{"id":8302,"date":"2023-01-20T19:56:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T17:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patamusic.de\/pata-orchestra\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T22:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T20:41:55","slug":"pata-kandinsky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patamusic.de\/en\/pata-kandinsky\/","title":{"rendered":"Pata Kandinsky"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8302\" class=\"elementor elementor-8302 elementor-8296\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21b253e elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21b253e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c736d0a\" data-id=\"c736d0a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40b2a93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40b2a93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PATA KANDINSKY<\/strong><\/p><div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8499\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/patamusic.de\/en\/pata-kandinsky\/collage-pata-kandinsky-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patamusic.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Collage-Pata-Kandinsky-1.jpg?fit=306%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"306,246\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Collage Pata Kandinsky\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patamusic.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Collage-Pata-Kandinsky-1.jpg?fit=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patamusic.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Collage-Pata-Kandinsky-1.jpg?fit=306%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8499 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patamusic.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Collage-Pata-Kandinsky-1.jpg?resize=306%2C246&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pata Kandinsky\" width=\"306\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patamusic.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Collage-Pata-Kandinsky-1.jpg?w=306&amp;ssl=1 306w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patamusic.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Collage-Pata-Kandinsky-1.jpg?resize=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/>A new, sonorous mosaic piece in Norbert Stein&#8217;s constantly growing oeuvre: Pata Kandinsky. Once again, the saxophonist and composer creates &#8220;staged spaces&#8221; in which he merely sets moods for his instrumentalists to inspire them to solo, free, improvised movements.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>This time, the starting point for Norbert Stein&#8217;s orchestral work, rich in imagery, are the creative thoughts of the painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), which the co-founder of the &#8220;Blauer Reiter&#8221; group and later Bauhaus master made the basis of his abstract art. 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elementor-element-bb39698\" data-id=\"bb39698\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b3a479 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b3a479\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Press and media<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68279f7 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68279f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85b172e\" data-id=\"85b172e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d246a14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d246a14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-cap\"><span class=\"init-cap\">A<\/span>n intense but not intimidating six-part suite, Pata Kandinsky takes as its jumping off point the art and artistic theories of Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944). Famous as a pioneering abstractionist, Kandinsky also had a deep appreciation for music and its effects. Composed by German tenor saxophonist Norbert Stein and interpreted by him and 11 other K\u00f6ln improvisers the Pata Kandinsky suite reflects the preparation and details of creating art and personifies the painter\u2019s search for confluence. Kandinsky often theorized about uniting contradiction among paintings\u2019 color, form and representation. So as improvised solos and group creativity among the brass, reed, string, percussion and electronic sections are expressed, the contractions and blends implicit in music and visual art are explored.<\/p><p>With sequences of undulations, stop-time interludes, careful harmonies and crescendos, the band adds loud, soft, dark, light, dissonant and static sonic brush strokes to this canvas. Unobtrusive, but omnipresent, Joker Nies\u2019 watery oscillations, voltage drones and signal processed patterns serve as the ornamental frame. Mainly because he\u2019s the only brass player, the downward flutters, half-valve smears and hunting-horn-like ripples from Nicolao Valiensi\u2019s euphonium stand out. This is especially true on \u201cDunkles Holz, helles Holz, Gold wird Silber\u201d when among a <em>kaleidoscope of crisscrossing tonal variations from the harmonized <\/em>reeds, \u00a0harmonizes individual animated <em>striations are featured.