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Jeff Morris, Karl Berger, Joe Hertenstein – Interfaces: Jazz Meets Electronics (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 51:29 minutes | 902 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Interfaces explores the different ways a computer can fit in a modern jazz ensemble and still be true to itself. Technology performer Jeff Morris is joined by free jazz icon Karl Berger on vibes and piano as well as innovative New York percussionist Joe Hertenstein. Morris takes sounds from his partners live in the moment and transforms them into his own musical voice with the DNA of acoustic sounds and the fingerprints of digital processing. This live sampling improvisation results in expressively shifting quasi-loops and glitchy melodic gestures, drawn from music that just happened and influencing what the performers will do next. Call it a twenty-first century version of imitative counterpoint, as in J. S. Bach’s classic fugues. Taking inspiration from, among others, free jazz legend Ornette Coleman and Brian Eno’s early rebellious sound, Morris builds different digital instruments and interactive environments to produce unique encounters with the jazz world. He uses every stutter, glitch, and clash as a chance to discover new kinds of beauty. The native voice of the technology sings freely instead of pretending to be other instruments or remixing classic recordings. At times, Interfaces can feel like an aural puzzle that challenges the mind as much as the ear. But if you’re up for a sonic adventure, you will find musical moments that are nothing short of revolutionary.
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Joe Hertenstein – Live During Lockdown (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 56:15 minutes | 628 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazzwerkstatt
Joe Hertenstein Trio – a premiere with Michael Moore and Greg Cohen. Drummer Joe Hertenstein has been living in New York for 13 years. 10 years ago, the jazzwerkstatt released an album of his with Jon Irabagon and Achim Tang. The effects of Covid-19 have led him back to Germany. The American clarinetist and alto saxophonist Michael Moore settled in Amsterdam in 1982. He is known worldwide for his beautiful tone and his rich musical imagination, the American double bassist Greg Cohen, who for many years stirred up the New York jazz scene alongside John Zorn and Dave Douglas, has been living in Berlin for many years, but when he reaches into the strings, every tone has the legitimacy of the whole jazz history.
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