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Jazzorchester Vorarlberg

Introducing the SWR 26/10

The very first album of JOV presents Philip Yaeger's compositions.

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There's a lot of talk about music being a universal language but the repetition of that pretty phrase sometimes obscures the concrete truth of it: music is a language much like any other. The art of speaking it is in the individuality: if you describe the sun to me, it will be different than when I describe it to you. And the beauty of music is that if you find a new way of saying some- thing, the "something" you are saying also becomes new. The Vorarlberger dialect can be by turns friendly, impenetrable, or both at the same time; the people are hardworking, straightforward and a touch idiosyncratic – and you can hear it in the music: there's not much talk about what it all means, will people like it, can we sell it. Instead there's an original approach, a dedication to handwork and a genuine and uncomplicated love for music and for playing together. Styles come and go, opinions change with the winds, but we want to tell you what we really think, where we're from and why we are here. Are you listening?

Phil Yaeger, Vienna, June 2010

musicians:

vocals: Aja *

reeds: Martin Franz, Doris Franziska Franz, Andi Broger, Klaus Peter

trumpets: Dave Blaser, Martin Eberle, Herbert Walser-Breuß **, Anton Meusburger ***

french horn: Christoph Ellensohn

trombones: Stefan Konzett, Thomas Gertner, Egon Heinzle

rhodes & piano: Benny Omerzell

bass: Dietmar Kirchner

drums: Christian Eberle

composition, trombone: Philip Yaeger

* on 04 , 07, 08; ** on 01-03, 06, 08; *** on 04 , 05, 07