Tim Allhoff - Silence Is Something You Can Actually Hear - VINYL LP

For his third OA2 recording, composer/pianist Rich Pellegrin presents his decade-old quintet performing five enigmatic compositions that range from the raw intensity of InchTrialInch to the mystical, inscrutable hues of the title cut, InchDown.Inch On an added expanded version of InchDown,Inch recorded with the Mizzou New Music Ensemble from the University of Missouri, eleven diverse musicians create a radiant texture of interweaving lines, extending the vital, collaborative focus for which his band is already known. InchPellegrin seems to have multiple influences, displaying at times the density and drive of pianist McCoy Tyner, elsewhere sounding free and unpredictable, like no one but himself.Inch - ALL ABOUT JAZZ.InchStrikingly original music... Phenomenally sensitive and expressive... Pellegrin is clearly an artist to watch.Inch - Earshot Jazz

With his eighth album MORLA, ECHO awardwinner Tim Allhoff shows curiosity, self confidence and a stylistic diversity thatreflects his various musical influences. Formany years he has been one of the mostimportant pianists on the German scene. Themagazine JAZZTHING calls him the InchPianoShooting Star of the RepublicInch and theSuDDEUTSCHE congratulates him, with thisrelease, on his Inchascent to the top class of solopianistsInch. In his new Album MORLA, Allhofftakes the opportunity to reflect on the originsand course of his artistic work as a pianist andcomposer; the resulting collection ofcompositions evokes a variety of contrastingmoods, reminiscent of a photo album - analbum that exhibits different stages of hisartistic career and the melting pot of themusical genres that is Tim Allhoff. Album Tracks 1. Death with Dignity 2. Day of Leaving 3. Aerith 4. Schäfers Klagelied (InchLieder Ohne WorteInch) 5. Gigue 6. Schumann Exploration 7. Morla 8. Namiko 9. Waters 10. Organ Sonata No. 4, II. Andante (BWV 528) 11. Lea's Song 12. For Iori 13. Somewhere Somewhen 14. Melancholia 15. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning 16. In the End

Album Tracks 1. Brahms - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major I 2. Brahms - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major II 3. Brahms - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major III 4. Schumann - Symphony No. 4 in D minor I 5. Schumann - Symphony No. 4 in D minor II 6. Schumann - Symphony No. 4 in D minor III 7. Schumann - Symphony No. 4 in D minor IV