1 LP 12inch |
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Label ACT music |
UPC 0614427984210 |
Catalogue number ACTLP 98421 |
Release date 21 April 2017 |
“Three men, three pianos, one emotion - jazz”
…were the words with which German national TV news succinctly summed up the 2016 piano summit in a sold-out Berlin Philharmonie, which can now be experienced exclusively on vinyl. “Iiro Rantala, Leszek Możdżer, Michael Wollny – each in a class of his own. Together, they’re a miracle” - the report continued. This concert was a reprise of the celebrated December 2012 “Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic“ premiere which has already been issued on CD. The original 2012 concert by the three keyboard wizards didn't just amaze listeners, it also triumphantly set in motion Siggi Loch’s much-lauded concert series at Berlin’s classical music shrine.
Leszek Możdżer, born 1971, is regarded as the most important discovery in Polish jazz during the past 10 years. His international reputation as one of the outstanding pianists in jazz is founded on his groundbreaking and smooth interweaving of sound aesthetics and mixing the culture of classical music with the openness and energy of jazz. His sparkling and technically unrivalled playing style has been connected to lyrical and emotional melodies ever since. British newspaper The Guardian wrote on his playing: “Możdżer's swaying swing and slow-melody nuances suggest Keith Jarrett at times, but his outburst of percussive playing, flinty treblenote parks and staccato drum-pattern sounds are all his own.”