UWE OBERG RELIGHT w. JOE FONDA & LUCÍA MARTÍNEZ

UWE OBERG   Piano
JOE FONDA   Kontrabass
LUCÍA MARTÍNEZ   Schlagzeug

CD "RELIGHT" @ NOTTWO records / 2019

Live 2023:
November 23 Frankfurt/M.

Mit dem New Yorker Bassisten Joe Fonda verbindet Uwe Oberg eine lange musikalische Freundschaft, beide spielen in der legendären Band Conference Call. Im Trio mit der spanischen Schlagzeugerin Lucía Martínez lassen ihren individuellen kulturellen Background einfließen und sich gegenseitig inspirieren.
Relight klingt wie ein Destillat des klassischen Klaviertrios: traditionsbewusst und freigeistig, neugierig und lustvoll - ein rauer, ungeschliffener Diamant. Nachzuhören auf der CD RELIGHT (2019 nottwo records).

Lucía Martínez aus Sevilla hat ein reiches Perkussions-Arsenal und verknüpft mediterrane Rhythmik mit avantgardistischen Sounds. Joe Fonda ist ein gefragter Bassist der New Yorker Downtown-Szene. "This is a real virtuoso and composer of the highest order", lobt ihn Anthony Braxton.

"Oberg's instincts were spot on when choosing his partners for this disc and Relight is free piano trio playing at its finest."
THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | FEBRUARY 2020

ALL ABOUT JAZZ / JOHN SHARPE, JANUARY 2020

"Dann aber entfaltet sich vor uns eine komplexe Musik, deren Wesen die Lust am Spiel, die Lust am Finden und Erfinden ist...
Am eindrucksvollsten ist es, wenn sie ganz offene Klangfelder nach Verknüpfungen absuchen und der Musik selbst beim Werden zuhören." TIM GORBAUCH / FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU, 2019

UWE OBERG plays original compositions, free improvisation, inside-piano and music of different origin. Otmar Klammer ORF/Austria wrote: "Oberg is one of the few, who really joins american with european improvised music;(...) one of the most intriguing pianists at the fascinating intersection of New Music and Free Jazz, impressing with an economic style." Oberg is leading various bands and plays with musicians like Heinz Sauer, Mark Sanders, Paul Rogers, Silke Eberhard, Gerry Hemingway a.m.o. He received the Jazz Award of Hessen 2007. International concerts, numerous CD's.

JOE FONDA plays a major bass-role in the New York downtown-scene and has projects in Europe as well. Anthony Braxton says: "There is more to creative mastership than the surface of satisfaction and political certainty. The music
of Joe Fonda is part of a living tradition of belief and dedication. Future historians will be surprised at the breadth of Mr. Fonda's offerings. This is a real virtuoso and composer of the highest order."
Fonda plays a.o. with the Fonda/Stevens Group, with Satako Fuji, Conference Call, The Fab Trio and joined the reknowned A. Braxton Ensemble from 1984 through 1999. He is touring worldwide and has recorded a great number
of CD's.

LUCÍA MARTÍNEZ comes from Spain and lives in Berlin. She belongs to the younger european generation and is into classical music, worldmusic and contemporary Jazz. With her diverse percussion she blends Avantgarde music with mediterranean sounds. Martínez plays with Agustí Fernández in duo, with her own quartet, Lucía Martínez & the Fearless, MBM Trio. International concerts, a lot of CD's.