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Moritz Stahl
Moritz Stahl The warm, seasoned tenor sound of Moritz Stahl is an unmistakable token of the young saxophonist. His remarkable musical talent was discovered early and cultivated: with the Landes Jugendjazzorchester Bayern and subsequently with the Bundesjazzorchester, Stahl performed on tour in Asia, South America and Europe, before beginning his jazz studies under Florian Trübsbach at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. During this time he became influenced by such mentors as Seamus Blake, Karsten Gorzel, as well as Christian Elsässer and Gregor Hübner during his ensuing composition degree. While studying, Moritz Stahl was awarded the Kurt-Maas-Jazz Award, Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis 2017 and the BMW Welt Young Artist Jazz Award 2022. The breadth of his musical influences – traditional jazz as well as more contemporary currents and progressive, experimental and electronic music – is reflected in the ensembles to which he contributes. Among them are his electronic alternative experimental jazz collective Ark Noir, the Luca Zambito Quartett (Unit Records), Fiona Grond Interspaces (ACT Music), NPG Quartet (w/ Jan Prax, Nils Kugelmann & Zhitong Xu) and the electro-acoustic Trio Lyder. He’s also a member of world touring phenomenon Jazzrausch Bigband.
Awards
Kurt Maas Jazz Award 2017
Bayrischer Kunstförderpreis 2017 (Bavarian arts and literary prize)
Junger Münchener Jazzpreis 2021 (/w Luca Zambito Quartett)
BMW Welt Young Artist Jazz Award 2022
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Moritz Stahl: Traumsequenz
by Mike Jurkovic
Swabian-born saxophonist Moritz Stahl's direct and purposeful debut, Traumsequenz is certainly, as translated, a dream sequence, but its seventeen intimate miniatures could also serve as long-lost themes to long-lost noir TV shows about down-and-out detectives on the case of any moral lassitude. But the true intent of Stahl and his equally goal-oriented bandmates--pianist Julius Windisch, guitarist Philipp Schiepek, bassist Lorenz Heigenhuber, and drummer Leif Berger--is to willfully include the listener as an active participant in the creative process. ...
Continue ReadingMatthias Bublath: Eight Cylinder Bigband
by Edward Blanco
German pianist and Hammond B3 organist Matthias Bublath realizes a long-held passion of recording his own big-band and so, after eleven albums to date, Eight Cylinder Bigband finally comes to the fore in splashy audacious fashion, encompassing a musical spectrum which ranges from blues, gospel and soul/funk to Afro-Caribbean flavors documented on twelve swinging compositions. The music is designed around the Hammond organ, Bublath's preferred instrument, but leaves quite a lot of space to feature solos from various players.
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