photo by Laurent Guignard
photo by Roland Juker
THE OPTICS
Contemporary Jazz & Improvisation
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Mirjam Hässig - voc / Marc Stucki - sax / Lea Gasser - acc /
Johanna Pärli - db / Christoph Steiner - dr
A brand new band is getting involved in the contemporary jazz and improvisation scene in Switzerland: The Optics. Emerging from a concert series by the long-time duo Stucki&Steiner, the quintet is releasing its first album on Rabbit Hill Records in autumn 23. "The Optics" was created in a single session and every note played that day ended up on it.
Interplay without a double bottom, direct communication, honest and sensitive sound work, a heightened awareness for the construction of musical arcs and dynamic wanderings are attributes that distinguish this band. All five contribute their compositions, which are then immediately absorbed into the body of sound of the band and serve as fuel for the unstoppable improvisation engine.
Musicians from the well-travelled bands Mirjam Hässig's Ayé, Hildegard Lernt Fliegen, Tie Drei, Le Rex & Lea Gasser 5tet can be heard here in a brand new constellation.
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