Heinz Sauer - If (Blue) Then (Blue) (2010)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 238 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 126 MB | Covers - 15 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: ACT Music (9493-2)
Heinz Sauer is presented here in a brilliantly exciting juxtaposition, with two partners with very distinctive profiles. On the one hand you have Wollny who subtlety combines universal piano nuances ranging from romantic gloom to the brusquely clanging new sound world. On the other, you have Kühn - full of energy, the eternal "Sturm und Drang" musician, expressing strong emotions and a master of the explosive turbulence and heartfelt beauty of sound.
In their unwillingness to compromise and the intensity of their expression, both pianists join separately but amiably with the saxophonist. Sauer is a musician who is able to change the tonal nuances of his tenor saxophone in a split second. His sound flows like lava - glowing red, then cold, forming craggy formations…