Ignaz Dinne, Ron Carter - The Next Level

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:11
Size: 121.7 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[7:34] 1. The Next Level
[6:13] 2. Think Again
[4:22] 3. Three's A Crowd
[6:17] 4. Petes Place
[6:22] 5. Ask Me Now
[4:51] 6. I'll Be Seeing You
[6:59] 7. Pannonica
[5:40] 8. The Twisting Path
[4:48] 9. Come Sunday

Just past the threshold of his seventh decade, Ron Carter is an iconic bassist whose prolific heartbeat has stirred the lifeblood of jazz for nearly 50 years. Whether he's playing with fellow legends or lending credibility to a burgeoning young lion, his distinctive style and tone has been the underpinning for the 1000+ recordings on which he has appeared.

In contrast to his work on New York Reunion, Carter's playing is comparatively muted on young tenor Ignaz Dinne's The Next Level, steeped in the blues and the classical stylings upon which his technique and solo structures are based. Dinne's ballad "Think Again" includes vintage Carter, his pizzicato complementing feathery tenor and drummer Jochen Rueckert's whispering brushes perfectly. His rubato pushes Pete Rende's excellent piano on "Pete's Place" and his bass on "Ask Me Now" bursts with octaves and doubling of notes. Throughout The Next Level Carter thrives on manipulating the tempos and key signatures, strumming the strings and doubling the chords. Dinne blows with perfect solemnity on Ellington's "Come Sunday," with Carter's masterful pizzicato and Rende's pump organ underscoring the excellent arrangement. But throughout it seems that Carter is holding back, as if he didn't want to overshadow his young charge. ~Terrell Kent Holmes

The Next Level

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Ignaz Dinné, Ron Carter - The Next Level

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:10
Size: 122,0 MB
Art: Front

(7:34)  1. The Next Level
(6:13)  2. Think Again
(4:22)  3. Three's a Crowd
(6:17)  4. Petes Place
(6:22)  5. Ask Me Now
(4:51)  6. I'll Be Seeing You
(6:59)  7. Pannonica
(5:40)  8. The Twisting Path
(4:48)  9. Come Sunday

The year 2004 marked the anniversary of the series, Jazz Thing Next Generation“, and Ignaz Dinné was the first instrumentalist of the series following two vocalists. His debut triggered unrestricted enthusiasm among listeners and the media: Dinné plays with composure and serenity, which you otherwise are only accustomed to hear from older players. Every tone is played consciously, no words too many are said. Great!“ (FonoForum, highest rating)

Ignaz Dinné impresses with his breathing power and his very own sound, which never just sounds smooth, but instead spreads productive unease.“ (Rolf Thomas, Jazzthetik)

“A great talent is making his way there!” (stereoplay)

Now Ignaz Dinné is moving up to the next level. Still in his mid-30s, he is still sufficiently young and fond of discovery to deal with new songs and people with curiosity without prejudices. But at the same time, he has further expanded and solidified the maturity he demonstrated in his debut. This becomes clear in his own compositions, which already sound like standards (e.g., “Pete’s Place”) the first time we hear them, but also in his interpretations of Monk classics, of which there are two on “The Next Level”, certainly also in remembrance of his studies at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (by the way, as the first European and first saxophonist!). Dinné also relies on the two New Yorkers Pete Rende and Jochen Rueckert on piano and drums in his second CD, a group that has played together well for six years in the meantime. In addition, there is mentor and friend Ron Carter on the bass, who is one of the few living real giants of jazz history. But this is nothing unusual for Dinné; born in Bremen in 1971 as son of the known trombonist Ed Kröger, the naturally talented alto saxophonist studied under and played with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Jackie McLean, Jimmy Heath, Curtis Fuller and many others. They all predict a great career for him, because he is rooted with convincing naturalness in the tradition of (modern) jazz and he has already achieved a lot at a young age, which many only succeed in doing (or don’t succeed) much later: an unmistakable sound, musical expression that cannot be copied, and aloof but captivating aesthetics. http://www.doublemoon.de/en/cddetails/dmchr71067.shtml

Personnel:  Alto Saxophone – Ignaz Dinné;  Bass – Ron Carter;  Drums – Jochen Rückert;  Piano – Pete Rende

The Next Level

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