ENTZIAN,HENDRIKA QUARTET - Pivot (Sealed) (CD)

Handmade jazz with space to breathe. The recording list shows that in Hendrika Entzian's quartet has done something: Matthew Halpin is new to the debut "Turnus" from 2015. But the change of the saxophonist is not responsible for the album title. "Pivot means the point at which something turns or changes," explains the bandleader, "which for me is a good picture for the quartet's playing style. Basically, the compositions represent basic scaffolding by each musician in one direction or another Can be steered. " Her style of writing has also changed since "Turnus", due to collaborations that brought new musical influences, as well as her master's degree jazz composition and arrangement. One detail came to another, and so Entzian developed a sound concept for "Pivot", to which Halpin and his equally elegant as well as pointedly powerful game ideally fits. "Its sound and energy can take the band by the hand and steer it." As a composer and producer, the self-confident bassist preserves the musical overview; on the other hand, she does not care to give commands. Their compositions are kept short and deliberately offer many possibilities to make something out of it in interactions. "We do not continue to play freely improvised music, but improvise over structures that resemble songs.