STUMPS by Sven-Åke Johansson, Pierre Borel, Axel Dörner, Joel Grip, Simon Sieger
ABOUT THE MUSIC
The six compositions titled ‘stumps’ are based on a potential for variation with falling and rising short signals (notes). Repeating the theme four times establishes the piece and provides a solid ground for the ensuing improvisations. A simple repetition of the theme at the end rounds off the composition as a kind of return. The underlying tempi of the themes are rather calm, there is no fixed tempo but more of a free positioning. Within the improvisations the rhythm section operates according to the principle of ‘free tempo/dynamic vibration’. This produces swing.
'This is my opus magnum for small ensembles.'
Sven-Åke Johansson, drums, composition
with
Pierre Borel, alto saxophone
Axel Dörner, trumpet
Joel Grip, double bass
Simon Sieger, piano
10-inch rubber disk edition
75 copies
Credits
Au Topsi Pohl
Berlin, 17 December 2021
recorded by Alexis Baskind
mastered by Werner Dafeldecker
video by Carina Khorkhodina
artwork by .psd
lasercut by lasern
manufactoring by Die Lettertypen
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ni-vu-ni-connu.net
Sven-Åke Johansson, born in 1943 in Mariestad (Sweden), is one of the style-defining drummers of the German free jazz era of the 60s and 70s. From the 80s onwards, he pursued an artistic path largely independent of institutions and groups as a music performer in the circles of fine arts and new music.
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