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  | FLYING CAKES ~ 19 WAYS TO RAIN
CHALLENGE 71357 (Barcode: 608917135725) ~ GERMANY ~ Jazz
Recorded: 2017 Released: 2019
This is the debut album by Berlin based quartet Flying CakesFind albums by this artist, led by pianist / composer Benjamin GeyerFind albums by this artist with saxophonist Nils WrasseFind albums by this artist, Polish bassist Thomas KolarczykFind albums by this artist and drummer Philip DornbuschFind albums by this artist. The album presents eleven original compositions, ten by Geyer and one co-credited to all the quartet members.
The music is all melody based modern European Jazz, full of lyricism and melancholy, sounding somewhat similar to Nordic Jazz climates at times. The tunes are well structured and flow gently on a rather dynamically uneventful plane. Wrasse and Geyer solo on each of the tunes, offering a limited emotional scope, which results in due course in a rather monotonous sameness. The rhythm section keeps the time in a straightforward manner without any surprising ventures. Kolarczyk plays some interesting arco parts, but mostly just sticks to the routine.
Overall this album offers a collection of solid melodic tunes, which are all within a rather narrow emotional frame, and which are performed rather reservedly, although amicably, by the quartet. Not a very exciting listening experience as such, although showing potential.
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