Philipp van Endert Trio (Remixed & Remastered 2025) Philipp van Endert

• 1 Waltz for Andy (remixed & remastered 2025) 07:21
• 2 Mouse (remixed & remastered 2025) 10:55
• 3 Medicine Man (remixed & remastered 2025) 07:10
• 4 Dumbledore (remixed & remastered 2025) 06:31
• Total Runtime 31:57

Info for Philipp van Endert Trio (Remixed & Remastered 2025)

The latest release of guitar player/composer Philipp van Endert works in the very intimate environment of a trio. It is probably the most mature and sensitive performance among the more than 20 albums on which he played as either leader or Sideman. This timeless Jazz recording came out so well because Philipp van Endert and his partners André Nendza and Kurt Billker have worked together for many years and have a familiar relation and intimate knowledge of each other, which can be felt in each and every take. The careful selection of the compositions and the contribution of the great solo artists Kenny Wheeler and Rob Hall underline the singular atmosphere of this session. Van Endert shows his straightforward power in a very impressive manner and brings all merits to bear in this great Jazz recording, which is full of character.

„A guitar sound that spreads so softly and organically from the ground into the environment, as if it were not played by a human, but grown after a warm summer rain“ (Jazzthetik)

“His music is beautiful and exhilarating, and will please all who care to listen”

Philipp van Endert, guitar
André Nendza, bass
Kurt Billker, drums
Guests:
Kenny Wheeler, flugelhorn (tracks 1, 2, 9, 10)
Rob Hall, soprano saxophone (tracks 5, 10)

Digitally remastered

Philipp van Endert
The latest releases of guitar player/composer Philipp van Endert provides further evidence of his sensitive grasp of dramatic tension. Open space and breathing are elements that come to mind when listening to his current projects (from duo, trio up to sextet). Van Endert uncovers and gives new life to the secret force fields of long-discovered melody lines with virtuosic instinct. His music is like a bird’s flight of musical fantasy across the resources of our Jazz heritage. It is not an attempt to reinvent coolness, but rather to sharpen sensitivity for the special quality of lyrical creativity. Philipp van Endert impresses with his musical prowess and brings many of his strengths to the fore in his latest beguiling yet weighty Jazz recordings. This guitarist has found the recipe for gratifying Jazz enthusiasts in their quest for meaning…

Since his return from the USA, Philipp van Endert has matured into an individual and distinctive voice in the current jazz scene. He has played several tours, made recordings in America and Europe and has accepted the invitations of many international festivals – among them the well-known Montreux Jazz Festival, The Hague Jazz, Jazz Sur Son Toulouse and Leverkusener Jazztage. His guitar playing, which is energetic whilst also being lyrical, is documented on more than 45 CD releases and has brought him together with jazz greats including Mike Stern, Danny Gottlieb, Lajos Dudas, Jarek Smietana, Karl Berger, Gerd Dudek, Kenny Wheeler, Adrian Mears, Philip Catherine and Rick Margitza.

Nomination for the German Record Award 2006 in the jazz category with the production Philipp van Endert Trio – KHILEBOR (JazzSick Records), winner of the Steven D. Holland Memorial Scholarship, of the Berklee Guitar Department Achievement Award and of the Cultural Promotion Prize of the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital Duesseldorf (1996).

Since 2001 he has also been the manager of the record label JazzSick Records, a label with over 120 CD releases so far in the national and international market.

Since 2009, Philipp van Endert has been assistant professor for jazz and electric guitar at the Institute For Music And Media at the University of Music Duesseldorf and at the Institute for Music Osnabrueck.

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