{"product_id":"florian-ross-eight-ball-white-horse-cd","title":"Florian Ross - Eight Ball \u0026 White Horse (CD)","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFlorian Ross CD is a playful declaration of faith in the diversity of musical possibilities \u0026amp; the unfolding of the individual within the collective\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe pianist, composer, and bandleader Florian Ross of Cologne has revealed many different facets of his musical inner life on his previous releases. He is one of the most reliable of those representatives of recent jazz who resist pigeonholing but whose new album nevertheless, or precisely for that reason, always leaves one expectantly awaiting the next one. Ross combines the qualities of the experienced craftsman with the charm of an adventurer who likes to take risks, who never gets enough of trying new things and redefining himself. Each new album is a continuation of all the earlier ideas but also an utterly new beginning.\u003cbr\u003eFlorian Ross's new album Eight Ball \u0026amp; White Horse is once again dominated by the typical features of his musical perspective on the world: rich pieces dispense with a jazz schema limited to themes, bridges, and solos and instead tell stories; an incomparable way of integrating the solo into the composition as a genuinely individual form of expression; and his warm, friendly way of opening doors for the listener. Never before has he worked out the contrast between objectivity and dreaminess as clearly as on this new CD. 'Both sides can be found in me, but I don't consciously summon up this contrast,' Ross states. 'I am both a performing musician and composer. My previous CDs tended in one direction or the other. On the new CD I wanted to treat both aspects equally. I wanted the room for play to be greater for me and the other musicians than it was on the composed albums, but at the same time the composed music should be emphasized more than on the trio CDs. This CD documents the two sides coming together.'\u003cbr\u003eYet Eight Ball \u0026amp; White Horse is anything but an indecisive album; rather, it betrays the personal style and dramaturgy of a composer and bandleader who knows precisely what he wants. Nothing is left to chance, and even the momentary aspect, which is a bit overrepresented in jazz, settles organically into the flow of a complex album concept. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003ch2\u003eTrack Listing\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e        \u003cli\u003eCry Out Loud\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eWollongong Sketch\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eRest, My Simple Mind\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eSorry, I Can't Do That\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eCull Or Keep\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eEgberto \u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eMinor Mischief\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eWhite Horse\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eRun\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eAspects Of ...\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eQuahog Wayland\u003c\/li\u003e          \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eAdditional Details\u003c\/h2\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Intuition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRun Time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 65:30 mins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0       \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 06\/06\/25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 750447340824\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"SCHOTT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46377637445881,"sku":"INT34082","price":11.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/4889\/files\/INT34082.jpg?v=1743425502","url":"https:\/\/mvdshop.com\/products\/florian-ross-eight-ball-white-horse-cd","provider":"MVD Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}