Heinz Sauer/Michael Wollny: If (Blue) Then (Blue) | CD review

(ACT 9493-2)Heinz Sauer is a giant of an improviser who deserves to be as well-known across Europe as Jan Garbarek. This is a grainily beautiful episode in his relationship with the young pianist Michael Wollny, a sublime partnership that began in 2004; veteran German pianist Joachim Kühn also joins this session. The repertoire here focuses on Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and Ellington classics such as Sophisticated Lady and In a Sentimental mood, with the players' haunting originals in between...

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