Yves Theiler Trio - Out of the Box

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:57
Size: 155,9 MB
Art: Front

(10:13)  1. Rasant
( 9:03)  2. Rise
(11:58)  3. Escape 01
( 8:55)  4. Square
( 8:27)  5. Yesterday, Tomorrow
( 6:02)  6. Ballad for Three
(13:15)  7. Eastern Back Yard

Yves Theiler (born December 23, 1987 in Zurich ) is a Swiss jazz musician ( piano , synthesizer , keyboard ), composer and arranger.  Theiler began his musical studies as a pianist in the main compartment and drummer minor in the age of 17 years at the Zurich University of the Arts , mainly with Chris Wiesendanger and Tony Renold (minor percussion ), followed by a study in Leipzig, where he studied with Richie Beirach had and earned the master's degree in education. He then completed the Master in Performance with Nat Su and Christoph Baumann at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences .  From the mid-2000s he worked and in the Swiss jazz scene. a. with Omri brick , Rätus Flisch, Luca Sisera and Matthias Tschopp . In recent years he played in the formations Yves Theiler Trio, Things to Sounds (with David Meier , Tobias Meier), Where's Africa (with Omri brick and Dario Sisera), Duo Omri brick and Yves Theiler, Theiler - Flisch - Renold, Duo Theiler - Flisch plays Wagner , Matthias Tschopp Quartet, Colliding Particles and Roofer . Yves Theiler also repeatedly worked on projects with musicians from various countries, including Terrence McManus ( USA ), Alexey Kruglov ( Russia ),Uli Kempendorff ( Germany ), Robert Lucaciu (Germany) and Philipp Scholz (Germany). With his trio with Lukas Mantel and Valentin Dietrich in 2012 his debut album Out of the Box ( Unit Records ) was created; in 2013, Theiler presented the album Inside Innocence ( Intakt Records ) in a duo with Omri Ziegele . 2016 presented Theiler with his trio the second album Dance in a Triangle (MGB Musiques Suisse), which appreciable reviews, inter alia, in the jazz magazines Jazz Thing and Salt Peanutsearned. In jazz, he was involved in seventeen sessions and CD productions between 2007 and 2017. His "dedicated and ambitious game, in which the pathos of the existential vibrates", evaluated the Neue Zürcher Zeitung , "is bursting with surprises and always mindful of energetic interaction." In 2017, Yves Theiler was awarded the Year of the City of Zurich and is a grant winner of the Friedl Wald Foundation. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Theiler

Personnel: Piano, Composed By – Yves Theiler; Bass – Valentin Dietrich; Drums – Lukas Mantel. 

Out of the Box

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Yves Theiler Trio - Dance in a Triangle

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:14
Size: 138,5 MB
Art: Front

( 8:29)  1. For Bass
( 6:26)  2. Day By Day
(10:25)  3. Book Of Peace
( 8:35)  4. Dance In A Triangle
( 4:03)  5. In A Way It's Nothing
( 9:52)  6. Caravan Change
(12:24)  7. Over There Is Another One

Although a piano trio has a leader, the better ones behave as an equilateral triangle. That is, they "go Dutch." In the case of the Yves Theiler Trio, we could say the music on Dance In A Triangle "goes Swiss." The pianist, Yves Theiler, composed all the music here, but it is improbable that it could be navigated by surrogate performers. At least, ones that were not well rehearsed. Theiler, who studied with Richie Beirach and has recorded with Omri Ziegele, collaborates here with drummer Lukas Mantel and bassist Luca Sisera (Tommy Meier Root Down, Michael Jaeger Kerouac). Theiler's previous trio recording was Out Of The Box (Unit Records, 2012). Their triad approach is evident from track one. "For Bass" opens with some hand drumming, and Theiler's percussive and repetitive metronome plunk of keys that paves Sisera's double bass solo. As the piece develops, it maintains that same repetitive pulse, but effectuates multiple complex changes of direction. Such is the overall modus operandi here. The obvious comparison to be made here is to The Bad Plus. 

Live Ethan Iverson, Theiler has taken the percussive piano approach of Ahmad Jamal and injected it with the repetitive sounds of modern composition, hip-hop, and what only can be described as folk/jazz. Thankfully, modern players feel no need to by labeled or pigeon-holed by tradition, with a capitol "T." They can add funky drumming to a piece like "Book Of Piece," yet sidestep simple pop music by charting a course with multiple changes. Theiler uses his Wurlitzer organ in tandem with piano on the title track, backed by the rhythms of Africa and even a soft ballad like "In A Way It's Nothing" delivers a varied approach, as the players rely on a chest throbbing percussive sound. It will be interesting to see what this trio comes up with next. ~ Mark Corroto https://www.allaboutjazz.com/dance-in-a-triangle-yves-theiler-trio-musiques-suisses-review-by-mark-corroto.php

Personnel: Yves Theiler: piano, Wurlitzer; Luca Sisera: bass; Lukas Mantel: drums.

Dance in a Triangle

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