Christoph Cech & oenm "Satiesfaction"

Austria

Valentina Cinquini – harp
Dušan Kranjc - trombone
Stefan Konzett – trombone
Christoph Cech – piano, composition

“Signs of the Times: The artists have become professionals, the amateurs artists,” is said to have been stated by Erik Satie, whose last name resonates in the project name of the current program by pianist and composer Christoph Cech. Together with musicians from the 50-year-old oenm, short for Austrian Ensemble for New Music, the recently emeritus professor of various forms of jazz and improvisation is exploring a polyamorous relationship with these musical partners of his dreams. The fact that the above-quoted French Gymnopédist is honored in a duo with harp and piano, and that two different trombones join in for “Joni” (which could very well be dedicated to a Canadian friend of Charles Mingus) or the onomatopoeic “Snowflakes Chaos Theory,” only makes it more exciting. Jazz and New Music are “still alive,” as another title suggests.