Release Date: 03 October 2025
Label: Dot Time Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 725095386029
Genres: Jazz
Description
Simply put, Klaus Koenig is a humorist. Autumn Girl, is his 6th CD release with his 'Jazz Live Trio'.
Klaus, who seems to complain in the liner notes about the difficulty of composition and improvisation,
laments about his struggles with harmonies. And yet, he delivers a moving and lyrical tour de force,
borrowing as he states, 'the practical procedure' from Felix Mendelsohn's Song's Without Words.
There are numerous emotional twists and turns, the ballads have splend id improvisations. There are
pure gems here, Autumn Girl, dedicated to his wife; has such delicacy that even the touch of Andi
W ettstein's cymbals hug you; the playful yet thought provoking Song For A Child that bassist Patrick
Sommer 's virtuosity is on display; and the inspiring IRACI, a solo piano composition that closes out
this feast. Truly, for all his complaining and lamenting, he seems to have hit on a formula that works.
Wolfgang Lackerschmid
Franklin Kiermyer/Pharoah Sanders
Richard Galliano New York Tango Trio
Mark Murphy
Charles Lloyd Quartet
Sheila Jordan
Stefanie Schlesinger & Wolfgang Lackerschmid
Catherine Russell
Lorne Lofsky/Nigel Price Quartet
Lonnie Liston Smith
Jim Robinson
Howard Alden/Andy Brown Quartet
Hal Smith/Keith Ingham/Bobby Gordon
George Lewis
Franz Jackson & The Salty Dogs
Doc Cheatham
