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Matthias Bätzel Trio:
Green Dumplings
Label JHM Records 3618
recorded January 2000 in Weimar/Germany
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Credits
Matthias Bätzel Hammond organ
Helmut Kagerer guitar
Michael Keul drums

 

Track List
01: Green Dumplings
02: Yesterdays
03: First Rain
04: Wenn's Mailüfterl weht
05: Blue Eyes
06: A Short Story
07: Play Of Colours
08: I'll Never Forget That
09: How Deep Is The Ocean
10: Jack's Theme

 

Review
Most jazz organ players have seen and still see their roots in the then revolutionary music of Jimmy Smith - and follow these roots for a life time. Only a few players set up their own style - we think of the great Larry Young and Dan Wall. One of those few to have rid himself of the stuck tradition is Matthias Bätzel.
 
He is on his way to create a musical way of his own: Sensitive, gentle, somewhat dreamy. He tames the mighty organ, yet builds up harmonic tensions which at the end are broken up in a moderate eruption. Matthias is on his right way. A wonderful album!
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