Thierry Lang: Lyoba Revisited

Thierry Lang Lyoba Revisited (ACT) There is a distinctly European style of contemporary jazz – calm, folky, softly elegiac – that we associate with Germany and Scandinavia. We can now add Switzerland to the list with these exquisite 11 short pieces for piano, flugelhorn, bass and four cellos. Lang is a pianist and composer with a growing reputation and a gift for making chamber-sized music sound spacious, warm and welcoming. Matthieu Michel has a cool, airy sound on flugelhorn, and the cellos add a mysterious ambience