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deutsch / english reinhard micko trioVIEWS Drilling deep into the piano trio field Reinhard Micko is a pianist whose music seems to thrive on focus and perfectionist concentration. His third recording tackles the widely explored field of the classic Jazz Piano Trio, i.e. the interaction of piano, bass and drums. Although there are many who claim the possibilities of this particular constellation have all been covered in past endeavours, there still remain whole new worlds of colour, atmosphere and motion open to persistent and sensitive sound searchers. Micko does not seek to suppress borders or to expose new ground - rather, his inquiring mind turns to the inside, drilling deep into the well-charted field of tonal piano trio music. With his partners Matthias Pichler and Klemens Marktl, he ventures underneath the surface of harmonic and melodic structure, assessing each and every note's emotional potential and coherence, thus endowing it with meaning and ridding it of cliché. Notes are not merely being played, they are felt and expressed, lifting the music above the sometimes tiresome routines of mainstream jazz. This applies to both standards and original compositions: in "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most", Reinhard Micko engages in suspenseful abstraction of the base material, little by little feeding the familiar melodic substance to the listener as the track progresses, building on a delicate rhythmic grid that organically develops throughout the take. "Autumn Leaves", on the other hand, shows up as a newly harmonized "re-composition", laden with heaps of counterpuntal motives - you haven't quite heard Joseph Kosma's popular song played this way before. In tunes like "Why 2 K", it is this focus on expression that allows Micko to generate ideas whose organic and structural plausibility belie their spontaneous conception. Reinhard Micko shows that any material can be shaped into something worthwhile, as long as the mind is persistent - and able. Andreas Felber top ↑
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deutsch / english reinhard micko trioTOUCH Cadence magazine November 2001 Micko is a pianist who plays with brooding percussiveness. On this trio recording with his European assosiates, he takes a strong position with heavy emphasis on the lower end of the keyboard. This sets the tenor for the entire recording, which is filled with the densely thundering improvisations of Micko. Although his attack of the piano is aggressive, Micko still comes across as a probing, searching improviser who sinks deeply into his work. I sense a subtle touch of classical training in some of his phrasing, but Micko is clearly a Jazz improviser who is able to add an original paragraph to the overly exposed piano trio book. The feeling of seriousness is pervasive in his playing, giving the music a dark character. Herbert and Reisinger are excellent partners in this trio. Herbert's bass playing is rich in texture, and his arco segments yield cello-like sounds that fit the melancholic scenario painted by Micko. Reisinger goes in two directions, either on the quiet path with light accents or on the dominant road with explosive drumming. He breaks free of the time constraints and creates a blanket of intricacy with his involved patterns. The two worm in and around the multiple layers of sound erupting from Micko's piano, and they also take impressively constructed solos of their own. Micko uses his piano to expound on the deeper side of life. Although there is little lightness in his music, it is absorbing in its depth and challenging in its complexity. Frank Rubolino top ↑
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