SEBASTIAN SCHUNKE - MOUVEMENT (2004)

Sebastian Schunke Piano, musical director, background vocals
Felipe Cabrera Cardenas Bass, background vocals
Lukmil Perez Herrera Drums, background vocals
Orlando Poleo Congas, small percusion, background vocals
Anders Nilsson Electric guitar, background vocals
Mario Morejon Hernandez "El Indio" Trumpet, background vocals
Peter Brainin Tenor & soprano sax, flute, background vocals
Michael Haves Electronics on 2/5/6
Olvido Ruiz Castellanos Vocals
Yodfat Miron Viola
Johannes Hentschel Cello

Mouvement

Abschied

Monk 2 Niyo

Herbst

Zwiespalt

Reminders

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review by Peter Watrous - courtesy www.descarga.com

Another fantastic record by Schunke, a German pianist who has wedded the ECM cool with Cuban music and produced a surprisingly successful merger. Mouvement brings together Cuban music, European jazz-chill piano with early Miles Davis electronica and a bit of Kip Hanrahan -- there's a Cuban woman, Olvido Castellanos, who sings and talks through some of the album. The group, which includes Felipe Carera on bass, El Indio on trumpet, Lukmil Herrera on drums plus others--works with scraps of music; the band swells the music, and shrinks it down to silence. The bass starts moving with an ostinato, the woman whispers, a guitar (sounding like early John McLaughlin) sears the accompaniment, and the music takes off again.
Highly Recommended, a great vision of how Latin jazz is going to sound in the future.
(Peter Watrous, 2004-04-20)