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Elder

Axel Schlosser

Elder

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Format: CD
Label: Double Moon Records
UPC: 0608917111323
Catnr: DMCHR 71113
Release date: 01 October 2012
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Label
Double Moon Records
UPC
0608917111323
Catalogue number
DMCHR 71113
Release date
01 October 2012
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The city of Mannheim (approx. 315,000 inhabitants) is located in the southwest of Germany. The city core was designed as a grid square in the 16th century, as were many other cities of that time. What is unusual, however, is that the streets are named as in a coordinate system and have been for more than 200 years. As a result, there are addresses such as "L 14,16" where a bar was located, in which five musicians decided to start a band in 2001. The bar no longer exists, but the quintet has lasted till today. In the meantime, it is known far beyond the borders of Mannheim and Germany. The musicians do not produce one CD after another in a hectic annual cycle, but instead take their good time. The first CD was released in 2003, the second almost five years later in 2007, and now the third in the same interval. The first two received numerous awards (among others, the Prize of German Record Critics) and were highly praised by the press. Parallel to that, L 14,16 won other prizes and performed at numerous festivals in Germany and other countries. They remain faithful to their very individual sound with their third production "Elder": complex but fresh compositions, unconventional but logical arrangements, played by a band composed of technically brilliant, expressive personalities. However, the actual outstanding quality of the quintet is their interaction. L 14,16 puts that in a recording which otherwise is only striking on the stage: an almost magic response and interplay, a share presentation of the sound being created. And because the musicians know almost every trick, it is extremely difficult to classify them. Certainly, post-bebop would be a good label if it were not for that touch of blues, a pinch of free, an inkling of funk and then swinging passages again. The best label is probably L 14,16 sound.
Die Stadt Mannheim (ca. 315.000 Einwohner) liegt im Südwesten Deutschlands, der Stadtkern entstand im 16. Jahrhundert – wie in vielen anderen Städten dieser Zeit auch – als Planquadrat. Ungewöhnlich ist aber, dass die Straßen wie in einem Koordinatensystem benannt sind, und das seit über 200 Jahren. So kommt es zu solch Adressenangaben wie „' 14,16' – wo sich eine Bar befand, in der einst, im Jahre 2001, 5 Musiker beschlossen, eine Band zu gründen. Die Bar gibt es nicht mehr – dagegen besteht das Quintett bis heute. Und ist mittlerweile weit über die Grenzen Mannheims und Deutschlands hinaus bekannt. Obwohl die Musiker nicht im hektischen Jahresrhythmus eine CD nach der anderen produzieren, sondern sich ordentlich Zeit nehmen. Auch mit ihrer dritten Produktion „Elder“ bleiben sie ihrem sehr individuellen Sound treu: komplexe und doch frische Kompositionen, eigenwillige und doch schlüssige Arrangements, gespielt von einer Band, die aus technisch brillanten, ausdrucksstarken Persönlichkeiten besteht. Und doch ist das eigentlich Herausragende des Quintetts ihr Zusammenspiel. Was sonst nur auf der Bühne auffällt - L 14,16 transportiert es auch mühelos auf Tonträger: ein fast magisches aufeinander Eingehen, eine gemeinsame Vorstellung des entstehenden Sounds. Und da die Musiker mit fast allen musikalischen Wassern gewaschen sind, kommt man gehörig in Schwierigkeiten, wenn man eine Einordnung versucht. Gewiss, Post-Bebop wäre ein feines Etikett – wäre da nicht immer wieder ein Hauch Blues, eine Brise Free, eine Ahnung von Funk und dann wieder swingende Passagen. Das beste Etikett ist vermutlich: L 14,16-Sound…

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Axel Schlosser (trumpet)

Axel Schlosser is one of the best and most versatile trumpet players in Germany. Over the past 20 years, he has played in numerous big bands (Sunday Night Orchestra, Rainer Tempel Big Band, Al Porcino Big Band, Bobby Burgess Big Band Explosion, Ed Partyka Jazz Orchestra and hr-Bigband, among others) and smaller bands of traditional to modern jazz from Charly Antolini to Albert Mangelsdorff. In addition, he has conducted several of his own bands (he released the CD 'Tales From The South' with his quartet on Double Moon Records in 2013) and is a member in other bands, e.g., the quintet L 14, 16, which has won numerous awards (also at Double Moon Records: 'Elder', 2011).
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Axel Schlosser is one of the best and most versatile trumpet players in Germany. Over the past 20 years, he has played in numerous big bands (Sunday Night Orchestra, Rainer Tempel Big Band, Al Porcino Big Band, Bobby Burgess Big Band Explosion, Ed Partyka Jazz Orchestra and hr-Bigband, among others) and smaller bands of traditional to modern jazz from Charly Antolini to Albert Mangelsdorff. In addition, he has conducted several of his own bands (he released the CD "Tales From The South" with his quartet on Double Moon Records in 2013) and is a member in other bands, e.g., the quintet L 14, 16, which has won numerous awards (also at Double Moon Records: "Elder", 2011).

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