CD presentation

With the CD project “Martin Nitsch: Music for the New Life Quintet” (CD musikmuseum 61), the CD series of the Tyrolean State Museums expanded its focus towards jazz from Tyrol.

This event focuses on the second jazz production on the musikmuseum label:
NOW by Bernd Haas focuses on atmospherically dense free improvisation. What is also known in the German-speaking world as “new improvised music” or simply “improvised music” refers to a musical genre that emerged from free jazz with links to the ideas of representatives of contemporary classical music (including John Cage) and can be located in the border area of jazz and new music.
The music collection of the Tiroler Landesmuseen is thus sending out a clear signal, a commitment to recognising the role of the avant-garde in the development process of every tradition. In addition to Bernd Haas, the audiophile CD features Tyrolean musicians Johannes Sigl, Lukas Laimer, Helmut Sprenger, Klaus Telfser, Anna Widauer and Roland Heinz, leading exponents of the local jazz scene.

The CD presentation will not only present excerpts from the album, but also discuss topics such as free improvisation in jazz.