<\/em><\/p><p>Michael Heupel\u2019s flute peeps, sometimes united with similar trills from one or more of the three clarinets project elevated timbres. Whereas curlicue clarinet bites and Stein\u2019s intense spews alongside pianist Uwe Oberg\u2019s keys slides are the <em>pointillist<\/em> tinctures added to \u201cStrichcodes und Kollektive\u201d. Meanwhile tolling smacks from J\u00f6rg Fischer\u2019s drums provide the march tempo on it and other tracks. While German dialogue and cabaret style keyboard emphasis during the conclusion relate to Kandinsky\u2019s Bauhaus-era experience, slight saxophone dissonance relate back to the suite\u2019s initial reed movement. However the suite\u2019s real climax is reached on the penultimate track. Aggressive tonal shading is divided among elevated piano tinkles, drum rattles and bangs plus compounded horn variations. Decidedly or inadvertently reflecting facets of Kandinsky\u2019s career, the disc can stand on its own as notable music.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Ken Waxman \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzword.com\/reviews\/norbert-stein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Jazzword<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\/ Canada<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62a9dab elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62a9dab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97180e3\" data-id=\"97180e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d04d01 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0d04d01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac866bd elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac866bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f144acc\" data-id=\"f144acc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b68831 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b68831\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>from:<\/em><br \/><em>Jazz Album Reviews: Jazz Composers&#8217; Omnibus 2024<\/em><\/p><p>&#8230; Now we enter thicker jungles of sound.<\/p><p>German composer Norbert Stein, who has generously provided me with copies of his recent CDs, offers a new set (<em>Pata Kandinsky<\/em>, Pata 2024) that documents a performance by his Pata Orchestra at the Multiphonics Festival at Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, in Wuppertal, Germany, on September 29, 2023. The 12-piece ensemble here, like R\u00e5berg\u2019s, is reed-heavy, with the addition of euphonium, live electronics, and a rhythm section of piano, bass, and drums. Stein himself is an accomplished tenor saxophonist, though he limits his role to that of leader and ensemble player here.<\/p><p>New listeners to Stein\u2019s music will find a great resource in three YouTube video postings of movements from\u00a0<em>Pata Kandinsky<\/em>\u00a0(see \u201cMore\u201d below for the links) as they were performed in Wuppertal. They show how Stein cues themes visually with his hands and musically with his tenor saxophone, and how effectively the ensemble follows his direction.<\/p><p>The band includes the remarkable double-bell euphonium virtuoso Nicolao Valiensi and flutist Michael Heupel, both of whom were featured on the last Stein release,\u00a0<em>Heartland<\/em>. Both solo brilliantly in the first movement of the suite. Joker Nies, who adds electronics color throughout, has real solos in the first two movements; his work here represents the first time I have heard the abstract breeps and blips of live electronics make real musical sense. The section is superb \u2014 pianist Uwe Oberg has a big feature in the fifth movement, drummer J\u00f6rg Fischer gets a leadoff solo in the last one, and bassist Florian Herzog is all over his axe in each one.<\/p><p>The music is a six-part suite inspired by the work and the words of Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944). Just as Kandinsky\u2019s dynamic abstractions were constructed with remarkable gravity and balance, so Stein\u2019s suite is an exuberant but meticulous juggle. He provides unison themes that at times recall Abdullah Ibrahim, Thelonious Monk, or a marching band; disciplined free-improv spots for solo instruments, combinations of them, or the entire orchestra; and supporting figures distributed throughout the ensemble that never cloud the forward motion. There is also a bit of wry humor hiding behind the abstractions.\u00a0<em>Pata Kandinsky<\/em>\u00a0is fascinating, and it is the second of the jazz composer\u2019s releases this year (with R\u00e5berg\u2019s) that I expect to revisit.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Steve Elman \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/artsfuse.org\/296342\/jazz-album-reviews-jazz-composerss-omnibus-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">the arts fuse<\/span><\/a> \/ USA<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e971cc0 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e971cc0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88d911d\" data-id=\"88d911d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6717460 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6717460\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ffb2004 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ffb2004\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d07ac65\" data-id=\"d07ac65\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2001f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2001f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Norbert Stein,\u00a0a luminary of the European jazz scene, is celebrated for\u00a0his ingenious\u00a0compositions and distinctive approach to the genre.