Joachim Kühn & Alexey Kruglov - Moscow (2014)

Joachim Kühn s finger is always on the pulse of the times, and so it is no surprise that he repeatedly seeks the company of visionary young musicians. When Joachim Kühn received the invitation from the Goethe Institute to play two concerts in Russia, he immediately did some research on the scene there. He contacted his friend, the author Marc Sarrazy, who was working on a book about Russian jazz at the time, and asked for his advice. He recommended one name in particular to Kühn: Alexey Kruglov. This saxophonist, born in 1979, is considered to be one of the greatest Russian jazz talents. Kühn saw himself in Kruglov right away someone who thought the same way musically, a wild young man whose playing impressed as much with power and explosiveness as with sophistication and soul. The album was recorded in just four hours almost all first takes. 'It s the feeling that counts,' says Kühn of the recording session. And that feeling can be heard and felt in every note of this meeting of two music generations. With 'Moscow', an essential recording of contemporary jazz enriches the ACT Duo Art series, which has the mission of documenting magical dialogues.