Holger Scheidt – upright bass
Rich Perry – tenor saxophone
Nick Anderson – drums
Dave Scott – trumpet
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This quartet lead by the German bass player Holger Scheidt performs three-part composition and improvisation with drums.
„…lithely dovetailing horn parts… Scheidt´s unfussy themes and spare but effective arrangements… lend… an overall unity of form and tone…“ wrote Tom Greenland in NewYorkCityJazzRecords about Scheidt’s enja records release „Schwimmende Elefanten“ in 2019. Precise composition lays down the foundation for the often free forms of improvisation on this record. Stylistically open voice leading creates a direct acoustic Jazz music that resounds atonal Modernism as much as classic Romanticism. In 2024 the quartet builds on Scheidt’s body of work and citing the point of departure of this project, „You might be heavy, but your still floating“, the question remains, what weight do swimming elephants have?
Whether gravitation or levitation represent the pre-dominant forces, is being determined not least by the outer circumstances and the present moment. One can never be certain, but one can rely on instinct and intuition. The musical instinct and intuition of the 4 musicians coming together here, promise weight and free floating at the same time.