\u00a0Central to Stein&#8217;s\u00a0musical philosophy is his &#8220;Pata&#8221; ideology, which\u00a0draws from the surreal\u00a0and abstract, blending whimsical, unorthodox\u00a0elements with the essence\u00a0of traditional jazz. As a saxophonist and\u00a0composer based in Germany,\u00a0Stein consistently pushes the\u00a0boundaries of jazz through this unique\u00a0fusion, establishing himself as\u00a0a revered and influential artist in the\u00a0global jazz community.\u00a0<\/p><p>Pata Kandisky, Stein&#8217;s latest\u00a0offering, is a testament to his boundless creativity and eagerness to\u00a0explore new musical landscapes. Titled as a tribute to\u00a0the Russian\u00a0abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky, the album mirrors the painter&#8217;s\u00a0innovative spirit with Stein&#8217;s cunning, vibrant and dynamic\u00a0compositions,\u00a0encapsulated in the &#8220;Suite in Six Movements.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p><p>From\u00a0the opening track, &#8220;Seven Brushstrokes, Dark and Light Steps,&#8221; the\u00a0ensemble starts with a lively free-form dialogue, followed by Stein&#8217;s\u00a0spirited\u00a0tenor sax soloing. The piece ebbs and flows with fluttering and\u00a0pumping horns, accompanied by\u00a0Michael Heupel&#8217;s intricate flute parts and\u00a0Joker Nies&#8217;\u00a0quirky EFX, all amidst gravitating horns. Stein seamlessly blends\u00a0intricate melodies with complex rhythms, his compositions conveying a\u00a0broad\u00a0spectrum of emotions.\u00a0<\/p><p>&#8220;Dark Wood, Light Wood, Gold\u00a0Becomes Silver&#8221; features growling saxophones and interwoven dialogues,\u00a0painting an abstract portrait reminiscent of\u00a0Kandinsky&#8217;s brush strokes\u00a0and colorful canvases. &#8220;Measuring The Canvas, Textures and Unfolding&#8221;\u00a0highlights\u00a0Uwe Oberg&#8217;s\u00a0playful piano solo, which\u00a0unfolds and provides the horn players with a\u00a0re-entry point, juxtaposed with undulating grooves and stately unison\u00a0choruses during the closeout. &#8220;The\u00a0Simple Song and The Infernal Sound,&#8221;\u00a0is an off-kilter ballad with blaring horns and drummer\u00a0J\u00f6rg Fischer&#8217;s driving patterns, infused by the horn section&#8217;s\u00a0hard-edged melody, leading to intense improv sequences.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>A hallmark of this album is its rich exploration of texture and form. Stein&#8217;s compositions are sophisticated and multifaceted, inviting listeners to discover new layers and details with each spin.<\/strong> Each track is a sonic adventure, packed with unexpected twists and delightful surprises, making the album a true auditory delight. <strong>With Pata Kandisky, Stein once again proves that the canvas becomes limitless in the world of jazz.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Glenn Astarita \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutjazz.com\/pata-kandinsky-norbert-stein-self-produced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">All About Jazz<\/span><\/a> \/ USA<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7eba02b elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7eba02b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91de6ea\" data-id=\"91de6ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a4fcce elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5a4fcce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9f2b2f elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9f2b2f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bcc5460\" data-id=\"bcc5460\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bd6fd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bd6fd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div>The 26th album in the discography of the German composer, saxophonist and band leader Norbert Stein, as usual, contains in its title the term &#8220;Pata&#8221;, which is constantly used by the musician to define his work. I won&#8217;t tell the history of this term in this text, because it&#8217;s not the first time we introduce Stein&#8217;s work to our readers, and I refer readers to the reviews of his previous works, which can be easily found on the website. But the second part of the title, &#8220;Kandinsky&#8221;, appears on the cover of Norbert Stein&#8217;s new album for the first time, and I think it is surprisingly accurate to the spirit of Stein&#8217;s music and his creative aspirations, and not only in this work.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Pata Kandinsky is radically different from the very chamber-like Norbert Stein&#8217;s previous album Norbert Stein Pata Polaris &#8211; Heartland, recorded in trio format in 2022. Now we are dealing with a large conceptual work &#8211; a suite in six movements, recorded during a concert in Wuppertal in 2023 at the Multiphonics festival. Here the composer entrusted it to a large ensemble of twelve musicians, mostly wind players, with a standard rhythm group and an electronic musician. Among the members of the line-up there are new faces as well as long-time colleagues, including his partners from a previous project, the flautist Michael H\u00f6ypel and the euphonium player Nicolao Valienci.