"Old-fashioned" is a wonderfully old-fashioned word that actually exists in almost every language. "Old fashioned" or "démodé" - while this term had a dusty connotation just a few years ago, today it expresses the opposite of "old-fashioned", namely a self-determined resistance to ever faster new trends and technological developments that determine our lives but at the same time disconnect us from them, because we always have to keep an eye on the next new thing. "The Pristine Sound Of Root 70", the new album by Nils Wogram's band Root 70, is old-fashioned in the best sense of the word in a very lively, refreshing and authentic way. It makes us pause, reflect, take a deep breath and slow down. From the very first note, it gives us something familiar that just wants to be rediscovered and adapted. If you want to draw on references from the past, the album sounds like a date between the Gerry Mulligan Bob Brookmeyer Quartet and the Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet of the late 1960s. Trombonist Nils Wogram, saxophonist Hayden Chisholm, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Jochen Rueckert manage to open completely new doors and windows for our time with the combative serenity of those years. "I wanted to make something timeless," says Wogram. "I definitely have an affinity for the old-fashioned. The challenge is that it's not stale. I wanted to completely break away from a certain zeitgeist or directed concept. As a band ages, and also as a band ages, it becomes increasingly difficult to find something permanently new with the possibilities of a certain instrumentation and personnel composition. The framework is set. But you can celebrate and celebrate the existing special features and nuances." Root 70 has reached a point as a band where it has presented every conceivable version of itself. It no longer needs new musical programs. Now the foursome can just let loose and tell stories unabashedly.
Line-up:
Nils Wogram - trombone
Hayden Chisholm - saxophone
Matt Penman - double bass
Jochen Rückert - drums
Organizer: IG-Jazz Rhein Neckar
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