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72 Orchard Street

by Max Frankl

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Zurich-based German jazz guitarist Max Frankl has already released seven albums of various stripes, won a host of awards, including the ECHO Jazz, and shared the stage or studio with a remarkable array of world-class musicians. But all of this plays no role in his eighth album, 72 Orchard Street, because Frankl confidently goes beyond zero and starts completely new.

Together with trombonist Nils Wogram, saxophonist and clarinetist Reto Suhner, bassist and Guembri player Patrick Sommer and drummer Lionel Friedli, Frankl traverses very different states of sound on the album.

The fact that all these different pieces nevertheless share a common character has several reasons. On the one hand, there is the bandleader himself, who never pushes himself into the foreground. Nothing is further from his mind than a guitar album with accompaniment. Indeed, the five voices are woven into a closely meshed band sound. The star of the group is always the band itself; even the solos are never designed as individual performances, but always as colorings within the overall sound.

Another factor is a sound philosophy that, at first glance, seems very American. The fact that Frankl's teachers included the two Americans Kurt Rosenwinkel and Ben Monder, as well as Wolfgang Muthspiel, who has been based in New York for a long time, is less of a factor than a conscious decision.

Regarding the album’s titles, it is noticeable that three songs refer to places in New York, while four pieces deal with other topics. In this respect, 72 Orchard Street is half a concept album.

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released March 25, 2022

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Max Frankl Zurich, Switzerland

One of Europe’s finest jazz guitarists, Max Frankl combines superb phrasing, clean articulation, fleet-fingered flowing lines and thoughtful, harmonically rich compositions on his upcoming album 72 Orchard Street, his eighth recording as a leader and most compelling to date. He is joined by a crew of remarkably interactive players and exceptional soloists for this outstanding release. ... more

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