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4029759119876
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 17 August 2018
Label: MPS
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4029759119876
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
You just have to say it, and in this case, it's no exaggeration: there has never been an album like Wünschen (Wishing). Something comparable? No way! The compelling strength of this cycle of songs lies in the unity of its contradictions, expressed in the subject matter and the choice of musical resources, as well as a lineup of players from different generations, continents, and musical concepts.
Erik Leuthhäuser is a young singer from Berlin. He reinterprets some of the songs, such as Friedrich Hollaender's Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte (If I could make a wish). Others are musical versions of poems and songs, as is the case with a piece from Dorthea Dota Kehr. We have jazz standards from Wayne Shorter and Duke Ellington supplemented with Leuthäuser's German texts. Leuthäuser's interpretations are by no means cover versions; rather he appropriates the pieces and makes them his own. When Erik sings these pieces, they sound as if they belong exclusively to Leuthäuser and his listeners. It's all very personal. I'm not concerned about the stylistics or a particular target audience. I have simply tied all my musical ideas together and created music out of them. And then there are Erik Leuthäuser's own compositions and a host of accompanying pedigree musicians:Like Leuthäuser, Cohen is a superb storyteller. He has played with the likes of Tom Waits and John Zorn, and was in the Robert Altman film Short Cuts. Likewise, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and drummer Joey Baron are major players in the New York jazz scene. As second drummer, Earl Harvin carries the expressive understatement he was known for as a member of the Indie rock band Tindersticks into Leuthäuser's production. Austrian pianist Elias Stemeseder has already had success with the exceptional American drummer Jim Black, and Islandic guitarist Daniel Böðvarsson is a longtime friend.
Tracklisting
Oscar Peterson
Monty Alexander
Various Artists
John Taylor Trio
Volker Kriegel
Jean-Luc Ponty
Alphonse Mouzon
The Rolf Kuhn Group
Anthony Ferrara
Alex Norris
Makiko Hirabayashi
Steve Johns
Andrew Rathbun
Adam Fairhall & Johnny Hunter
Eivind Austad Trio
David Ferris Septet