Julia Hulsmann Trio - Sooner And Later

Berlin-based pianist Julia H�lsmann returns to the trio format for Sooner and Later, an album which distils the experience of journeys to distant destinations. In the last couple of years H�lsmann, bassist Marc Muellbauer and drummer Heinrich K�bberling have taken their music around the world, from Europe to the US, Canada, Peru, Central Asia and China, where something special developed. It helped to open up new sonic territory for us. The Central-Asian weeks find their most explicit echo in the form of Biz Joluktuk, a tune the band heard in performance from a 12-year-old violinist in Kyrgyzstan and which was later re-harmonized by Julia. Once again, all three members of the trio have contributed compositions to the album. The title of Hulsmann's Thatpujai is an anagram of Jutta Hipp, and its theme is comprised of phrases from the late German jazz pianist's solos. The program is rounded out by a cover of Radiohead's All I Need which, like the H�lsmann-penned tracks J.J., Soon or Mond with their sometimes almost clubby grooves, emphasizes the subtle rhythmic aspects of the trio's music. Sooner and Later was recorded in September 2016 in Oslo's Rainbow Studio, and produced by Manfred Eicher.Personnel: Julia H�lsmann (piano), Marc Muellbauer (double bass), Heinrich K�bberling (drums).