Und Zarathustra tanzte Kilian Kemmer Trio feat. Masaki Kai & Matthias Gmelin

• 1 Ewige Wiederkunft 03:57
• 2 Hirte 05:23
• 3 Das andere Tanzlied 03:10
• 4 Oh Mensch 05:35
• 5 Oh Himmel 03:38
• 6 Also tanzte Feli 03:43
• 7 Blues für Nietzsche 04:52
• 8 Angelico / Bavaria 05:49
• 9 Auf den glückseligen Inseln 03:58
• 10 Mit Dieben und Verbrechern 03:17
• 11 It Don't Mean a Thing 03:06
• 12 Das Fragment an sich 01:11
• 13 Das grösste Schwergewicht 03:37
• Total Runtime 51:16

Info for Und Zarathustra tanzte

Nietzsche's idea of the "eternal return" inspired pianist and PhD philosopher Kilian Kemmer to write his new album "Und Zarathustra tanzte." "I find the idea that I have to live this life, as I live and have lived it now, once again and countless times, extremely fascinating," Kemmer says. "Who can say that with complete conviction?"

In musical aphorisms, the trio takes up various facets and motifs of the idea. The pieces are called, for example, the "Eternal Return", "Shepherd" or "On Blissful Islands". The trio also sets a poem by Nietzsche to music: "The Other Dance Song". And what many do not know: Nietzsche himself sat at the piano and composed. Kemmer interprets his piece "Das Fragment an sich" in a short solo fragment in his very own way.

"In all the pieces, there is a central idea," Kemmer says. "I read `Thus Spoke Zarathustra` in such a way that Zarathustra does not allow himself to be crushed by this very heavy thought of the eternal return. On the contrary, he grasps it as the most divine thought that makes him dance." And so the only jazz standard on the album fits the program perfectly: "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got the Swing" by Duke Ellington.

In a review of the magazine "Jazzthing" it says about the debut album "Jetzt Und In Echt" by Kilian Kemmer, released in 2018: "this is jazz to come down and enjoy, which is characterized by a timeless quality." And the "Jazzpodium" attests: "The music (.) makes you forget the time, makes you aware of the quality that harmony and slowness can have.

Kilian Kemmer leads his music sometimes minimalistic, sometimes lyrical, but then again with a lot of energy, back to the roots, to storytelling, to forgetting time, to euphony, to real life beyond all unreal time."

Perhaps what 40-year-old Kilian Kemmer plays and writes is the balance for his other life - he earned a doctorate in philosophy and is now employed in human resources at a large company. But music has never played a minor role in his life. Kemmer was classically trained, and when it came to jazz, he learned as a student of Leonid Chizhik.

“Jazz to come down and enjoy… characterised by a timeless quality” (Jazzthing Magazine)

Kilian Kemmer, piano
Masaki Kai, bass
Matthias Gmelin, drums
Guest:
Katharina Neudorfer, voice

Kilian Kemmer
Der promovierte Münchner Philosoph Kilian Kemmer genoss eine umfangreiche musikalische Ausbildung in Klassik und Jazz (Leonid Chizhik). Mit „Jetzt und in Echt“ bringt Kilian seine erste CD als Bandleader, Komponist und Arrangeur raus.

Selmer Artist Matthieu Bordenave ist derzeit der einzige deutsche Saxophonist unter Vertrag bei ECM. Mit seinem Trio „Le Café Bleu International“ ist er Exklusivkünstler bei Enja Records. Über den Saxophonisten heißt es im Jazzman: „Mit seinem differenzierten nuancenreichen Spiel gehört Bordenave einer neuen Generation an, die auf effektheischende Momente bewusst verzichten und einen großen Anspruch in ihrem Spiel erkennen lassen.“

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