Michael Wollny

Michael Wollny, Tim Lefebvre & Eric Schaefer - Ghosts (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Michael Wollny, Tim Lefebvre & Eric Schaefer - Ghosts (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 37:37 minutes | 755 MB
Contemporary Jazz | Label: ACT Music, Official Digital Download

"As an improviser, you often find that it‘s not the compositions themselves you‘re playing, but your own memories of them. And as these memories come back to you in the moment, they assert their continuing existence in the here and now," says Michael Wollny. In other words, songs are like ghosts. Wollny‘s new album "Ghosts" is a gathering of some of the ghosts that regularly haunt him. Typically for Wollny, they range from classics like Franz Schubert's "Erlkönig" to jazz standards, film music, songs with a certain fragility by Nick Cave, say, or the band Timber Timbre, and also include his own darkly evocative original compositions.
Michael Wollny - XXXX (with Emile Parisien, Tim Lefebvre & Christian Lillinger) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Michael Wollny - XXXX (with Emile Parisien, Tim Lefebvre & Christian Lillinger) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 44:44 minutes | 861 MB
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Creative | Label: ACT Music, Official Digital Download

This story begins with just one sound, originating in the place which Berlin jazz people think of as their living room, the A-Trane. Back in December 2019, the club was host to four leading figures in today’s improvised music scene, who turned this cozy space into their blank canvas, their research lab. In eight sets over four nights, piano phenomenon Michael Wollny, re-inventor of the soprano saxophone Emile Parisien, electric bass icon Tim Lefebvre, and that free spirit of the drum kit Christian Lillinger were given free rein.
Michael Wollny Trio - Weltentraum (2014) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Michael Wollny Trio - Weltentraum (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 57:31 minutes | 1,19 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Pianist Michael Wollny‘s highly acclaimed trio recording "Weltentraum" is a stunning example of contemporary interpretation in the hands of a unique, fluidly virtuoso artist. Wollny, with both elegance and wit, explores the connection between songs that are worlds apart in terms of both centuries and cultures. In his hands, interpretations of God Is a DJ by pop star Pink and the French Medieval piece Lasse! can logically coexist. Weltentraum was named Album of the Year in 2014 by the critics of Jazzwise.
Michael Wollny and Vincent Peirani - Tandem (2016) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Michael Wollny & Vincent Peirani - Tandem (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 49:16 minutes | 874 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

This duo of superb musicians can simultaneously be highly refined, and yet completely off-the-wall. They are two of the brightest lights of the international firmament of jazz as seen through a European prism. They have also put down a marker with "Tandem": their stellar collaboration is most definitely going places. The dialogue between Wollny and Peirani constantly brims with ideas, and they also have a perfect way of circling in and out of each other's way.
Michael Wollny Trio - Weltentraum Live (2014) [Official Digital Download]

Michael Wollny Trio - Weltentraum live (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time - 54:59 minutes | 674 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Michael Wollny’s trio album "Weltentraum" and his 2014 tour of Germany have been the highlights of his career to date. "Weltentraum" garnered praise and acknowledgement from national and international critics, including a cover story in Jazzwise which named it Album of the Year and a four star review in DownBeat. It was also Wollny's commercial breakthrough and set the stage for the wildly successful German shows. This performance was recorded in March 2014 at the Philharmonie Berlin and captures the energy and excitement audiences felt during the tour.
Michael Wollny - XXXX (with Emile Parisien, Tim Lefebvre & Christian Lillinger) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

Michael Wollny - XXXX (with Emile Parisien, Tim Lefebvre & Christian Lillinger) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 44:44 minutes | 511 MB
Contemporary Jazz | Label: ACT Music, Official Digital Download

This story begins with just one sound, originating in the place which Berlin jazz people think of as their living room, the A-Trane. Back in December 2019, the club was host to four leading figures in today’s improvised music scene, who turned this cozy space into their blank canvas, their research lab. In eight sets over four nights, piano phenomenon Michael Wollny, re-inventor of the soprano saxophone Emile Parisien, electric bass icon Tim Lefebvre, and that free spirit of the drum kit Christian Lillinger were given free rein.
Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Lars Danielsson & Wolfgang Haffner - 4 Wheel Drive II (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Lars Danielsson & Wolfgang Haffner - 4 Wheel Drive II (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 49:18 minutes | 982 MB
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Creative, Vocal Jazz | Label: ACT Music, Official Digital Download

Four is a winner: that was the unanimous opinion of critics and audiences alike on the first album from German-Swedish supergroup 4 Wheel Drive. The eponymous debut disc from this band of bandleaders went straight to the top spot as best-selling jazz album in Germany for2019. And the media didn’t hold back with their praise either: “Four first-league jazz musicians with pure joy of playing and a love of good pop music”, said ZDF’s “heute-journal” about this spirited and enjoyable group, which combines trombonist/singer Nils Landgren, pianist Michael Wollny, bassist/cellist Lars Danielsson and drummer Wolfgang Haffner. AllAboutJazz, a leading American jazz website, asked whether this album might be worth adding to a listener’s collection, and answered the question succinctly:”4 sure”.
Michael Wollny - Mondenkind (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Michael Wollny - Mondenkind (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 46:37 minutes | 785 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

An album reflecting on solitude. The new Solo Piano presents music of Alban Berg, Rudolf Hindemith, Sufjan Stevens, Tori Amos, Timbe Timbre and compositions by the artist himself. Wollny's masterstroke has been to create a highly individual world, a truly personal dialogue with these extremely contradictory elements.
Michael Wollny feat. Eric Schaefer & Christian Weber - Wartburg (Live) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Michael Wollny feat. Eric Schaefer & Christian Weber - Wartburg (Live) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 48:46 minutes | 959 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

“Wartburg” fizzes and shimmers with all the acuity of Michael Wollny's senses and his protean capacity to be alive to the possibilities and the magic of the moment. This is improvising at the limit, life seen through a dream. The album also documents a first-ever encounter of his trio with Emile Parisien, arguably the most influential and original voice on soprano sax today. A unique moment in contemporary jazz.
Michael Wollny feat. Eric Schaefer & Christian Weber - Oslo (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Michael Wollny feat. Eric Schaefer & Christian Weber - Oslo (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 57:05 minutes | 1.14 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

With Oslo, Michael Wollny and his trusty rhythm section (bassist Christian Weber and drummer Eric Schaefer) confirm that their project is as solid as ever. Recorded at Rainbow Studio in the Norwegian capital in September 2017, the album confirms that Wollny is one of the most skilful German jazz pianists of his generation. An improviser, here he deploys his staple piano style, with plenty of spaces and silences. His playing carries a sincere romanticism which never feels overdone, and a muted tonality.