Benedikt Jahnel Trio

Benedikt Jahnel Trio – The Invariant (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:43 minutes | 914 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © ECM

The trio with Spanish bassist Antonio Miguel and Canadian drummer Owen Howard has been an “invariant” in the life of Berlin based pianist Benedikt Jahnel. Hence the album title:The Invariant is issued as the group goes on tour to celebrate its tenth anniversary as a working unit. Opening track “Further Consequences” picks up where the critically-lauded Equilibriumleft off, extending ideas about pianistic patterning and textural playing. Like many of Jahnel’s tunes an odd-metred piece, it also contains elements of swing in its solo sections, as the pianist reacts to the implications of Owen Howard’s drumming. A distinctive and original pianist, Jahnel is also a prolific writer andThe Invariant pools the best of many pieces he has composed, road-tested and revised in the last five years, incorporating the dynamic responses of his trio partners into the fabric of the musical material.
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Benedikt Jahnel Trio – Equilibrium (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 53:46 minutes | 570 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © ECM

Equilibrium is the ECM debut of a German/American/Spanish trio, which through frequent touring has grown into a remarkably tight and stylistically unique unit in recent years. Fueled by the tension created through the contrasting styles of pianist Benedikt Jahnel (whose approach is characterized by an unusual interest in rhythmic subdivisions) and drummer Howard (who, in Jahnels words, treats and perceives rhythmic phrases as melodical lines without fixed micro units), and with bass player Antonio Miguel often the musical mediator, the groups sound draws subtly from classical influences as well as contemporary concepts of groove. Leader Jahnel, also known as a member of Cyminology, has sharpened his profile playing with the Metropol Orchestra, Phil Woods, Johannes Enders, Charlie Mariano, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Dave Liebman and John Abercrombie. Produced by Manfred Eicher at Radio Televisione Svizzera in Lugano the seven tracks on Equilibrium, all Jahnel originals/compositions, strike a unique and delicate balance between composed parts and improvisation or group improvisation.
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