Three Pictures

Founded in 1995, the Zurich Jazz Orchestra is one of the most innovative and relevant line-ups in the European big band scene – a scene that is always hungry for more. Under the direction of German composer and saxophonist Steffen Schorn, with Swiss trumpet player Daniel Schenker as co-leader, the band presents the thoroughly compelling album, Three Pictures. Schorn‘s complex compositions and arrangements combine jazz and classical, tradition and innovation. We hear the orchestral language of Gil Evans, as well as new and perfectly nuanced tonal shades. Composed passages and improvisations, dissonance and harmony, all entering into an exciting dialogue together. The ensemble‘s energetic music is like a multicoloured flying carpet. The solos from greats such as Christoph Grab, René Mosele, and Steffen Schorn himself, illuminate the vast universe through which this carpet soars. Intellect, curiosity, sensuality: here they become one.
Manfred Papst
 

 
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Mons Records
LC 064558
 

THREE PICTURES

01 EYE OF THE WIND 09:01
Tenor Saxophone: Thomas Lüthi, Trombone: René Mosele, Piano: Gregor Müller

AFRICA SUITE
02 AFRICA PART I 04:47
Guitar: Theo Kapilidis, Drums: Pius Baschnagel

03 AFRICA PART II 01:16
Collective Solo; Baritone Saxophone: Reto Anneler, Lukas Heuss, Eb-Tubax: Nils Fischer, Bb-Tubax: Steffen Schorn

04 AFRICA PART III 01:37

05 DER WILDBOTZ I 00:33

THREE PICTURES SUITE
06 THREE PICTURES I 11:08
Tenor Saxophone: Christoph Grab, Guitar: Theo Kapilidis, Trombone: René Mosele

07 THREE PICTURES II 05:06
Piano: Gregor Müller, C-Melody-Saxophone: Steffen Schorn

08 THREE PICTURES III 04:42
C-Melody-Saxophone: Steffen Schorn, Alto Saxophone: Lukas Heuss

09 DER WILDBOTZ II 01:29
Trombone: Adrian Weber, René Mosele, Maurus Twerenbold, Bass Trombone: Don Randolph, Contrabass Clarinet: Steffen Schorn, Contrabass Clarinet & Case Latches: Nils Fischer, Drums: Pius Baschnagel

10 KEEP YOUR TONGUE … 08:01
Alto Saxophone: Reto Anneler, Bb-Tubax: Steffen Schorn, Trombone: Maurus Twerenbold, Trumpet: Daniel Schenker

11 BALLADE 05:27
C-Melody-Saxophone: Steffen Schorn

All tracks composed & arranged by Steffen Schorn