Volker Goetze Quintet - Bridges (2017) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

International touring performer, composer and trumpet player Volker Goetze puts forward another release fuelling cross-cultural dialogue through musical boundary crossing with "Bridges", uniting musicians from three continents to form the Volker Goetze Quintet. The original compositions on this release are rooted in West African and contemporary New York jazz, creating a vibrant transnational musical journey.

Hard on the heels of Amank Dionti, his project with Ablaye Cissoko, Volker Goetze’s new album is a celebration of exchanges between different continents and different sounds. With the well-named Bridges, the German trumpeter builds some sturdy bridges in the company of Ablaye Cissoko, Richie Barshay, Oran Etkin, Kristjan Randalu and several others. From West Africa to New York via Europe, this is an experience of pluralist jazz which is inspired, under the leadership of Cissoko’s virtuoso kora performance, and the warm timbres of Goetze’s trumpet playing, whose original compositions are firmly rooted in both the West African tradition and the contemporary jazz scene of the Big Apple.

Tracklist:

01 - African Child
02 - Ding Ding Borlaba
03 - Mask
04 - Funky One
05 - Snow Crystal
06 - Fulani Dance
07 - Bridges
08 - Devika

Recorded by Tyler McDiarmid, Geoff Countryman and Volker Goetze.
Mixed by Jim Anderson at Avatar Studios. Mastering by Alan Silverman.

Musicians
Quintet:
Volker Goetze - Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Patrick Breiner (1,2,4,5,7) & Christian Torkewitz (8,6) - Tenor Saxophone
Josh Myers (1,2,4,5,7) & Aidan Carroll (6,8)- Bass
Kristjan Randalu (1,2,4,5,7) & Chrisitan Torkewitz (8,6) - Piano
Richie Barhsay (2,6,8) & Bodek Janke (1,4,5,7) - Drums

Percussion:
Andreas Molino - bata, timbales & conga on African Child & Bridges
Aziz Diop - baragabu on Ding Ding Borlaba
Abdou Khadre Diop - sabar & tama on Ding Ding Borlaba

Special Guests:
Oran Etkin - Bass-Clarinet (6,8)
Ablaye Cissoko - Voice & kora (1,2)

Additional Horn Players:
African Child (1)
Alan Ferber - Trombone
Peter Ehwald - Soprano Saxophone

Ding Ding Borlaba (2)
Joe Beaty - Trombone
Uri Gurvic - Soprano Saxophone
Seth Paris - Tenor Saxophone

Bridges (7)
Seth Paris - Bass Clarinet

Devika (8)
Roger Rosenberg - Basson
Christian Torkwitz - Flute


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