Michael Wollny feat. Eric Schaefer & Christian Weber - Nachtfahrten (2015)

Tracks:

01. Questions in a World of Blue (3:06)
02. Nachtmahr (1:46)
03. Der Wanderer (4:18)
04. Motette No 1 (2:51)
05. White Moon (4:10)
06. De Desconfort (2:44)
07. Metzengerstein (2:57)
08. Feu Follet (2:20)
09. Ellen (3:39)
10. Nocturne (2:21)
11. Marion (4:20)
12. Au Clair De La Lune (3:12)
13. Odile Et Odette (3:34)
14. Nachtfahrten (6:07)

This release owes its original inspiration to a book published in 2013 entitled “Nachtmeerfahrten” (Sea Journeys by Night), which takes the reader over to the dark side of romanticism, to a world of fantasy, of eerie shadows, and things that go bump in the night. Producer Siggi Loch edited the “Meer”/ sea part out of the title, which therefore became “Nachtfahrten” (Night Journeys), which suits this pianist, who is a creature of the nocturnal realm. He feels very much at home in a world of grey cats and blurred outlines, where the contrasting emotions of the moment can leave all rational expectations behind; this is a backdrop which is alive with possibility, but also with trepidation.Michael Wollny, who was described by FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG as a “complete piano master“ and by DIE WELT as „the most exciting German jazz pianis...