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Michael Arbenz: piano Thomas Lähns: bass Florian Arbenz: drums
There certainly is no special need any more to mention the fact that
today most jazz piano trios are deeply attached to musical
interplay
(even though this fact is worth t
o never be taken for granted!). And yet, even with the most subtle, most distinguished form of
interplay there is always one in the trio who plays the part of the
primus inter pares
–
the pianist, of course (usually and by definition
leader of the group). That's exactly where pianist Michael Arbenz, drummer Florian Arbenz
and bassist Thomas Lähns come up with their own idea of musical
interplay. In fact, what they aim to achieve with their music
-
their
understanding
of music
-
is nothing less than the gr
eatest possible
balance of their three voices
-
starting with the way they work out
their own compositions and arrangements, and going right through to
the soloistic parts, fully assigned to all three of them. The result is a stupendous musical togetherne
ss, packed with
surprising melodic, rhythmic and dynamic turns, played with highest
precision even in the most complex, distorted and twisted passages of
their compositions, arrangements and solos.