Artist: Klaus Koenig Jazz Live Trio
Album: It’s a Foreign Language
Label: TCB The Montreux Jazz Label
Year Of Release: 2022
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
01. Züri Blues
02. Triology 2
03. A Hommage to Rosalind
04. Like Pebbles on a Beach
05. Als Wär’s Ein Stück Von Mir
06. What Now
07. Meisje Met De Parel
08. It’s a Foreign Language
09. Tempo Giusto
10. Last Song
Personnel:
Klaus Koenig – Piano
Patrick Sommer – Bass
Andi Wettstein – Drums
Naturally, young players and beginners have role models that help them learn the language of jazz through imitation, the same as in other fields of art. Nonetheless, as they develop, these players need to bring themselves into their music. In my view, it only makes sense for us as Europeans to become engaged with the fascinating world of jazz if we stay true to our European identity, and if we speak this “Foreign Language” with our own accents and idiomatic expressions that reflect the cultures that we come from
