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Travelin'

Echoes of Swing

Travelin'

Format: CD
Label: ACT music
UPC: 0614427910424
Catnr: ACT 91042
Release date: 09 March 2018
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Label
ACT music
UPC
0614427910424
Catalogue number
ACT 91042
Release date
09 March 2018
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About the album

Most jazz musicians are also travellers. Their places of work are the clubs and festivals of the world, so they are always on the go. Echoes of Swing has another dimension: This quartet is also on a journey through time, going back to classic jazz from the 20’s to the 50’s, bringing it into the present day and shaping it for the future. This “tour de force” has been going on for 20 years. A reason then to celebrate, which is perhaps best done by re-tracing the journey, reviving memories of things experienced, and looking at all that travelling involves.

We’re off on a thrilling round-the-world musical journey from the moment Chris Hopkins’ “Orient Express” rolls in. The wagons are full of sounds which range from blues to Arabic music, and what’s this? A pirate ship in a storm in Bernd Lhotzky’s “Wreck of Good Hope”.

Then it’s off to the South Seas, where Chris Hopkin’s “Fiji Hula Bula” creates a relaxed vacationing mood, and then to Sidney Bechet’s “Southern Sunset”, which in this Echoes version transports us to restless, sultry nights; then a fast-paced swinging excursion to Colin Dawson’s English homeland follows in “Gan Hyem”, with Coleman Hawkins’ “Disorder At The Border” as a classic bebop blues to make us forget the Brexit woes. Sometimes we’re on the racetrack in a vintage car (“En Auto”), at other times it can be classic and dramatic, as in “Cabin In The Sky”. And what better way to illustrate flying than with the Italian hit “Volare”, when Bernd Lhotzky transforms the tune into a carefree glide, floating on the wings of Harlem Stride.

All the arrangements testify to a profound knowledge of the history of music, and there is not a single bar which fails to deliver exquisite taste. Sophisticated, yes, and intellectually thoughtful, but the imperative of old school jazz to entertain is never forgotten. Like all their previous albums, “Travelin’” is full of fine humour. So, it’s all aboard and indeed the best proof yet that travelling does indeed expand one’s horizons. After twenty years on the road, this ensemble has wagon-loads of style, elegance, finesse, improvisation and humour - and has honed all of these to perfection

Artist(s)

Chris Hopkins (alto saxophone)

Oliver Mewes (drums)

Colin T. Dawson (trumpet)

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01.
Orient Express
04:31
(Chris Hopkins) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
02.
Volare
03:24
(Domenico Modugno) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
03.
The Old Country
04:39
(Nat Adderley) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
04.
On A Slow Goat Through China
03:03
(Chris Hopkins) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
05.
Das Wrack Der Guten Hoffnung
03:17
(Bernd Lhotzky) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
06.
The Fiji Hula Bula
03:58
(Chris Hopkins) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
07.
Where Or When
04:07
(Richard Rodgers) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
08.
On A Turquoise Cloud
03:48
(Duke Ellington) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
09.
Cabin In The Sky
03:22
(Vernon Duke) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
10.
Gan Hyem
02:48
(Colin T. Dawson) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
11.
Southern Sunset
04:05
(Sidney Bechet) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
12.
En Auto
02:37
(Bernd Lhotzky) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
13.
Trav'lin' Light
04:25
(Jimmy Mundy) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
14.
Disorder At The Border
03:06
(Coleman Hawkins) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
15.
Wohin?
04:20
(Bernd Lhotzky) Colin T. Dawson, Bernd Lhotzky, Oliver Mewes, Chris Hopkins
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