Wed 26.2. Werkcafé at Kulturhof Gohlis 8:00 pm
Evgeny Ring (sax), Bertram Burkert (g), Sascha Stiehler (p), Philipp Rohmer (kb), Dominique Ehlert (dr)
VVK 12/8 € plus fee at Culton Ticket, AK 14/10 €

Review: It's 2011 and the first leaves are on a meadow by a pond. In the background, the gray tones of bulky prefabricated buildings blend with the lighter gray of the sky. Four young men in leather jackets focus their eyes on the camera - behind them, mallards bob dreamily in the water. Evgeny Ring, Sascha Stiehler, Philipp Rohmer and Dominique "Gaga" Ehlert - they met in Leipzig - have just released their debut album Ya Tashus' as the Evgeny Ring Quartet. It was released in the prestigious Jazz Thing Next Generation series on Doublemoon Records. With "Blick zurück" a composition by guitarist Bertram Burkert, who joined the quartet in 2016 for a tour of Russia, now opens - pensive but not nostalgic - the album RADAR (Egolaut Records) announced for Feb. 20, 2020. Under this name, the band, which now sees itself as a collective of equal partners, is now on the road. Expect the new album to have an astonishing compositional range: Ring's connection to 20th century art music, for example, finds just as much room as Burkert's prog rock elements. The diversity of the pieces is held together by the common sound aesthetic of the participants. The look ahead can be dared with confidence!
Evgeny Ring (sax), Bertram Burkert (g), Sascha Stiehler (p), Philipp Rohmer (kb), Dominique Ehlert (dr)
VVK 12/8 € plus fee at Culton Ticket, AK 14/10 €