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1.
Tong-Gu 06:20
2.
Ukiyo-e 08:15
3.
Antiheld 04:44
4.
Komuso 04:54
5.
Compass I 09:28
6.
Spektrum 04:15
7.
Compass II 06:52
8.
Orbit 06:13

about

"The Levels was originally conceived during a stay in Japan (Goethe Institute 2017). He was introduced to musical
ideas associated with the Komuso monk tradition - the meditational shakuhachi (the traditional flute originally
played by Fluke Monks who wore a basket over the head while playing). He experienced the large group vocal
Buddhist chant music Shomyo; the long form Noh musical drama; and was overwhelmed by the technological
intensity of Tokyo's Akihabara district. These experiences fed new compositional thinking and while the tracks
Ukiyo-e and Komuso ̄make obvious connections to the experience of Japan, the influence also permeates at other
levels of compositional thinking and playing throughout the album"
(extract from liner notes, by Simon Rose, MArch 14, 2022)

credits

released August 5, 2022

CHRISTIAN HECK recording engineer
Recorded at LOFT, Cologne, 29&30th November 2019

Musicians:

LEONHARD HUHN alto saxophone & clarinet
ROLAND NEFFE marimba & percussion
FELIX HENKELHAUSEN double bass
ELENA KAKALIAGOU horn
STEFAN SCHULTZE piano
PETER EHWALD tenor & soprano saxophones
EVI FILIPPOU vibraphone & percussion
PETER MEYER electric guitar
MAGNUS SCHRIEFL trumpet, all tracks except "Spectrum": RICHARD KOCH
ALMUT KÜHNE vocals
TOM RAINEY drums

Photgraphy:
Dovile Sermokas (Stefan Schultze /Almut Kühne)
Photographer unknown (Tom Rainey)
Nicole Müller (Ensemble)

Design: Herbert Weisrock

Label: Jazzwerkstatt

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Stefan Schultze Bern, Switzerland

Composer and pianist Stefan Schultze is one of the most multifaceted and original musicians to come out of the German jazz scene. A Berliner by choice, Schultze studied piano and composition in Cologne and in New York. He occupies the interface between new music, improvisation and jazz with which he has most definitely created his own style. ... more

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