Yuval Ron Trio European Tour 2023/4

Guitarist Yuval Ron is going on a European tour with his trio in 2023/4. Yuval Ron Trio’s style can be described as Cinematic Fusion as it combines elements of live playing, extensive instrumental compositions and a big, film-like background production of orchestral lines, soundscapes and sound effects. The show will mainly feature tunes from his latest album, Somewhere In This Universe, Somebody Hits a Drum which featured Marco Minnemann on drums, in new live trio rearrangements.

Currently confirmed tour dates:

APR 09  Zoetermeer, NL / Progdreams Festival
APR 21  Berlin, DE / Peppi Guggenheim
APR 22  Haan, DE / RRC Prog Night

MAY 26  Berlin, DE / Karneval der Kulturen
JUN 01  Tel Aviv, IL / Tmuna Theater
JUL 06  London, UK / Sci-Fi Rock Night
JUL 07  Abingdon, UK / Prog For Peart
NOV 15  Göppingen, DE / Jazz in Göppingen

NOV 16  Jena, DE / (TBC)

NOV 17  Leipzig, DE / naTo

NOV 18  Fürstenfeldbruck, DE / Subkultur

JAN 28 2024 Berlin, DE / Berlin Prog Night
FEB 23 2024 Hamburg, DE / Hamburg Prog Night

More info & tickets: https://www.yuvalron.com/live

Band Lineup:

Yuval Ron – guitar, vocals

Victor Nissim – bass

Yatziv Caspi – drums

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JazzWorldQuest Music Mix:Jazando Guitar Duo(Germany) – La Fiesta

 

Jazando Guitar Duo(Germany) – La Fiesta
Composer: Chick Corea
Album name: La Fiesta
Label: Calygram(2021)
The Album is a Crossover of Jazz, Classic and Latin-Music.

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New release: Yuval Ron Trio - Live Against The Virus

 

After having his planet Earth concert tours cancelled due to the Coronavirus situation, guitarist Yuval Ron launched his new trio with a live streaming concert, featuring tunes from his latest album "Somewhere In This Universe, Somebody Hits a Drum" (which featured Marco Minnemann on drums), most of which are played on stage for the first time. The group, in full astronaut uniform, takes the audience on a space voyage made of intricate instrumental compositions, extended soloing and a big, film-like background production of orchestral lines, soundscapes and sound effects, which overall can be described as Cinematic Prog.

Yuval Ron Trio - the spaceship crew: 

Yuval Ron - guitar & vocals / Niklas Lukassen - bass / Simon Schröder - drums

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JazzWorldQuest World Music Mix:Yuval Ron(Germany)-Album: Somewhere in This Universe, Somebody Hits a Drum (ft. Marco Minnemann)

 

Yuval Ron(USA)-I Believe in Astronauts / Somewhere in This Universe, Somebody Hits a Drum
Album: Somewhere in This Universe, Somebody Hits a Drum (ft. Marco Minnemann)

Guitarist and composer Yuval Ron performs original tunes that transcend the boundaries of any specific musical genre. Inspired by a crossover of modern jazz-rock, progressive music, cinematic and orchestral music genres, it is all well blended into an own fresh and distinct musical direction, best described as Cinematic Prog or Jazz-Rock.

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JazzWorldQuest Showcase 2021:Kari Ikonen(Finland)-Album: Impressions, Improvisations and Compositions Label: Ozella Music

 

Kari Ikonen(Finland)-Trance Oriental Composer: Kari Ikonen
Album: Impressions, Improvisations and Compositions
Label: Ozella Music

Kari Ikonen recorded Impressions, Improvisations and Compositions on his historic Steinway in his living room in Helsinki, using fine microphones and audiophile equipment. The Mastering was done by our friends from Pauler Acoustics (Engineer: Hans-Jörg Maucksch) in Northeim/Germany. This music is nothing to listen to on the side, the album demands full concentration from the listener! But whoever brings it up will be very rewarded. The album title refers to the working method of Wassily Kandinsky, who is a great inspiration for Kari Ikonen. We were very lucky to be able to use a work by Kandinsky for our artwork. Doesn’t the album look great? Above all, the 180 gram vinyl pressing in gatefold cover is a haptic experience and an acoustic revelation. Read Review. Like all our releases, the album is also available on iTunes, Spotify and all other important digital platforms. We have distributors around the world for our physical releases, so please check out your local record store and say hello. Or say: “Kari Ikonen – Impressions, Improvisations and Compositions” Kari Ikonen | Ozella Music

