Joshua Rupley - Music for Piano Solo (Op. 139) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The CONTACT 4TETT plays experimental improvised music with elements of Jazz, Art Rock, Modern Chamber Music and Sound Art. The history of CONTACT 4TETT begins in 1970, when bassist Alois Kott, drummer Michael Jüllich and clarinetist Theo Jörgensmann formed the CONTACT TRIO. After initial small successes, the group played as a newcomer at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival and toured several times through southern Germany and Switzerland, but the band broke up after two years. Theo Jörgensmann was replaced by guitarist Evert Brettschneider, with whom the group had already worked in an extended line-up. This occupation was internationally successful. At the beginning of 1980, Michael Jüllich left the CONTACT TRIO, which was also one of the first progressive, professional jazz groups in the Ruhr area and had released 3 LPs by then. With Peter Eisold on drums, the group played until 1984 and then disbanded. Since 2015 there has been a new edition of the band as CONTACT 4TETT, which includes the former soloists in the band Theo Jörgensmann, who now plays alto clarinet, and Evert Brettschneider. New members are Kai Kanthak, electric bass and Sascha Sauerborn, drums and electronics. The CD WUNDERTÜTE is the first by CONTACT 4TETT for the tag jazzwerkstatt. Theo Jörgensmann - Brüel 2022 Album Tracks 1. Morning Brew 2. Dolce 3. Cubango 1 4. Largo 5. Space Lab 6. Tranquility 7. Brausepulver 8. Teardrops 9. Short Tune 10. Cubango 2 11. Walnut

Album Tracks 1. Jagdfanfare Aus Der Alpensinfonie 2. Egmont-Ouvertüre 3. Aria Sul G 4. Der Fresichutz 5. Wagneriana-Fantaisie 6. Tannhäuser 7. Libertango 8. Someone to Watch Over Me 9. Darn That Dream 10. Bésame Mucho 11. The Jasmine Flower

It may come as a surprise but one of the leading creators of Keyboard music in the twentieth century is a composer by the name of John Cage. Cage's reputation is so deeply associated with the avantgarde, with chance music, graphic notation, performance art, technology and Zen Buddhism that is early, conventionally-notated music for percussion ensemble and keyboards is sometimes neglected. Or was until recently. In the last few years - with the advent of performances and recordings like this one - there has been a renewed appreciation of Cage's achievements in the earlier part of his creative life. Of course, Cage's keyboard music is not just keyboard music. Cage's once infamous Inchprepared pianoInch - born out of need as well as desire - is a keyboard instrument unto itself, as different from the romantic piano as that instrument is from the baroque harpsichord. But even in his InchunpreparedInch piano music, Cage shows his individuality and distance from European tradition. This production received the quarterly German Record Critics' Award. Album Tracks 1. Suite for Toy Piano (1948) First & Second Movement 2. Suite for Toy Piano (1948) Third & Fourth Movement 3. Suite for Toy Piano (1948) Fifth Movement 4. The Seasons/Ballet in One Act (1947) Prelude I 5. The Seasons/Ballet in One Act (1947 Winter 6. The Seasons/Ballet in One Act (1947 Prelude II 7. The Seasons/Ballet in One Act (1947 Spring 8. The Seasons/Ballet in One Act (1947 Prelude III 9. The Seasons/Ballet in One Act (1947 Summer 10. The Seasons/Ballet in One Act (1947 Prelude IV 11. The Seasons/Ballet in One Act (1947 Fall 12. The Seasons/Ballet in One Act (1947 Finale 13. Music for Amplified Toy Pianos 14. A Book of Music (1944) Part One 15. A Book of Music (1944) Part Two 16. Suite for Toy Piano First & Second Movement 17. Suite for Toy Pian