Sebastian Sternal, one of the greats of the younger German jazz generation, has released a marvelous album together with the Frankfurt Radio Bigband.

German pianist Sebastian Sternal (*1983), alongside Michael Wollny and Florian Weber, is one of the greats of the younger German jazz generation and is exemplary of a new type of musician of recent decades. He possesses outstanding technical mastery and is open to other genres as a matter of course.
His music is characterized by a pleasant mixture of restraint and presence. It radiates dignity and strength, never imposes itself and is so appealing that you simply cannot escape it. Sternal is a virtuoso with a commanding left hand, which often engages in contrasting dialogues with the right hand with independent melodic lines.
The influences of jazz greats such as Art Tatum, Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea, as well as those of the impressionists Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy, resonate in this wonderfully balanced sound. He has worked with jazz greats such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, David Binney, John Riley and Larry Grenadier.
As an innovator of contemporary jazz and also for his diverse projects, Sternal was awarded the ECHO Jazz prize in 2013, 2016 and 2018. He was also honoured with the 'Annual German Record Critics Award' in 2015. This is rounded off by the 'Neuer Deutscher Jazzpreis', the WDR Jazzpreis and the Concours Piano Jazz Martial Solal (Paris). At a young age, he received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation.
He has now realized a marvelous project 'Turning Point' with the Frankfurt Radio Bigband where he combines influences from classical music and jazz and impresses with dazzling tonal colors, catchy melodies and energetic grooves. The outstanding soloists of the Bigband shine with contrasting improvisation and interactions. Sternal not only plays piano in this project, but also wrote all nine compositions and conducted the band during the recording.

Track Listing

• Play
• Elegy
• Friedkin
• Unfold
• Muku
• Fanfare
• Lament
• Red Beat
• Tomorrowland

Additional Details

Label: Intuition

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 60:56 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 09/20/24

UPC: 750447346420