Morello / Francel / Faller - Living is easy, mostly
Paulo Morello Guitar
Mulo Francel Saxophone, Clarinet
Sven Faller Double Bass
Three friends who have traveled the world in various formations over the years.
Three extravagant representatives of the European jazz and world music scene.
In this new trio, both their individual qualities as virtuosos and their blind interplay come to full fruition. Intimate interplay with energetic outbursts, multi-faceted grooves, virtuosic inventiveness, and artful melodic counterpoint characterize the ensemble. The fact that all three have also established themselves as composers is reflected in the varied program of different original compositions.
The musicians have often performed in pairs over the years:
Morello and Faller played numerous concerts together with the Belgian jazz icon Philip Catherine. Francel and Morello toured Italy, Brazil, and Germany with Quadro Nuevo. Faller and Francel met during their music studies in the early '90s. They then lost touch when Sven Faller moved to New York. Here, you can hear them united as a trio.
"Whenever we come together, we have a great time."
Living is easy, mostly!
This is also the title of their joint album, which was released as a CD, LP, and digitally by GLM Music and highly praised in the trade press.
Paulo Morello is considered one of the most versatile jazz guitarists in Europe. Together with Grammy winner Leny Andrade and Bossa Nova pioneer Johnny Alf, Morello has performed at the most significant European and South American jazz festivals. He passed his baptism of fire in the Hammond trio as a sideman for the legendary Jimmy Smith, whom he accompanied on his last European tour.
With his trio "Hammond Eggs," Morello toured internationally with soloists Randy Brecker and Bob Mintzer. In the successful project "Night of Jazz Guitars," he played with guitar legends like the late Larry Coryell and Pat Martino.
Additionally, he has collaborated with Paul Kuhn, Billy Cobham, Airto Moreira, Ivan Lins, Raul de Souza, André Ceccarelli, Martin Taylor, Jim Mullen, Don Menza, Howard Alden, Roberta Gambarini, and the WDR and BR orchestras.
Currently, Morello is extensively touring with his "Sambop" quartet, his trio with Belgian guitar legend Philip Catherine, and the duo with Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius.
Morello serves as the artistic director of the Jazz Institute Berlin and teaches there as a professor of jazz guitar. "Paulo Morello's guitar sounds as if George Benson had been blown to Rio de Janeiro," says AZ München.
Mulo Francel has stood out for many years with his elegantly smooth tone, like a lighthouse in the German saxophone scene. The high art of jazz improvisation intertwines for him with preferences for tango, Mediterranean artistry, and old European melodies. With his ensemble Quadro Nuevo, he has toured even the most remote stages of the globe and won the Echo Jazz award twice as the best live act.
In the projects The Sax and the Sea and Mountain Melody, the wind player and globetrotter faced entirely new challenges:
Saxophone completely solo in various locations near the sea, music recorded with adventurous musician colleagues on the peaks of myth-enveloped mountains.
Mulo Francel is a musical bridge builder who passionately engages with his listeners and fellow musicians in every single note.
Sven Faller has made a name for himself internationally with his melodic style on the double bass and as a composer. After studying at the Mannes College of Music, he lived in New York for many years, traveling for concerts between Tromsø, Singapore, Istanbul, and Rio around the world. He has played with numerous notable artists such as Larry Coryell, Konstantin Wecker, Georg Ringsgwandl, and Pippo Pollina.
Since the release of the concept album and the accompanying book "Night Music," he has also established himself as an author and storyteller. The latest result of this work is the stage program "Transatlantic Stories" with actor August Zirner.
Copyright: Rita Dollmann
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