released February 6, 2019
Mount Meander is:
Kārlis Auziņš – saxophones
Lucas Leidinger – piano
Tomo Jacobson – double bass
Thomas Sauerborn – drums
Recorded live at Berlin Jazz Units (Musikbrauerei) on November 27, 2017 by Fabian G. Knof of UFO Sound Studios
Mixed by Jonathan Hoffmann
Mastered by Michał Kupicz
All music by Mount Meander
Produced by Mount Meander
Executive producing by Tomo Jacobson / Gotta Let It Out
Layout by Tomo Jacobson & Malwa Grabowska
Cover photo by Malwa Grabowska aka. Hipermania
Thanks to Iven Hausmann
GLIO29CD
Released by Gotta Let It Out in 2019
www.gottaletitout.com
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Album reviews:
"[With] the band’s second CD (...) the quartet members now travel firmly on their own route with no meandering. (...) Avant-garde to some, modern mainstream to others, Live in Berlin helps define what cooperation can achieve. Maybe hyperbolic politicians should start taking tips from Jazz musicians."
(Ken Waxman - Jazz Word - USA)
"Layered and lush, with indistinct outlines or boundaries."
(Tom Greenland - New York City Jazz Record #10, 2019 - USA)
"Definitely one of the best European Avant-Garde Jazz albums that landed on my desk so far in 2019"
(Adam Baruch - The Soundtrack of my Life - Poland)
"No transcriptions for this one!"
(George W. Harris - Jazz Weekly - USA)
Among Avant Music News Picks of the Week : Feb 21, 2019;
Listed in the 'Excellent Releases of the First Half of 2019'
(Avant Music News - USA)
'Tune of the day' : Feb 8, 2019
(Dave Foxal - a Jazz Noise - USA)
"The musicians are improvising just fantastic – the music is filled with brightness, drive, expressions and innovative musical decisions."
(Avant Scena - USA)
"Avant-garde jazz radiates as the guiding star over a fine-woven network of jazz, world, rock and pop."
(Niels Overgård - Jazz Nyt - Denmark)
"Modern, creative and exciting - four musicians you really have to write in the book. (...) Incredibly exciting music, that not only works live in concert, but also does well in the CD player."
(Jan Granile - Salt Peanuts - Norway)
"Amazing and stupendous!!! (...) Outstanding record, fantastic artistic achievement!"
(Maciej Lewenstein - Polish Jazz Recordings and Beyond - Poland)
"Live in Berlin is free improv done very well by excellently trained musicians."
(Percorsi Musicali - Ettore Garzia - Italy)
"Brawo! Telepatyczna symfonia sonorystyki!"
(Andrzej Nowak - Spontaneous Music Tribune - Poland)