Blue Items Eckhard Richelshagen

• 1 3 Layers 06:39
• 2 Elegie 05:44
• 3 New Spindrift 05:19
• 4 Intermezzo 1 02:41
• 5 Rothneuf 08:10
• 6 Blue Paunch 08:02
• 7 Intermezzo 2 02:06
• 8 Items 04:45
• 9 In between 04:31
• 10 Intermezzo 3 01:23
• 11 Ein Nachmittag über den Dächern von Stuttgart 05:42
• Total Runtime 55:02

Info for Blue Items

Eckhard Richelshagen has prefaced his debut solo album 'Blue Items' with profound words from the French writer Victor Hugo: 'Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent'

With this philosophical approach, the pianist and composer Richelshagen has very clearly defined the concept which lies behind his highly sensitive compositions. Since completing his studies at the Cologne conservatoire, he has followed his own unique and unconventional musical path, teaming up with well-known jazz musicians, visual artists, dancers and actors.

His preference, however, has always been for smaller ensembles, in which direct communication between the different musicians sits at the core of the music. Through first-class solo piano playing, Eckhard Richelshagen emphasizes this preference even further, only in this instance, the musical exchange takes place between the audience and himself.

With the compositions on 'Blue Items', Richelshagen is metaphorically reading between the lines. As the architect of the sound, he creates structures and landscapes within us. His elegant and densely atmospheric playing takes us by the hand and leads us through entirely new dimensions, buoyed by splendor and tranquility. The concept of time is lent a whole new quality...

Eckhard Richelshagen, piano

Eckhard Richelshagen
studierte Klavier und Tonsatz/Komposition an der Musikhochschule Köln und geht seit dem eigene, unkonventionelle musikalische Wege. Diese führten Eckhard Richelshagen nicht nur mit vielen bekannten Jazzmusikern zusammen (den Solisten der wdr-BigBand, Staffan Hallgren, Eva Mayerhofer, Matthias Bergmann, Mathias Haus, Susanne Schneider u.a.) sondern auch mit bildenden Künstlern, Tänzern und Schauspielern.

Das „höher, schneller, weiter“ in der Musik hat ihn nie gereizt, statt dessen findet man in seiner Musik Atmosphären und Farben, die sich irgendwo zwischen opulentem Klavierklang, Keith Jarrett und Maurice Ravel bewegen. Eckhard Richelshagen liebt kleine Besetzungen, in denen die improvisierte Kommunikation zwischen den Musikern, bei Solokonzerten zwischen ihm und dem Publikum den Kern der Musik ausmacht. Deshalb zählen intime Hauskonzerte genauso wie Clubs und Festivals zu seinen bevorzugten Konzertlocations.

This album contains no booklet.