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Michael Wollny
Wasted & Wanted

VÖ: 24.02.2012

Genre: Piano Jazz

Format

€17.50*

ACT 9515-2, 614427951526

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Michael Wollny / piano, spinett
Eva Kruse / bass, glockenspiel
Eric Schaefer / drums, kulintang, melodica

Produced by Guy Sternberg
Executive Producer: Siggi Loch

Recorded August 2011 at FWL Studios Leipzig and November 2011 at Hansa
Studios Berlin by Guy Sternberg.

Cover art: Love is the Drug (Detail), 2011 by Daniel Richter / ACT Art Collection

Limited Edition plus Bonus CD: Live at JazzFest Berlin

The album by "Germany's strongest (jazz) musical personality since Albert Mangelssdorff" (Hamburger Abendblatt): In all the crevices where convention doesn't want them, Michael Wollny's [em] explores new music. An adventure full of ingenuity, power and virtuosity.

Michael Wollny

The Schweinfurt-born jazz pianist and composer is regarded as one of Europe's most outstanding musicians. He became known through his work in the trio [em] with Eva Kruse and Eric Schaefer and as a solo artist and impresses with his virtuoso and cross-genre style. Wollny's albums often combine influences from classical, avant-garde and pop music. He has worked with artists such as Nils Landgren, Heinz Sauer, Vincent Peirani and Joachim Kühn and is known for his unconventional compositions and improvisational freedom. For years he has been shaping a new generation of musicians as professor of jazz piano at the Leipzig University of Music and Theatre.