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271: CHRISTOPH IRNIGER PILGRIM. Big Wheel

Intakt Recording #271/ 2016

Christoph Irniger: Tenor Saxophone
Dave Gisler: Guitar
Stefan Aeby: Piano
Raffaele Bossard: Bass
michi Stulz: Drums

Recorded live in November 2015 by Hannes Kumke. Tracks 1, 5 & 6 at Rokokosaal at Kreismuseum, Ratzeburg, 2 at Jazzclub A-Trane, Berlin, 3 & 4 at Jazzklub Altenburg, Altenburg.

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The quintet Pilgrim, founded by Zurich based tenor Saxophoneophonist Christoph Irniger, has become over the years one of the most exciting ensembles in young European Jazz. After the highly praised group’s latest studio recording 'Italian Circus Story', Pilgrim - driven by enthusiasm and inventiveness - presents the vibrant live album 'Big Wheel'. Recorded during acclaimed concerts in Ratzeburg, Berlin and Altenburg, Pilgrim plays full of verve, with plenty of room for spontaneity and improvisation and demonstrates impressively their pulsating music. Henning Bolte writes in the liner notes: „Pilgrim creates a deep field of sound with alternating foreground and background, full of echo effects, fading surfaces, frizzing lines, and swirls like falling leaves. This tonal richness is no self-sufficient affair, but time after time it emerges from unusual, surprising turning points and dynamic openings.“

Album Credits

Cover art: Danny Gretscher
Graphic design: Jonas Schoder
Liner notes: Henning Bolte
Photo: Cees van de Ven

Recorded live in November 2015 by Hannes Kumke. Tracks 1, 5 & 6 at Rokokosaal at Kreismuseum, Ratzeburg, 2 at Jazzclub A-Trane, Berlin, 3 & 4 at Jazzklub Altenburg, Altenburg. Mixed by Hannes Kumke. Mastered by Alex Huber.
Produced by Christoph Irniger and Intakt Records. Published by Intakt Records.

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Raul da Gama
JazzdaGama

The highlight of this brilliant disc, Christophe Irniger’s doffing of the proverbial hat to Mussorgsky’s “Pictures an an Exhibition”, is the deliriously surreal “Acid” written for Pilgrim, which includes Irniger on tenor saxophone, Stefan Aeby on piano, Dave Gisler on guitar, Raffaele Bossard on bass and Michi Stulz on drums. The 12-minute, 41-second-long song is played with intoxicating style by the quintet live in concert at Ratzeburg, Berlin and Altenburg which was captured on record by Hannes Kumke. The rest of the music on these three sets is equally wonderful with its edgy, retro urban energy. “The Kraken”, another Irniger composition is equally brilliant and virtuoso to the end, as is Raffaele Bossard’s “Falling II”. Each of these epic pieces shows off each instrument, alone and in stunning combinations with the others. Christophe Irniger’s command of pitch and line against the piano and guitar is most compelling.

https://jazzdagama.com/music/intakt-adventure-continues/3/

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Rainer Guérich
inMusic

Das dritte Album des Züricher Tenorsaxophonisten Christoph Irniger wurde während dreier Konzerte im Rahmen einer Deutschland-Tour Ende 2015 live mitgeschnitten. Die Publikumsatmosphäre ist auf der CD aber nur manchmal hörbar. Doch Irniger und seine musikalischen Mitstreiter Stefan Aeby (piano), Dave Gisler (guitar), Raffaele Bossard (bass) und Michi Stulz (drums) lieben die Sponataneität und Ungewissheit, die ein Bühnenauftritt bieten kann, richtig zu nutzen. In den sechs ausschweifenden Kompositionen, die allesamt die 8 Minuten-Grenze überschreiten, bleibt viel Platz für improvisatives Feingefühl und Session-Atmosphäre. Bis auf den Opener "Entering The Concert Hall" handelt es sich ausschließlich um neue Kompositionen, die noch auf keiner Scheibe zu finden waren.

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