<\/div><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>The hero of Norbert Stein&#8217;s suite is one of the most prominent artists and art theorists of the twentieth century, Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), a native of Russia, whose most important works are connected with Germany, where he lived and worked fruitfully until Hitler came to power (he died in France). The founder of the expressionist group of artists &#8220;Blue Rider&#8221;, Kandinsky is a recognised master of non-figurative painting, rightly considered the father of such a powerful trend in art as abstractionism, theorist of the famous school of &#8220;Bauhaus&#8221;. His ideas had the strongest impact not only on the visual arts, but also on other art forms, first of all, on music. Here lie the roots that link Kandinsky&#8217;s work with the music of Norbert Stein.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Kandinsky made a real revolution, proving and putting into practice the independent content of colour combinations and new principles of compositional constructions. In music of the first half of the twentieth century, similar revolutionary experiments were reflected in Schoenberg&#8217;s atonal dodecaphony. Characteristically, the ideas of both Kandinsky and Schoenberg were rejected by the totalitarian systems of the century &#8211; both Nazism and Communism. Stein, of course, went far away from Schoenberg&#8217;s ideas in his work, incorporating many elements of subsequent movements into his music. He has always been infinitely far from the aesthetics of classical American jazz, but the boundaries of free improvisational music have long since become narrow to him. Norbert Stein&#8217;s music is a vivid example of contemporary academic music with an indelible imprint of the composer&#8217;s individual ideas, and Pata Kandinsky is a fine example of this, which will undoubtedly occupy a special place in the master&#8217;s oeuvre.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>The titles of the suite&#8217;s movements often refer directly to Kandinsky&#8217;s painting, and the title of the second movement directly quotes Kandinsky&#8217;s main theoretical work, the book Point and Line on the Plane (1926), published in Munich under the editorship of Bauhaus leaders Walter Gropius and L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Mohol-Nadja. Stein&#8217;s tenor saxophone solos, the unison playing of his wind players, the whimsical rhythmic patterns, and the electronics are all strokes on the large and challenging canvas called Pata Kandinsky. And in the last part of the suite The Simple Song And The Infernal Sound, the listener is treated to an unexpected and seemingly illogical (and what logic can there be in Pata music?) finale with the inclusion of a human voice. <strong>It is a very difficult task to reflect the scale and peculiarities of Kandinsky&#8217;s ideas through musical means. In my opinion, Norbert Stein managed to solve it, as always, in an original and unique way.<\/strong><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Leonid Auskern \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jazzquad.ru\/index.pl?act=PRODUCT&amp;id=6724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Jazzquad.ru<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> \/ Belarus<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69ccb23 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69ccb23\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41f7594\" data-id=\"41f7594\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c420cbf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c420cbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-049d73a elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"049d73a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88b23e0\" data-id=\"88b23e0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a08dc9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a08dc9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Norbert Stein, 71, has it good. He has a style (new German: trademark).<br \/>And he has a name for it (new German: brand): Pata.<br \/>For decades, you can follow how different instrumentations and line-ups (i.e. projects) have unfolded behind this prefix.\u00a0<br \/>According to the website, there are currently three: two trios and the large formation that gives this project\/CD its name: &#8220;Pata Kandinsky&#8221;.<br \/>The cover motif (&#8220;Small Worlds VII&#8221;), the reference to the star painter of Expressionism and early Abstract Painting, Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944),\u00a0suggest that the composer Stein has also made use of graphic notation here.<br \/>It would not be the first time. He has already used such practices with the NDR Big Band on &#8220;Graffiti Suite&#8221; (2006).<br \/>Stein was not only inspired by Kandinsky&#8217;s paintings (who, for his part, had a great affinity with music; although &#8220;improvisation&#8221; in his picture\u00a0designations hardly corresponds conceptually to the same phenomenon in jazz), but also by reading his writings, for example &#8220;Punkt und Linie zu\u00a0Fl\u00e4che&#8221; (1926) or &#8220;Das Geistige in der Kunst&#8221; (1911).<\/div><div>Now, like the reviewer recently, you can stand in front of Kandinsky in the &#8220;Der blaue Reiter&#8221; section of the Lenbachhaus in Munich and not think of Pata\u00a0Music. But one would have liked to know how Kandinsky and Stein are connected, or rather how the composer Stein thought of them together &#8211; the CD\u00a0cover is silent on the subject.<br \/>But you can also listen to Pata Kandinsky as a piece of absolute music, recorded at one of the most attractive locations of contemporary visual art, in\u00a0the upper exhibition hall of sculptor Tony Cragg&#8217;s Waldfrieden sculpture park in Wuppertal, on the occasion of the 2023 edition of the multiphonics\u00a0festival.