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A history of LINES:

In the spring of 1995 I stayed in London once again at the house of my friend and long-time associate Marcio Mattos. A quartet with Phil Wachsmann and Jim Denley came together for the first time for a typical London club gig at the China Pig. The music was fantastic and we decided to continue working as a steady group, which we called Lines. But we felt that a fifth voice would make the composition and chemistry of the group even better.

At the same time I was looking for a new possibility to work with the German trumpet player Axel Dörner, in whose first quartet I had played at the beginning of the 90's in Köln. He seemed to me to fit ideally into the group. Lines first came together as a quintet for our concert at the Ruhr Jazz Festival, in my hometown Bochum - the music was really magic. One piece of this concert recorded October 27, 1995 is documented on our first CD: LINES (Random Acoustics RA 022, 1997). Since then, the group has toured a lot in Europe at many festivals and clubs.

The two weeks in Australia really were a great experience for all of us, and produced some very special music, examples of which are documented on this CD.

MARTIN BLUME (2002)

Lines In Australia
   Jim Denley (flutes, alto saxophone, flax, voice)
   Axel Dörner (trumpet)
   Phil Wachsmann (violin)
   Marcio Mattos (bass, cello, electronics)
   Martin Blume (drums)

Lines, the group, has been working together since 1995.  In early 2000, the group went to Australia for an extended tour.  During their coast-to-coast sojourn, the group went into the studio and made this recording.

Possibly due to the tour, the Australian outback, the air, whatever, this may be the group's finest recording.   Denley wrote in the liners that their Australian tour gave the group an opportunity to get to know each other as people, and that sharing comes through very powerfully in the music.  The music is visual, it is in the moment.

Comes with our highest recommendation!

8 tracks in 56:18 minutes

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