Luise Volkmann & Été Large
Eudaimonia
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2017 / nwog 018
Line-Up:
Casey Moir - Voice
Laurin Oppermann - Voice, Harp
Vincent Bababoutilabo - Flute
Otis Sandsjö - Tenor Sax
Gabriel Lemaire - Baritone Sax
Fritz Moshammer - Trumpet
Julian Schließmeyer - trombone
Emmanuel Cremer - cello
Athina Kontou - bass
Johannes Bigge - piano
Jan Roth - drums
Benoît Joblot - drums
Luise Volkmann - alto sax, flute
"Eudaimonia" is a collection of portraits of people who have found solutions for their own life and have thus inspired Luise Volkmann.
Photo: Jürgen Volkmann
Luise Volkmann is a passionate storyteller or, if you will, a subtle portraitist – two traits that ideally coincide. The story she wants to tell is always at the heart of all her pieces. She reflects on the form and structure but also on the dynamics and the dramatic composition that the storytelling should have and then finds the musicians she needs for her narrative. For her cycle “Eudaimonia” she brought together a group of 12 partners in musical crime who not only represent different scenes but even partly diverging musical concepts that nevertheless come together almost perfectly in their formation Été Large.
"Was Volkmann, die in Leipzig studiert hat und seit zwei Jahren ins Paris lebt, jedoch mithilfe ihrer zwölfköpfigen Formation Été Large eingespielt und aufgenommen hat, fügt sich zu einem der poetischsten, aufregendsten, ja spannendsten Debütalben seit Langem"
- Jazzthetik, 11-12 2017
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