Whoever calls his debut album "In Between" (published in 2016) and the upcoming successor "In Zwischen" will inevitably raise questions. Did the Hamburg-based composer and pianist Dirk Bleese and his trio produce an album that is "on the safe side" by following its highly acclaimed predecessor? Far from it! Dirk Bleese (piano), Oliver Potratz (double bass) and Tilo Weber (drums) now take the next creative step, while the debut album has served the three musicians primarily to get to know each other better and to communicate on comparatively simple solutions. On "In Zwischen" they deliver the highest level of improvisation art. Technically perfectly played and nevertheless loosely presented thanks to enormous spontaneity and an occasional, clearly audible portion of irony.