FRANCE/USA/GERMANY:Grégoire Maret / Romain Collin / Bill Frisell - "Americana"(ACT2020)

 

 Grégoire Maret / Romain Collin / Bill Frisell "Americana" (ACT, 2020) Grégoire Maret / harmonica Romain Collin / piano, Moog Taurus, pump organ & additional effects Bill Frisell / electric guitar, acoustic guitar & banjo

Harmonica virtuoso Gregoire Maret and acclaimed pianist Romain Collin team up to paint an egalitarian vision of the American Dream, exploring the varied roots of American music alongside guitar visionary Bill Frisell.

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GERMANY: WOLFGANG MUTHSPIEL-ANGULAR BLUES (ECM 2020)

 

Wolfgang Muthspiel, whom The New Yorker has called “a shining light” among today’s jazz guitarists, returns to the trio format with Angular Blues, the Austrian’s fourth ECM album as a leader, following two acclaimed quintet releases and his trio debut. Like Driftwood – the 2014 trio disc that JazzTimes dubbed “cinematic” and “haunting” – Angular Blues finds Muthspiel paired with longtime collaborator Brian Blade on drums; but instead of Larry Grenadier on bass, it’s Scott Colley, whose especially earthy sound helps give this trio its own dynamic. Muthspiel alternates between acoustic and electric guitar and, along with his characteristically melodic originals – including such highlights as the bucolic “Hüttengriffe” and pensive “Camino” – he essays the first standards of his ECM tenure (“Everything I Love” and “I’ll Remember April”), as well as his first-ever bebop rhythm-changes tune on record (“Ride”). Angular Blues also features a single guitar-only track, “Solo Kanon in 5/4,” with Muthspiel’s electronic delay imbuing the baroque-like rounds with a hypnotic glow. Background 

 FEATURED ARTISTS Wolfgang Muthspiel Guitar Scott Colley Double Bass Brian Blade Drums

GERMANY: Rain Sultanov-Influence (OZELLA 2020)

The medicine the world needs today is delivered by Rain Sultanov: The name is INFLUENCE.

Each of the seven epic ballads owes to one of his creative influences. Some of them became companions. Some remained “virtual friends” forever. But all of them took him further in his development.

Vinyl-Fan.de Review:

Bei dieser Schallplatte von Rain Sultanov, dem großartigen Saxofonisten aus Aserbaidschan, kann man erleben, wie Musiker in eine andere Welt abdriften. Fern der Wirklichkeit, dem hier und jetzt, entstanden Melodien von betörender Schönheit. Und sie zeigen uns, welche Einflüsse dabei eine Rolle spielten – die LP „Influence“ in der Review.

Rain Sultanov – Influence (LP, 180g Vinyl)

Begriffe wie gefühlvoll, voller Hingabe und emotional wirken in Rezensionen oftmals abgedroschen oder abgenutzt. Mit der Schallplatte „Influence“ bekommen sie allerdings nicht nur eine gerechte Bedeutung, sondern kulminieren zu einem sinnlichen Erlebnis, welches auch den exzellenten Klang einschließt. Rain Sultanov und seine Mitspieler haben ein Werk geschaffen, das für sich betrachtet einzigartig ist: die innere Verbindung zu den Musikern, die für diese sechs Stücke als Inspiration dienten.
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GERMANY/NORWAY: Don’t miss it: Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen with her fantastic Orchestra live from Oslo

Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen mit ihrem fantastischen Orchester präsentieren „Red Lips, Knuckles and Bones“ und mehr: wie Songs über Schuhe und andere wichtige Themen, die die Welt heute braucht … Live in einem brillanten „Corona-Konzert“ aus Sentralen, Oslo. Verpassen Sie es nicht: online bis Freitag, den 1. Mai! Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen with her fantastic Orchestra are presenting “Red Lips, Knuckles and Bones” and more: like songs about shoes and other important topics the world needs today … Live in a brilliant “Corona Concert” from Sentralen, Oslo.Don’t miss it: online until Friday May 1!Buy CD  |  Buy Vinyl  |  Listen on Spotify

Rain Sultanov – Influence

The medicine the world needs today is delivered by Rain Sultanov: The name is INFLUENCE. Vinyl-Fan.de Review: Bei dieser Schallplatte von Rain Sultanov, dem großartigen Saxofonisten aus Aserbaidschan, kann man erleben, wie Musiker in eine andere Welt abdriften. Fern der Wirklichkeit, dem hier und jetzt, entstanden Melodien von betörender Schönheit. Und sie zeigen uns, welche Einflüsse dabei eine Rolle spielten – die LP „Influence“ in der Review. Rain Sultanov – Influence (LP, 180g Vinyl) Begriffe wie gefühlvoll, voller Hingabe und emotional wirken in Rezensionen oftmals abgedroschen oder abgenutzt. Mit der Schallplatte „Influence“ bekommen sie allerdings nicht nur eine gerechte Bedeutung, sondern kulminieren zu einem sinnlichen Erlebnis, welches auch den exzellenten Klang einschließt. Rain Sultanov und seine Mitspieler haben ein Werk geschaffen, das für sich betrachtet einzigartig ist: die innere Verbindung zu den Musikern, die für diese sechs Stücke als Inspiration dienten. Buy CD  |  Buy Vinyl  |  Listen on Spotify

Bleiben Sie gesund und haben Sie eine schöne Woche! Stay healthy and have a nice week!  Dagobert Böhm and the Ozella Team

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GERMANY: Henning Sieverts Symmethree ‎– Triple B (NWOG Records 2020)

Credits
Bass, Composed By, Liner Notes – Henning Sieverts
Guitar [7-string] – Ronny Graupe
Trombone – Nils Wogram

DENMARK/GERMANY: Cæcilie Norby ‎– Portraying (ACT 2020)

"A Musical Portrait of a Great Singer16 tracks, over one hour of music, six previously unreleased tracksCæcilie Norby is one of the leading singers in Scandinavia. Her music moves between the worlds of jazz, blues, soul, pop, rock and classical music. Norby masters everything, and always in a way that makes her instantly recognizable. She was the first Danish artist to be signed by Blue Note, and has worked with a panoply of international stars.With close to half a million album sales, Cæcilie Norby is one of the most successful jazz artists in Europe and one of the most important figures at the intersection of pop and jazz. "Portraying Caecilie Norby" shows the many different facets of her vocal craft, with recordings dating from the early stages of her career right up to six new and previously unreleased tracks." ACT


Cæcilie Norby with Lars Danielsson, Curtis Stigers, Leszek Możdżer, Bugge Wesseltoft, Ulf Wakenius, Marius Neset, Nguyên Lê, Randy Brecker, Rita Marcotulli, Hildegunn Øiseth, Jon Christensen, Robert Ikiz, and many more

GERMANY: Ernst Vranckx Trio ‎– Things As They Are ( Eden River Records 2020)

Double Bass – Paul G. Ulrich
Drums – Kris Duerinckx
Piano – Ernst Vranckx

Tracklist: 01. Things as They Are 02. Stay Away and Meet Me 03. In Love in Vain 04. Nymphony 05. Lullaby 06. Rousing 07. Song for Baba 08. Frail 09. Canciòn 10. Danny Boy

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GERMANY/FINLAND: Iiro Rantala, The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen- playing Gershwin (ACT 2020)

Only very few musicians are as well versed in both, classical music and jazz as the Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala. With the acclaimed 'Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen', he now continues his classical journey. Following the album "Mozart, Bernstein, Lennon" which got nominated for the "International Classical Music Award", the new recording features repertoire by George Gershwin - for Rantala, with his strong melodies and great emotional warmth, a classical soulmate.
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GERMANY/SWEDEN: Emil Brandqvist Trio ‎– Entering The Woods( Skip Records 2020)

