David Helbock's Random/Control: Tour d’ Horizon – From Brubeck to Zawinul at Jazzhus Montmartre

More than 20 instruments on stage, but just three musicians: David Helbock, Outstanding Artist Award Winner in Austria, mainly plays on instruments with keys. Johannes Bär does all the brass, from trumpet to bass flugelhorn and tuba and Andreas Broger plays wind-instruments like saxophones, clarinets and flutes. For their new program, which was released as a CD on the renowned label ACT Music, David Helbock got inspired by his favorite jazz piano players and arranged their most famous tunes for this special line-up. New, exciting versions of Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock or Bolivia by Cedar Walton emerged - but also soft, atmospheric pieces like Keith Jarrett´s My Song shine like new. Over the years Random/Control has developed a distinct band sound, always a ride on the rollercoaster for the ear and the eye. Or like Roland Spiegel from the Bavarian Radio wrote already years ago: "The listener experiences something new when David Helbock plays. And it ́s never top-heavy music – it ́s music that thrills the body and the mind.”...

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More than 20 instruments on stage, but just three musicians: David Helbock, Outstanding Artist Award Winner in Austria, mainly plays on instruments with keys. Johannes Bär does all the brass, from trumpet to bass flugelhorn and tuba and Andreas Broger plays wind-instruments like saxophones, clarinets and flutes. For their new program, which was released as a CD on the renowned label ACT Music, David Helbock got inspired by his favorite jazz piano players and arranged their most famous tunes for this special line-up. New, exciting versions of Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock or Bolivia by Cedar Walton emerged - but also soft, atmospheric pieces like Keith Jarrett´s My Song shine like new. Over the years Random/Control has developed a distinct band sound, always a ride on the rollercoaster for the ear and the eye. Or like Roland Spiegel from the Bavarian Radio wrote already years ago: "The listener experiences something new when David Helbock plays. And it ́s never top-heavy music – it ́s music that thrills the body and the mind.”

Mere end 20 instrumenter på scenen, men kun tre musikere: David Helbock, vinder af den østrigske pris Outstanding Artist Award, spiller primært instrumenter med tangenter. Johannes Bär spiller alt i messing, fra trompet til basflugelhorn og tuba, og Andreas Broger klarer vindinstrumenterne såsom saxofoner, klarinetter og fløjter. Deres nyeste projekt Tour d’ Horizon, som blev udgivet på pladeselskabet ACT i år, opstod af David Helbocks inspiration fra hans yndlings jazzpianister, og han arrangerede deres mest berømte melodier til denne specielle trio. Nye, spændende versioner af Watermelon Man af Herbie Hancock eller Bolivia af Cedar Walton dukkede op – men også bløde, atmosfæriske stykker som Keith Jarrets My Song kom gennem maskineriet. I årenes løb har Random/Control udviklet en særpræget lyd, som altid er en spændende rutsjebanetur for øret og øjet. Eller som Roland Spiegel fra den bayerske radio skrev for mange år siden: ”The listener experiences something new when David Helbock plays. And it ́s never top-heavy music – it ́s music that thrills the body and the mind.”

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