Christoph Irniger Trio - Octopus (2015) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Octopus
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Intakt Records
Genre: Contemporary Jazz
Quality: 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC; 24-bit/88.2kHz FLAC & booklet
Total Time: 49:59 min
Total Size: 285; 962 MB
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After the acclaimed album ‘Gowanus Canal’ in 2012, ‘Octopus’ is Christoph Irniger’s second release with his trio of Raffaele Bossard (double bass) and Ziv Ravitz (drums) on Intakt Records. Irniger is a master of orchestration and rejects the hierarchy of soloist-plus-rhythm. Instead of using the compositions as springboards for solos, he finds interesting ways for the improvisations to underline the compositional characteristics. Melody, arrangement, improvisation: the trio fuse them all into one tightly integrated and alluring package,’ writes American jazz critic Kevin Whitehead. The pieces celebrate melody without once degenerating into the trivial. They are tone poems which demonstrate that accessible melodies and complex tonal worlds need not be mutually exclusive and can in fact make sense of each other.

Glenn Astarita writes on All About Jazz: "Young Swiss saxophonist, composer Christoph Irniger is one to watch. His blossoming stature on the European jazz scene is partly due to his invigorating and meticulous compositional approach. The Christoph Irniger Trio was formed in New York 2011 and played many concerts since in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France and the USA. All three musicians play in various other groups in Europe and the USA and in their short careers they have already had the opportunity to play and learn with jazz heavy-weights such as Joe Lovano, Ron Carter and Kurt Rosenwinkel.

„..a homegrown rising young sax star“ (Jazzwise Magazine, UK)

Christoph Irniger, tenor saxophone
Raffaele Bossard, bass
Ziv Ravitz, drums

01. Christoph Irniger Trio - Air (4:28)
02. Christoph Irniger Trio - Ocean Avenue (5:19)
03. Christoph Irniger Trio - Dovescape (7:06)
04. Christoph Irniger Trio - Blue Tips (4:07)
05. Christoph Irniger Trio - Octopus (5:34)
06. Christoph Irniger Trio - Iceland (4:05)
07. Christoph Irniger Trio - VGO (5:55)
08. Christoph Irniger Trio - Dancin' Structure (4:23)
09. Christoph Irniger Trio - Cripple X (6:07)
10. Christoph Irniger Trio - Peace in the End (2:57)