The waiting is over: “Entering The Woods”, the 5th album by the Emil Brandqvist Trio, is finished. There’s no doubt that this formation is among the few piano trios worldwide that have played their way up to a continent-spanning listening audience in recent years by constantly developing the band’s very own, highly recognizable sound and advancing it further. More than 10 million streams for individual songs! have catapulted the trio to vanguard rankings. In North America they crop up on the playlists displaying major radio audience figures, in Japan they’re a must on countless compilations as a prime example of today’s Scandinavian Jazz, and in Germany their last album ranked No. 3 on the national jazz charts. ECHO award nominations and an appearance on the Longlist of German Record Critics have provided further proof of their large-scale acceptance.
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USA: Wolfgang Muthspiel Trio Feat. Scott Colley, Brian Blade - ECM Release and US Tour Upcoming!

Wolfgang Muthspiel, whom The New Yorker has called "a shining light" among today's jazz guitarists, returns to the trio format with Angular Blues, his fourth ECM album as a leader, following two acclaimed quintet releases and his trio debut. Like Driftwood - the 2014 trio disc that JazzTimes dubbed "cinematic" and "haunting" - Angular Blues finds the Austrian guitarist paired with long-time collaborator Brian Blade on drums; but instead of Larry Grenadier on bass, this time it's Scott Colley, whose especially earthy sound helps imbue this trio with its own dynamic. Muthspiel plays acoustic guitar on three of the album's tracks and electric on six more. Along with his characteristically melodic originals - including such highlights as the bucolic "Hüttengriffe" and pensive "Camino" - he essays the first standards of his ECM tenure ("Everything I Love" and "I'll Remember April"), as well as his first-ever bebop rhythm-changes tune on record ("Ride"). Angular Blues also features a single guitar-only track, "Solo Kanon in 5/4," with Muthspiel's electronic delay imbuing the baroque-like rounds with a hypnotic glow.

Muthspiel, Colley and Blade recorded Angular Blues in Tokyo's Studio Dede after a three-night run at the city's Cotton Club. The album was mixed with Manfred Eicher in the South of France at Studios La Buissonne, where Muthspiel had recorded his two previous ECM albums, Rising Grace and Where the River Goes (both of which featured pianist Brad Mehldau and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire). Each of the groups that Muthspiel has put together for his ECM recordings has had a special rapport. About his new trio, the guitarist says: "Scott and Brian share my love of song, while at the same time there is constant musical conversation about these songs."

The Louisiana-born Blade has been a member of the Wayne Shorter Quartet since 2000, along with recording with artists from Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Daniel Lanois and Norah Jones to Charlie Haden, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Joshua Redman. Since the mid-'90s, Blade has also co-led the gospel-infused Fellowship Band. Regarding the subtly virtuoso drummer, Muthspiel says: "Brian is famous for his sound and touch, that floating way of playing, how he creates intensity with relatively low volume. It's also a great pleasure for me to witness how sensitively Brian reacts in his playing to whether I play acoustic or electric guitar. I've done a lot of concerts and productions with him over the years, including in our guitar-drums duo, Friendly Travelers, as well as on Driftwood and Rising Grace. He always offers complete interaction and initiative, as well as his individual sound. To play uptempo swing on something like ‘Ride' with Brian was really luxurious, a gift."

After being mentored by Charlie Haden, Colley was the bassist of choice for such jazz legends as Jim Hall, Andrew Hill, Michael Brecker, Carmen McRae and Bobby Hutcherson, along with appearing on albums by Herbie Hancock, Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Chris Potter and Julian Lage. Colley, a native of Los Angeles, has released eight albums as a leader. "Scott and Brian have also played a lot together over the past few years, so they know each other well," Muthspiel notes. "I performed with Scott in New York in the '90s, and I've always felt that he was an extremely giving musician, who - with his warm tone and his flexible, dancing rhythm - simultaneously animated and supported the music. I wrote the bass melody of the new album's first tune, ‘Wondering,' especially for him. His sound develops a flow and harmonic movement that is inviting to play on."

