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Colors

by Reto Suhner Nonett

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1.
Intro 01:12
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2.
Urbanism 04:30
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3.
Run 04:45
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4.
Hang Out 08:43
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5.
Montag 07:46
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Stars 05:39
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On Dominant 05:51
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C-son 06:05
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Absinth 03:16
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Modenschau 05:02
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Sleep 02:54
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Schwaene im Weltall 07:41
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Outro 02:52
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In 13 compositions The „Reto Suhner Nonett“ leads the contrasts between big and small. Without ever losing it's originality listening to the fascinating and warm sound of seven horns including french horn and tuba is reminiscent of Gil Evans. „Colors“ is Suhners first masterpiece as an arranger.



"Colors in Motion: Reto Suhner Nonet COLORS

Even inveterate enthusiasts of black-and-white-movies would not give up on colors in their „real“ life. Colors have a signalling effect. Colors stimulate the senses. Colors are enchanting. Colors are fascinating.

Music usually is invisible – but still we speak of acoustic colors. There actually are people who associate certain sounds with certain colors – the term for this is synaesthesia.

You do not have to be a synaesthete to experience the reviving effect of acoustic colors. Reto Suhner is no synaesthete – but still he has felt the urge to broaden his palette of acoustic colors. Until now, the saxophonist was accompanied on most of his own recordings (which are anything but monochrome!) by piano, contra bass and drums.

For his Nonet, Suhner adds six further brass players, but abandons the piano – and thus consciously creates a significant contrast between artfully arranged ensemble-passages and transparent- interactive passages, in which the enormously imaginative improvisations are accompanied by bass and drums only.

Thus, an interplay full of suspense and surprise is created; an interplay between solid and fluid forms, between opulence and asceticism, and between graphic and abstract forms of painting with acoustic colors.

The presence of tuba and French horn reveals Suhners affinity for the music, which Gil Evans wrote for Miles Davis (parts of this music Suhner has interpreted as a member of the Zurich Jazz Orchestra). This affinity does not end in epigonality. First of all, Suhner uses his own material ( with one exception, he has had recorded all pieces before in a less orchestral context.) Secondly, he lets his intuition guide his arrangements. Suhner is convinced, that a certain level of incidence leads to more liveliness. To use the incidence creatively, one needs the will to take risks and a quick power of deduction. Suhner has often proven in his improvisations that he possesses plenty of these abilities. COLORS is his first master piece as an arranger." Tom Gsteiger, April 2013

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released January 1, 2013

Reto Suhner-alto and soprano saxophones, alto clarinet, flute, piccolo
Adrian Pflugshaupt-tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, alto flute, piccolo
Matthias Tschopp-baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Lukas Thoeni-trumpet, flugelhorn
Mark Gebhart-french horn
Antonio Neilley-Menendez de Llano-tuba
Dominique Girod-bass
Dominik Burkhalter-drums
Peter Stoffel-Design and Cover

recorded, mastered and mixed by Andy Neresheimer
a production with SRF2Kultur, co-produced by Peter Buerli
all compositions by Reto Suhner (Suisa)

with supoort of the Cassinelli-Vogel-Stiftung and the Kulturfoerderung Appenzell Ausserrhoden

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