Michael Wollny Trio review – full-throttle, explosive virtuosity

Kings Place, London Hindemith, Debussy and Scott Walker featured in the jazz pianist’s pounding trio set with bassist Christian Weber and hardcore punk drummer Eric SchaeferWith his waywardly floppy fringe, approximately respectable concert suit, and mildly distracted manner, the 40-year-old Michael Wollny suggests a perpetual music student, startled to be hailed – as he has been for the past decade – as one of European jazz’s premier pianist/composers. In a full-thro...

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