After "Wondering" - which includes extended soloing by Colley that embroiders on Muthspiel's melody beautifully - comes the album's title song, the highly trio-interactive "Angular Blues," so titled for its "rhythmic modulations and strange breaks," the guitarist explains. "Somehow Chick Corea's album Three Quartets was an association, but so was Thelonious Monk." Those first two tracks, as well as the album's third, "Hüttengriffe," feature Muthspiel on acoustic guitar, his sound on the instrument both warm and extraordinarily fluent. After that - on "Camino," "Ride," "Everything I Love," "Kanon in 6/8," "Solo Kanon in 5/4" and "I'll Remember April" - he plays electric. Muthspiel's ever-liquid electric phrasing buoys both an emotionally rich original such as "Camino" and the two different turns on his kaleidoscopic "Kanon," the trio version in 6/8 and the solo, mostly improvised rendition in 5/4.

About his first-time inclusion of jazz standards on one of his ECM albums, Muthspiel says: "I was inspired to record standards with this trio because everything about the way the group plays feels so free, open and far from preconceived ideas, but at the crucial moment a jazz language is spoken, what we do does justice to these tunes. I learned ‘Everything I Love,' the Cole Porter song, from an early Keith Jarrett album, and I first came to know ‘I'll Remember April' from a Frank Sinatra recording. In that latter song, I hardly play solo. It's more about the head and the vamp-like atmosphere that prevails from the start and is savored again in the end. As in many moments with this trio, it's about playing with space: leaving it, creating it, filling it."

TRACKS
1. Wondering 7:20
2. Angular Blues 5:55
3. Hüttengriffe 5:15
4. Camino 7:42
5. Ride 3:50
6. Everything I Love 6:52
7. Kanon in 6/8 7:41
8. Solo Kanon in 5/4 3:34
9. I'll Remember April 5:40

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Wolfgang Muthspiel - guitar
Scott Colley - double bass
Brian Blade - drums


Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley and Brian Blade on tour:
April 14-15 New York, NY Jazz Standard
April 16 Cambridge, MA Regattabar 
April 17-18 Los Angeles, CA Blue Whale
April 19 Berkeley, CA Freight and Salvage
April 20 Santa Cruz, CA Kuumbwa Jazz


RELEASE DATE ANGULAR BLUES: MARCH 20, 2020

NORWAY/POLAND/GERMANY: Maciej Obara Quartet - Three Crowns(ECM 2019)

Maciej Obara Quartet - Three Crowns The album is available here: https://ecm.lnk.to/ThreeCrownsID Maciej Obara: alto saxophone Dominik Wania: piano Ole Morten Vågan: double bass Gard Nilssen: drums ECM 2662 Release: October 25, 2019 The half-Polish, half-Norwegian quartet led by fiery alto saxophonist Maciej Obara is gaining ground as one of the most exciting groups on the contemporary jazz scene. Both the band and its ECM debut Unloved were awarded the Fryderyk Prize in Poland in 2018, and early in 2019 the Obara Quartet also took first place at the BMW Jazz Awards in Munich. Now comes the quartet’s second ECM album Three Crowns (named for the Trzy Korony mountains in Southern Poland). Its programme is comprised of six new pieces by Maciej and two free arrangements of compositions by Henryk Górecki (1933-2010). The Obara Quartet launches the album with a major concert at the NOSPR Concert Hall in Górecki’s hometown Katowice, and follows up with a tour with dates in Poland, France, Austria and Germany. Website: https://www.ecmrecords.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecmrecords Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ecm_records Twitter: https://twitter.com/ecmrecords

GERMANY: Nils Landgren- Kristallen (2020)

