Minos, by Mathias Rissi

Minos

by Mathias Rissi

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1.	Minotauros 14:30	buy track
2.	Tatanka Iyotake 10:17	buy track
3.	Khamsîn 12:08	buy track
4.	Tupac Amaru 06:50	buy track
5.	Nûr 02:38	buy track
6.	Al-Asifah 07:57	buy track
7.	Verino Qu`es 05:32	buy track
8.	El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz 11:53	buy track

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Mathias Rissi is little known but those who recognize his name might identify him as leader of the highly innovative Q4 ORCHESTRA. He has a spectacular command of his horn, with notes cascading like water gushing from a faucet. It is humorless fare, which is a shame, because the saxophonist is so talented. The string bass-less rhythm section of Guerino Mazzola and Heinz Geisser is a perfect match, as these two have played together often – and it shows. Rissi seems never to run out of ideas, bouncing off the groundwork laid by his colleagues. Even the slower pieces are performed powerfully and Rissi exudes virility even if he lacks (barely) the overbearing locomotive quality of, say, Peter Brätzmann, Rissi`s fat tone, prodded by Geisser`s in-your-face percussion and supported by Mazzola`s debt to Cecil Taylor, mark the saxophonist and the trio as a unit with something important to contribute.
Steve Loewy, AllMusic

Regardless of inspiration, these three musicians produce music that is vividly alive and startlingly real. It is music that is here and now, that scoops up ist audience and takes it with them on a great adventure. Rissi, Mazzola and Geisser produce robust, stimulating music that leaves one gasping for breath. They are a supercherged trio.
Frank Rubolino, OneFinalNote

credits

released November 16, 2020

Mathias Rissi - tenor-, alto saxophones
Guerino Mazzola - grand piano
Heinz Geisser - percussion

Compositions by RISSI-MAZZOLA-GEISSER © 2002 SUISA;
NÛR by Mazzola/Geisser © 2002 SUISA;
VERINO QU`ES by Mazzola © 2002 SUISA

Recorded December 16, 2002 Milano, Italy
Recording by Paolo Falascone, MuRec Studio, Milano, Italy
Mastering by Aldo Borrelli, Disctronics, Tribiano, Milano, Italy

Cover photo/design by Mathias Rissi

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Mathias Rissi is a Swiss jazz musician whose focus is on contemporary jazz and free improvised music.

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