Borders present challenges for artists. Jazz musicians, who, in the past century, re-constructed the evolution of musical history.

Featuring Florian Weber, Lionel Loueke, Thomas Morgan & Dan Weiss

Borders present challenges for artists. Jazz musicians, who, in the past century, re-constructed the evolution of musical history, continue to be particularly open to those possibilities offered by those challenges. Melody, harmony and structure have been questioned stylistically and artistically. Rhythm, however, was a comparatively fixed element, even when the free era re-directed it from a linear approach towards more of a pulse. So when the curious musician looks for borders to explore and cross, rhythm and meter still carry many secrets worth investigating.Central Europe defines itself traditionally through intelligent and sophisticated harmony and melody rather than through complex rhythm. Florian Weber, native of Germany and son of a family well-educated in classical music, received his first piano instruction at age four and, as a teenager, discovered jazz. After studying mathematics and physics he received a scholarship to the Berklee School in Boston. As a music student in Cologne he worked with luminaries JoAnne Brackeen, John Taylor, Danilo Perez and Paul Bley and continued his explorations into the heart of jazz. In the late 1990s Weber made a name for himself playing with Albert Mangelsdorff and Lee Konitz. He was awarded many national and international prizes (Steinway&Sons, Prize Montreux, Jazzprize Monaco) and his trio Minsarah (with bassist Jeff Denson and drummer Ziv Ravitz) made a debut CD that received the Award of the German Jazz Critics. This led to invitations to important festivals in Montreal, Berlin, Paris and New York Florian was the first German jazz pianist to record with legendary Lee Konitz New York's club Village Vanguard - on the Enja album 'Live at the Village Vanguard' with Minsarah. The recording won the prestigious Choc de l'Année from the French Jazz Magazine 'Jazzman' and also garnered praise from the other side of the Atlantic

Additional Details

Label: Enja Records

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 50 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 01/01/19

UPC: 063757958628