Joachim Schoenecker, Martin Sasse & Markus Schieferdecker - Trio Tales (2023) [Hi-Res]

Welcome to "Trio Tales", the trialogic tales of three masters of their trade. The album title is programmatic in two respects. On the one hand, because there is no leadership in this wonderfully relaxed grooving trio. Joachim Schoenecker, Martin Sasse and Markus Schieferdecker are constantly in musical conversation with each other and conduct it attentively, respectfully, always at eye level. There is never a hint of hierarchy, the music breathes collegiality, is fed by the pure joy of playing together.

On the other hand, it is all about "Tales", and Schoenecker, Sasse and Schieferdecker are brilliant storytellers. Their stories are full of melodic and rhythmic finesse, catchy, unagitated, cool and self-confident. They quickly get into the situation at hand, literally taste the melodies, let them sparkle and use them, elegantly cushioned, as a springboard into the improvisational. Wide awake they vary themes and styles, chords and rhythms and delight in the finesses of only supposedly simple melodies, which have standard character without always being standards…

Joachim Schoenecker, guitar
Martin Sasse, piano
Markus Schieferdecker, bass