Nils Wogram / Root 70 With Strings
Riomar (Vinyl)
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2014 / nwog 010
Line-Up:
Nils Wogram – Trombone, Melodica
Hayden Chisholm – Alto Sax
Matt Penman – Bass
Jochen Rueckert – Drums
Gerdur Gunnarsdottir – Violin
Gareth Lubbe – Viola
Adrian Brendel – Cello
This it the vinyl version of the riomar album. A fully analogly recorded album with vintage tube gear on 180g vinyl. An item for analog fans and collectors. You get the record along with download codes for the complete album.
Photo: Ulla C. Binder
There aren’t all too many formations in Jazz, and even fewer in German-speaking countries, that have worked constantly over many years. Root 70 is, however, such a group. From album to album, one can follow how trombonist Nils Wogram, saxophonist Hayden Chisholm, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Jochen Rückert have not only founded a dynamic group identity and diligently merged into a unit over many years. One can also hear how these musicians have set new focal points in their work together, again and again, far beyond the sum of their individual parts. On Riomar, they transcend the quartet context for the first time and expand their structure by three string instruments.
" ... Riomar is a perfect example of relaxed, natural and sensuous music making with depth ... "
- Jazz‘n’More
" ... This man leads his genre out of the retro trap. Drawing from the well of tradition, connected with the curiosity for discovery like an intrepid seafarer – this is what characterizes Nil Wogram’s work.
Wogram thinks in long arcs. This doesn’t only apply to his soli, breathtaking in the truest sense of the word, but also and above all to the musical, interpersonal relationships in which he moves ... "
- Die Welt
" ... Nils Wogram’s masterpiece as a composer and band leader. A great accomplishment! ... "
- Stereo
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