<br \/><strong>The project begins in typical Pata style, with dabbed and staggered instrumental speech melodies from the wind instruments.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>The tremolo-like individual voices can be imagined as &#8220;brushstrokes&#8221; and the bass clarinets as &#8220;dark and light steps&#8221;. Before the ensemble joins\u00a0together to form a &#8220;big&#8221; theme &#8211; and then moves apart again.<\/div><div><strong>The programme consists of a variety of running towards and away from each other, an oscillation between collective (composed, but also improvised as\u00a0in track 2, for example) and solo.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>Michael Heupel&#8217;s flute is there, as always; the bandleader&#8217;s Ayleresque, surging tenor saxophone, early on also Joker Nies&#8217; electronic textures\u00a0(recognisable in the first track &#8211; if you want to translate them visually &#8211; as dots and chains).<br \/>The stylistic panorama is once again expanded, on the one hand the typical Stein cantilenas, sing-along themes, then again structures as if from free\u00a0jazz (the choice of pianist, Uwe Oberg from Wiesbaden, is typical of this).<br \/>Norbert Stein has arranged this variety of colours and structures really cleverly, culminating in the last piece, the climax, which brings together all the\u00a0structural elements once again: a singable theme, a tenor sax solo over uptempo swing, which pours out into a free-metric collective. The high winds\u00a0remain.\u00a0<br \/><strong>Then &#8211; an Italian band like in a Fellini film.<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>And above it a woman&#8217;s voice (&#8220;from the tape): &#8220;On this summer evening&#8230;next to the family homes&#8230;you can see grass&#8221;, in a fragmented text.<br \/>One would like to know who that is. What she is reading. Because the idea is absolutely striking.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Michael R\u00fcsenberg \/ <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzcity.de\/index.php\/cd-dvd\/3022-norbert-stein-pata-kandinsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jazzcity<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> \/ Germany<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05b0689 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05b0689\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38a026c\" data-id=\"38a026c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5afa774 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5afa774\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e59205 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e59205\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46ae53b\" data-id=\"46ae53b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1a899f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1a899f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>With Wassily Kandinsky&#8217;s abstract, expressionist world of figures as a starting point, Norbert Stein composed &#8220;Pata Kandinsky&#8221; as a suite in six movements for a 12-piece orchestra, landing in the twilight zone between Free and Composed. The setting for the recordings is the Waldfrieden sculpture park in Wuppertal and somehow the holy spirit of Wuppertal&#8217;s Peter Br\u00f6tzmann seems to hover over the ensemble, as well as that of Alfred Jarry, of course. The French writer is the founder of pataphysics, the science of imaginary solutions. Transformed into jazz, this means that the co-founder of absurd theatre (&#8220;King Ubu&#8221;) also provides Norbert Stein <strong>with spiritual liberation<\/strong>. Stein&#8217;s concept of pata music is also sustainable on this live recording from the Multiphonics Festival 2023. The compositions are finely structured, sometimes sound quite delicate, even chamber music-like, but a freer flow characterises the spatial sound. When the winds take on cacophonies, even wilder splendour is the order of the day. The ensemble is generally kept in check, but as the final &#8220;The Simple Song and The Infernal Sound&#8221; shows, this makes perfect sense. The tenor saxophonists are allowed to let off steam over orchestral sound nuances, some of which are lushly notated, before reaching a solemn ensemble finale.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Alfred Pranzl \/ <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/skug.at\/norbert-stein-pata-kandinsky-pata-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skug Musikkultur<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> \/ Austria<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b968ada elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b968ada\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bae1f6\" data-id=\"3bae1f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecd6464 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ecd6464\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9c2365 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a9c2365\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2df4ef0\" data-id=\"2df4ef0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac87630 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac87630\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div>With &#8220;Pata Kandinsky&#8221;, Cologne saxophonist Norbert Stein dares to pay homage to the legendary painter Wassily Kandinsky. This is a testament &#8211; this time with a large ensemble &#8211; to Stein&#8217;s ability to think of musical structures in larger contexts, which in detail leads to undreamt-of states of refinement and contemplation. This is due above all to the musicians involved in this new production. The range between neo-tonal sound impressions, expressive free jazz, but also melodious passages is enormous.