Duo - it's the most reduced way of making music together. At the same time it can open a whole musical world without borders. Two musicians acting as one and in a dialogue at the same time. Call and response - it's jazz in its purest form. Sometimes less is more…The sound world of “Kristallen” relishes the moment when the surfaces and edges of crystals shimmer and cast off unexpected colours. There is a certain stillness, and also room for the imagination to unfold. Magic with fragility. Nils Landgren and Jan Lundgren have a consistent vision of lyrical chamber jazz which flows gently and naturally. Rather than clamouring for our attention, this is music which reveals its true beauty the more attentively one listens.The tone of the album is set from the opening track, “Blekinge”, a reminiscence of the tranquil part of Sweden from which... line up Nils Landgren / trombone & vocals Jan Lundgren / piano

GERMANY: Julia Hülsmann Quartet - Not Far From Here(ecm 2019)

Uli Kempendorff: tenor saxophone
Julia Hülsmann: piano
Marc Muellbauer: double bass
Heinrich Köbberling: drums


Not Far From Here introduces award-winning pianist Julia Hülsmann’s new group in which her long-time working trio with Marc Muellbauer and Heinrich Köbberling (together now for 17 years) is expanded to a quartet with the addition of Berlin-based saxophonist Uli Kempendorff. In Kempendorff’s playing “both suppleness and unruliness are in ample supply”, Jazzthetik has noted, and he brings a fresh energy to the Hülsmann group concept. Each member of the quartet brings in original compositions, with Julia herself contributing five pieces for the album.  Repertoire is augmented by a timely cover of “This Is Not America”, David Bowie’s 1980s hit single (co-composed by Bowie, Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays), which appears here in a quartet version and a solo piano variation.  The album, recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France in March 2019 is issued as the Hülsmann Quartet embarks on an extensive European tour. Dates include ECM50 events at the London Jazz Festival and Le Flagey, Brussels.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ecm_records

GERMANY/CUBA: BEETHOVEN MEETS CUBA on tour

BEETHOVEN MEETS CUBA Ludwig van Beethovens creativity inspired countless generations (of music – ians) – across countries, borders and genres. Influenced of that, the “masters of classical crossover” committed themselves to explore and combine the intersections of classical European music, Jazz (in all his various styles) and the rhythmical, melodic Cuban music Mixed with the typical Latin timbre Beethovens creations sound different: they get a light and easy-going tone. Some of the oeuvres become almost danceable, some appear grooving or balladesque. Timeless classics such as „Für Elise“, the piano sonata „Pathétique“ and the famous „Mondscheinsonate“ surprise the audience in the latest album with swing elements.

TOUR 2020 All year round: we are looking forward to your request! Our international Highlights 2020 (Selection): 14.03. DE-BERLIN, Ernst-Reuter-Saal 29.03. RU-MOSKAU, House of Music 20.05. TR-IZMIR, Olten Philharmonic Orchestra 21.05. TR-IZMIR, Olten Philharmonic Orchestra 12.09. AT-KUFSTEIN, Kultur Quartier 10.10. KOR-SEOUL, Lotte Concert Hall 10.12. DE-STUTTGART, Liederhalle

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GERMANY: Pablo Held-Ascent (2020)

  Pablo Held’s new album, Ascent, his second for Edition Records, is a collaboration between his long-running trio (with bassist, Robert Landfermann and drummer, Jonas Burgwinkel) and the great Brazilian guitarist Nelson Veras. Regarded as one of the most talented and adventurous pianists and improvisors in Europe, Pablo Held is building a formidable reputation, not only as a pianist of outstanding ability but also for his considerable musicality, energy and risk-taking. Ascent is highly anticipated new album, following their 10th album Investigations, praised internationally for its remarkable quality, deep communication and lyrical elegance, prompting All About Jazz to describe the group as “a world-class trio of exceptional talent”. The new album is a deeply satisfying fusion of the powerful and expressive music associated with Pablo Held’s trio and the fluid invention of Nelson Veras’s guitar stylings. 

Pablo Held - piano 
Robert Landfermann - bass 
Jonas Burgwinkel - drums 
Nelson Veras - guitar 

Veronika Morscher - voice (on Forest Spirits & Ascent) 
Jeremy Viner - clarinets (on Forest Spirits & 52nd Street Theme)