Styles: Jazz, Bop
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:58
Size: 140,7 MB
Art: Front
(3:44) 1. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
(4:57) 2. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin´
(4:51) 3. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
(6:06) 4. Azure
(3:50) 5. Cotton Tail
(6:44) 6. I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
(4:40) 7. I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
(4:58) 8. In a Mellow Tone
(4:13) 9. Angelica
(5:18) 10. Brown-Skin Gal (In the Calico Gown)
(4:36) 11. Perdido
(2:47) 12. I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues
(4:07) 13. I Like the Sunrise
With the Ellington Trio, the three musicians have created a rare feat: they have formed a band with their own sound, which also consists of three expressive soloists. As the name suggests, they refer to the great master of swing jazz, Duke Ellington. The trio draws inspiration from their repertoire and - like the Duke himself - spans the gap between tradition and avant-garde. The chamber music cast consisting of piano, double bass and vocals offers the three artists a very special freedom. Together they develop sophisticated and sensitively interwoven arrangements and have developed their very own and very delicate playing culture.
In doing so, they stage their outstanding solo skills and at the same time create an unmistakable overall sound that has developed organically in the band's history, which has now lasted several years. The collective conceptual and organizational collaboration makes them a species that is now rare to find: a real band. The line-up, which has existed since 2015, has now invited a special guest on their second album "Things ain't what they used to be" : Frederik Köster (trumpet). Together with him they enter into a lively conversation and enter new, exciting sound spaces. The Ellington Trio not only attaches great importance to the highest level of artistic design, but also wants to enthrall and entertain their audience in the spirit of Duke Ellington.
The artists can build on plenty of experience as a bandleader and soloist: With her multi-faceted voice, Barbara Barth transports enormous expressiveness and virtuosity. As a singer and composer, she is active in the jazz scene with several CD releases for various projects and teaches jazz singing, improvisation and ear training at the Saar University of Music and the IfM at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. As a member of the PENG collective, which was awarded the WDR Jazz Prize, she is also successfully involved as a cultural worker and advocate for equality and equality. www.barbarabarth.de
Gero Körner is considered to be one of the country's most versatile keyboard instrumentalists. In addition to his work as a jazz pianist and band leader (including the Gero Körner Trio), he is also a popular guest soloist in many other genres of music and can look back on more than 40 album releases in a wide variety of genres. But he also appears with various occupations as Hammond organist. He also works as a piano teacher at the Folkwang UdK and as a music producer.www.gerokoerner.com
Caspar van Meel is a much sought-after bassist, bandleader, composer and arranger. In addition to an enormous stylistic variety, ranging from "traditional" to "modern jazz", he moves in an accompanying bass-typical function just as elegantly on his instrument as as a soloist. He can be heard on a variety of different album releases, has won several awards and performed at international festivals such as the North Sea Jazz Festival, the WDR Jazz Night and the Leverkusen Jazz Days. Van Meel recently released a highly acclaimed debut album with his quintet, joining an exclusive group of jazz bassists who also leave a lasting impression as band leader and composer. www.casparvanmeel.com
Barbara Barth - vocals; Gero Körner - piano; Caspar van Meel - bass; feat. Frederik Köster - trumpet https://www.ellingtontrio.com/
Things Ain´t What They Used to Be
