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Maria Faust Jazz Catastrophe: 3rd Mutation (DK)

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Saxophonist and composer Maria Faust is renowned and respected worldwide for her award-winning ensembles Sacrum Facere, Machina, and Jazz Catastrophe. Although her unique musical language as a composer and singular improvising style are easily identified, she is difficult to place in the kanon of contemporary jazz and composition. This is partly due to the broad spectrum of her influences and also because her music goes beyond stylistic definitions and into the realm of the deeply personal. Today Maria Faust is one of the most celebrated and established Estonian musicians of all time, recipient of numerous awards and prizes from Estonia and Denmark (where she resides), but also a celebrated artist all over Europe and slowly but surely catching the attention of American audiences.

Maria Faust´s Jazz Catastrophe was originally founded in Copenhagen in 2012 as a modern big band, and the current album documents its third mutation. Concentrated and reduced down to its essence like a thick syrup, the new music is performed by a trio where Maria Faust´s alto saxophone is flanked by long-time associates Lars Pilgaard on guitar and Anders Vestergaard on drums.

Saxofonist og komponist Maria Faust er anerkendt og respekteret verden over for sine prisvindende ensembler ‘Sacrum Facere’, ‘Machina’ og ‘Jazz Catastrophe’. Selvom hendes unikke musikalske sprog som komponist og enestående improvisations-stil er lette at genkende, er hun svær at placere i den samtidige jazz- og kompositions-kanon. Dette er delvis på grund af hendes brede spektrum af inspirationskilder, og fordi hendes musik går ud over stilistiske definitioner og ind i den dybt personlige sfære. I dag er Maria Faust en af de mest hædrede og etablerede estiske musikere nogensinde, og har modtaget adskillige priser fra Estland og Danmark (hvor hun bor), og hun er dertil en hædret kunstner på tværs af Europa, der langsomt men sikkert er ved at fange det amerikanske publikums opmærksomhed.

Maria Fausts Jazz Catastrophe blev oprindeligt dannet i København i 2012 som et moderne bigband, og det nyeste album er dets tredje mutation. Den nye musik er koncentreret og kogt ind til sin essens, som tyk sirup, og bliver opført af en trio, hvor Maria Fausts alt saxofon er flankeret af gamle samarbejdspartnere som Lars Pilgaard på guitar og Anders Vestergaard på trommer.

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