The TransAtlantic Collective - Traveling Song

The TransAtlantic Collective is a new contemporary jazz ensemble, whose members and collaborators are some of the top emerging artists from New York City and London. It was started in 2005 by Patrick Cornelius (an award-winning New York saxophonist and composer) and London-based American Michael Janisch (a prominent new global voice on the acoustic and electric bass) as a way to bring musicians from London and New York together and spark musical kinship between both sides of the Atlantic. The core of the project was completed with the up-and-coming percussionist and composer Paul Wiltgen (from Luxembourg) and the current line-up features London trumpeter Quentin Collins and the Estonian pianist Kristjan Randalu. The TransAtlantic Collective's music blends the contemporary sounds of modern progressive jazz and world music with the rich tradition of jazz history. While the ensemble's current focus is the development and introduction of new original material, it also gives a tip of the hat to the great jazz lexicon through the reinterpretation of classic standards, such as Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, Sonny Rollin's Airegin, and It's All Right With Me. The TransAtlantic Collective has really established itself as an exciting working unit, forging genuine connections between London, Europe, and NYC...highly-charged contemporary jazz fuelled by their innate virtuosity, but never hindered by it... - JazzwisePersonnel: Patrick Cornelius (alto saxophone), Quentin Collins (trumpet), Kristjan Randalu (piano), Michael Janisch (double bass), Paul Wiltgen (drums)