Dan Kinzelman - Goodbye Castle (2008)

Since moving to Italy in 2005, American multi-instrumentalist and composer Dan Kinzelman has been making a name for himself as an important voice of the younger generation. His personal approach as a soloist has been widely requested by Italian stars like Enrico Rava, Mauro Ottolini and Giovanni Guidi, and he has performed with Uri Caine, David Binney, Maria Schneider and Ralph Alessi. He has recently made his debut on ECM Records with Enrico Rava, and this summer has been a busy one for him, with appearances at Umbria Jazz (Italy) and Saalfelden (Austria) and a prestigious residency with his band Dan Kinzelman’s Ghost in Correggio at the Teatro Asioli.
In recent years he has come into his own as a bandleader and composer with a strong and original artistic vision, restless within the confines of a particular genre. He is preparing to release his first record with his trio, Hobby Horse, on tour in November and March of 2013, and negotiations are underway for the release of the recording of Dan Kinzelman’s Ghost in 2013.
The event you are about to hear is totally imaginary. The modus operandi is well known, public events are borrowed from history books, and yet, it is the interpretation offered that renders the truths of totally imagined reconstructions related to the past. This is the strength, the burning power, of this young quartet. The four components, who are well aware of all that history has placed at their disposal, have appropriated the past with a feeling all their own.