Program

John Hughes (db), Rolf Pifnitzka (sax, voc, misc. Reeds) und Chad Popple (dr, vibes, per) gehören seit langem zu den Ausnahmeerscheinungen und
Aktivposten der Hamburger Jazzszene. Alle drei eint die Sucht nach echtem Stilbruch, der Grenzüberschreitung - Jazz, Free Jazz, No Wave, Rock, Punk, Electronic - her damit - nichts ist langweiliger als Reinkultur!

Ein Sextett aus Skandinavien mit aktuellem Jazz, der sich vom Vorhersehbaren verabschiedet hat. Fragile und delikate Musik, die zum aufmerksamen Hören einlädt.
Vor fünf Jahren gewannen Isabel Sörling Farvel den Young Nordic Jazz Comets Wettbewerb. 2012 wurden sie vom schwedischen Rundfunksender Sveriges Radio P2 zum Jazz Cat Newcomer des Jahres gekürt. Nun steht die zweite Album-Veröffentlichung an: Rök heißt die CD, die im Januar diesen Jahres von der norwegischen Plattenfirma Jazzland Recordings veröffentlicht wird. Auf ihrer Album-Release Tour durch Europa machen Kim, Otis, Henrik, Alfred, Carl-Johan und Isabel am 30. Januar auch auf der MS Stubnitz in Hamburg halt.

Besetzung: Isabel Sörling (vocal), Kim Aksnes (trompet), Otis Sandsjö (tenorsax), Henrik Magnusson (piano), Alfred Lorinius (double-bass), Carl-Johan Groth (drums)

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Isabel Sörling Farvel started out in 2010 by winning the Young Nordic Jazz Comets competition and since then they\'ve been rewarded with Swedish National Radio\'s prestigious prize: \'The Jazz Cat - Newcomer of the year 2012\'.

They\'ve been broadcasted live in radio a countless of times and have been playing live throughout all of Europe.

Their corporation with Jazzland Recordings began in 2012 when Bugge Wesseltoft \'discovered\' the group at Umeå Jazz Festival in Sweden. The band has also performed on well acclaimed festivals like \'12 points\'(Dublin), \'By:Larm\' (Oslo), and \'Stockholm Jazz Festival\'

Jazzland Recordings is with it\'s devote founder and leader Bugge Wesseltoft one of Scandinavia\'s most influential record companies when it comes to jazz and works besides Isabel Sörling Farvel also with artists such as Sidsel Endresen, Atomic, Audun Kleive, Håkon Kornstad, Jon Balke, Motif and many more.

Live and CD-reviews:

\'An artist with amazing courage - plunging into the unknown, with her imagination and expression affecting every listener who has a heart. Her group’s utterly strong debut album takes Nordic jazz a step further with it’s exquisite blend of collective improvisation, tight arrangements and thoughtful lyrics\'
(Motivation of the jury when receiving the Jazz cat)

\'Winner of the 2010 Young Nordic Jazz Comets, singer Isabel Sörling and her group (…) delivered an early evening set that will surely go down as one of Umeå 2012\'s best shows.\'
(John Kelman, All about jazz)

\'Farvel is an ear opening, highly fascinating and almost incredibly promising…\'
(Bengt Eriksson, LIRA)

\'...A farewell to the safe and predictable, (...), that is how the music on this fine album is. Delicate and fragile so you have to listen carefully, with the start of something heavier
and more solid, just to slowly dissolve.\'
(Jan Strand, Orkesterjournalen)

\'A real bargain\' (20/20)

\'(...) magnificent compositions and
improvisations that gives an intense, exciting and arousing listening experience. And this is on a level that one rarely hears, especially not on a debut album. Fascinating!\'
(Ingo Andruschkewitsch, Musik an Sich)

\'Isabel Sörling Farvel debuts with what may be this year’s Swedish jazz record.\'
(Ystad Allehanda)

\'Her quintet follows her unconditionally in to their peculiar world.\'
(Uli Lemke, Jazz Thing)

\'(...) A record whose quality and originality stands out among the great amount of jazz publications.\'
(Tina Karolina Stauner, Melodiva)

\'…with nerv and drama on small spaces...\'
(Johannes Cornell, Dagens Nyheter)