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>&#8220;Pata Kandinsky&#8221; is conceived as a suite in honour of the Russian painter and this challenges a thirteen-piece orchestra. This mosaic of moods and textures is full of sound. Each movement has its own character, from the &#8220;Seven brushstrokes, dark and light steps&#8221; to the &#8220;Simple song and the infernal sound\u201c.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><div>Norbert Stein thinks and plays far-sightedly enough to ensure that this large-scale interaction never runs the risk of getting bogged down in over-enthusiastic arbitrariness. At times, all the instruments unite to form ambitious unison choruses that seem reminiscent of legendary large-scale free jazz ensembles from the past. Experienced free-spirited characters such as Annette Maye on clarinet, Michael Heupel on flutes or Georg Wissel on alto saxophone and clarinet bring lightness and luminosity to the complex endeavour, while Uwe Oberg&#8217;s piano playing covers a no less broad palette between contemplative lyricism and cluster-like musical action painting.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Stein and his outstanding fellow musicians manage to translate the essential elements of Kandinsky&#8217;s art &#8211; point, line, surface &#8211; into musical equivalents that are both abstract and profound, but at the same time delight the curious ear with their blossoming sensuality of sound.<\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Stefan Pieper \/ <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/nrwjazz.net\/rezensionen\/norbert-stein-pata-kandinsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nrwjazz.net<\/a><\/span> \/ Germany<\/em><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2545c65 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2545c65\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb4d29f\" data-id=\"eb4d29f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f60f184 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f60f184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96b3d61 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96b3d61\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e71e570\" data-id=\"e71e570\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e2154 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63e2154\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><div>We have written many times on the blog about the records of the German tenor saxophonist Norbert Stein, all of them printed for his own label Pata Music. In particular, in the record store you will find texts for the albums &#8220;Heartland&#8221; (2022), &#8220;We Are&#8221; (2017), &#8220;Friends &amp; Dragons&#8221; (2016), &#8220;Play Rainer Maria Rilke \/ Das Karussell&#8221; (2015), &#8220;Pata on the Cadillac&#8221; (2012) and &#8220;Silent Sitting Bulls&#8221; (2010). On most of these CDs, which move in the field of creative jazz or improv-jazz, Norbert Stein was accompanied by the Pata Messengers, while on others (CDs) he was accompanied by other formations.<\/div><\/div><div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>On Norbert Stein&#8217;s most recent album, &#8220;Pata Kandinsky&#8221; [Pata Music, 2024], there is no specific ensemble accompanying the German musician, but a group of instrumentalists, consisting of him on tenor and Michael Heupel on tenor and various flutes, Georg Wissel alto, clarinet, Nicolao Valiensi euphonium, Annette Maye clarinet, Andreas Wagner saxophones, bass clarinet, Pacho Davila tenor, Rainer Weber clarinet, Joker Nies electronics, Uwe Oberg piano, Florian Herzog double bass and J\u00f6rg Fischer drums. So we are talking about a twelve-piece ensemble, a small orchestra, consisting of eight wind players, plus electronics and a rhythm section (piano, bass, drums).<\/div><div>At its base what we hear on &#8220;Pata Kandinsky&#8221; is a six-movement suite, recorded live at the Multiphonics Festival 2023, at the Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden in Wuppertal, which pays homage to the Russian painter and art theorist Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944).<\/div><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><div>Kandinsky has influenced jazz musicians in various ways. Among them are pianist Anthony Davis, saxophonists Anthony Braxton, Steve Lacy and Ivo Perelman, groups such as the Globe Unity Orchestra and the Rova Saxophone Quintet, and there are jazz groups with his surname in their names, such as the Kandinsky Effect, Kandinsky Trio, etc.<\/div><div>In any case, and apart from Kandinsky&#8217;s work on the cover of Norbert Stein&#8217;s album, it is not easy to see exactly what this influence consists of &#8211; and basically because the correspondences that can occur between painting and music are not immediately apparent. Certainly there will be some &#8220;underground&#8221; connections, but what I can say, in the first instance, is that Norbert Stein&#8217;s music is not iconoclastic and abstract, as, even in its greatest extent, it moves close to&#8230; realistic models.