The Walk by Nils Wogram Nostalgia

The new album by Nils Wograms is entitled “The Walk”. And that's exactly how the music begins. Trombonist Nils Wogram, organist Arno Krijger and drummer Dejan Terzić march off together. They become tour guides, simply taking their listeners with them with their gripping groove. No subtext, no false bottom. Off they go. But as early as the second track, “Love”, it becomes clear that this journey will not be as straightforward and focused as the opener might have suggested. Each of these tracks describes a station along the way which, on the one hand, is independent of all the other stations and yet makes sense as part of the overall journey.

In other words, “The Walk” is a very stringent album in its choice of means, but in terms of the diversity of its expressive possibilities, it is a panorama that fans out further song by song. Wogram, Krijger and Terzić work with subtle changes of mood. Ultimately, it is a journey from the outside in. The self-confident departure into the world gives way to a hyper-sensitive walk into the unknown and a journey of discovery into the individual and collective inner life. So it is not about the walk as such, but about what happens to people on this journey. “The Walk” documents a process of letting go and internalizing. The physicality of the outer world unites with the spirituality of inner projection.

Nils Wogram counts as one of the most important jazz musicians in Europe. He is mainly known for his virtuous trombone playing, his original compositions and as a band leader of working bands with a unique ensemble sound. In 2010 he started his own record label nwog-records on which he releases his albums.

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