Peter Weniger - Sing Yourself a Dream (2008)

In contrast to the preceding album, “Sing Yourself a Dream”, sets its sights on calmer, well-tempered tones. Realigned and rigged up with an equally new quartet, Weniger meets up with Martin Wind on bass, who has meanwhile established himself in New York, the Big Apple, Hans Dekker on drums, and Hubert Nuss on piano, who was recently awarded the Jazz Prize by WDR, a major German broadcasting network. Far from the hustle and bustle of gigging and touring, the four of them developed a refined audio matrix, a ‘sound’ that utilizes clearly structured motifs distinguished by sovereign technique and high-flying musical fantasy to rocket into thrillingly effective dialogs and tingling climaxes. The persuasive ensemble feel generated between the individual instruments conveys a musical ambience spiced with moments of vivid intimacy and garnished with technical brilliance. An extraordinary quartet of top-flight musicians is presenting Jazz with all the attributes of chamber music, Bar Jazz in an atmosphere at its finest.