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knives

by Achim Kaufmann

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Marche B2 04:43
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2300 Skiddoo 07:15
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Heavy Lace 01:41
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Sand Melody 04:33
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about

"knives" is my first solo piano album. It was largely done in one session at the old BIMhuis in Amsterdam in late 2003.
Dick Lucas captured the sound of the two Steinways beautifully.

credits

released November 1, 2004

Achim Kaufmann : piano solo

all music - Achim Kaufmann (gema)
except 2300 Skiddoo by Herbie Nichols

recorded by Dick Lucas at Bimhuis Amsterdam, December 9, 2003
(3) and (5) recorded by Wolfgang Stach at Loft Köln, March 25, 2004
(9) recorded live by Frank Gratkowski at Lehmbruck-Museum Duisburg, January 10, 2003
mixed and mastered by Dick Lucas

artwork and titles by Gabriele Guenther
liner notes by Greg Buium

released as Leo Records LR 409

Press quotes:

"If Anton Webern had written bebop, this is what it might well have sounded like."
Christian Carey, Splendid Magazine

"Kaufmann's sensitivity exhibits itself not in the post-Bill Evans or Keith Jarrett misappropriation of the word, where it can mean 'bog-standard classicism', but in his keen ear for meaningful note choices and in his pithy, pared-back structures. The opening track immediately alerts you to Kaufmann's distinctive voice. Its elastic structure and busy surface is welded together with audibly precise off-tonal motifs..."
Philip Clark, The Wire (July 2005)

"Stylistically it's refreshingly hard to pin down (…) - Kaufmann is fluid, supple, exhibiting a relaxed and nuanced pianism that owes as much to a classical training, and the tradition of the Etude (Debussy and Ligeti..) …
Kaufmann's reading of "2300 Skiddoo" is a real treat (and reveals a thorough knowledge of Misha, Monk - but also Messiaen), but it's only one of a whole bag of treats on offer here."
Dan Warburton, Paris Transatlantic

"Achim Kaufmann's set of solo piano improvisations is concise and very adventurous. (…) He often plays violently but at other times creates an uneasy piece that is anything but peaceful. (…) Overall this is an intriguing if somewhat disturbing set of avantgarde-jazz."
Scott Yanow, The All Music Guide

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Achim Kaufmann / Trokaan Berlin, Germany

Achim Kaufmann is a pianist, composer and improviser based in Berlin.

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