Niculin Janett & Joscha Schraff – Standard (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:29 minutes | 814 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © 2020 Janett – Schraff
“Standard” is English for normal, common, simple. What Niculin Janett does on the saxophone and Joscha Schraff on the piano is the opposite. The two play these well-known jazz songs, or standards, in their own open and personal way. They know the standards and their tradition, but do not allow themselves to be dictated by them, but use them as a guide for their own path. These are sometimes straight, sometimes curvy, sometimes smooth, sometimes bumpy.
In 2018 the Janett and Schraff spent a few weeks in the jazz mecca of New York, making pilgrimages from concert to concert and recording music themselves. With many impressions and these recordings in their luggage they came back to Switzerland and are now releasing them under the Berlin label QFTF. The tenor saxophone maestro Rich Perry can be heard on some of the tracks, keeping them company in the studio.
Tracklist:
1. Niculin Janett & Joscha Schraff – I’ll Be Seeing You (Take 1) (03:23)
2. Niculin Janett & Joscha Schraff – Stablemates (04:38)
3. Niculin Janett & Joscha Schraff – Free 3 (02:36)
4. Niculin Janett & Joscha Schraff – Autumn Leaves (07:48)
5. Niculin Janett & Joscha Schraff – Shadow of Your Smile (04:59)
6. Niculin Janett & Joscha Schraff – Ask Me Now (04:58)
7. Niculin Janett & Joscha Schraff – Stella By Starlight (07:54)
8. Niculin Janett & Joscha Schraff – Free 1 (02:31)
9. Niculin Janett & Joscha Schraff – I’ll Be Seeing You (Take 2) (02:39)
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