<\/div><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><div>The compositions, in any case, are very interesting, with the arrangements of the wind instruments (there will surely be some of them, in some parts) to win you over, through the way their sounds are intertwined, creating sometimes a sense of fanfare, while we shouldn&#8217;t underestimate the more improvisational parts, which may be more related to Kandinsky&#8217;s advanced painting (using it as inspiration), but at their base will always be jazz (the shapes of, say, Henry Threadgill).<\/div><div>A very good and very strong album, once again, from Norbert Stein and his collaborators.<\/div><\/div><br \/><div style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Phontas Troussas \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/diskoryxeion.blogspot.com\/2024\/06\/norbert-stein-pata-kandinsky.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">diskoryxeion<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> \/ Gr<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\">eece<\/span><\/em><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5848408 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5848408\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-310135a\" data-id=\"310135a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7689304 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7689304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7982488 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7982488\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c64c32\" data-id=\"7c64c32\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc2d7a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc2d7a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><div><div>Musically socialized and trained in the 1970s, the Cologne-based saxophonist and composer has been able to retain a good portion of the joy of experimentation and independent spirit from those wild years. In the 1980s, the long-time member of the Cologne Saxophone Mafia founded &#8220;Pata Musik&#8221;, a label and playing concept that has enriched contemporary jazz in Germany over the years in a wide variety of forms and stylistic influences.\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>With &#8220;Pata\u00a0Kandinsky&#8221;, Stein has now written a six-part suite in homage to the visual artist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) and extended his expressionist sensuality and abstract world of forms into music with a 13-piece orchestra. This works\u00a0excellently and remains surprisingly accessible despite all the electronic infusions and stylistic shifts. In his own words, Stein creates &#8220;staged spaces&#8221; in which he sets the moods for the instrumentalists in order to encourage them to\u00a0express themselves freely as soloists.\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>The music, recorded in the Waldfrieden sculpture park in Wuppertal, is <strong>a disciplined, free flow between chamber music, wind music, free jazz and noise-like textures, in which the intersections are constantly shifting and soloistic\u00a0contributions repeatedly emerge and delight the ear.<\/strong> With his Pata music, Stein also takes the liberty of adding beautiful melodies or harmonic progressions to the free flurry of sounds without the tension disintegrating. &#8220;Everything is\u00a0transformable, but nothing is arbitrary&#8221; is the essence of pataphysics (Alfred Jarry), which Stein also demonstrates musically with his new work.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Pirmin Bossart \/ Jazz&#8217;n&#8217;More \/ Switzerland<\/em><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e88c3fa elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e88c3fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3be544d\" data-id=\"3be544d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e3f445 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6e3f445\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0603feb elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0603feb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0accf66\" data-id=\"0accf66\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3e23b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3e23b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><div><p>The painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866 &#8211; 1944) is said to have been a synaesthete. He associated sounds with colors and shapes, called his works &#8220;compositions&#8221; or &#8220;improvisations&#8221; and saw his abstract paintings as parallels to Sch\u00f6nberg&#8217;s atonal music. Kandinsky&#8217;s paintings are still considered &#8220;musical&#8221; today and are reproduced on a number of record and CD covers. Norbert Stein, the Cologne pata master and saxophone hero, was inspired by Kandinsky&#8217;s &#8220;musicality&#8221; to create a special, very ambitious album. Pata Kandinsky is a six-movement suite for a twelve-piece woodwind ensemble. Between the tonally generous wind motifs (in a sensitive rubato), &#8220;staged&#8221; spaces open up for the hand-picked improvisers and for interesting sound combinations (such as flute plus electronics). The result is reminiscent of many a Globe Unity concert from earlier years &#8211; rhythms play practically no role. <strong>Kandinsky&#8217;s painting &#8220;Small Worlds VII&#8221; from 1922 adorns the album cover (slightly altered). Not everyone would expect such a powerful development of sound from these small, delicate, abstract figures.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Hans-J\u00fcrgen Schaal \/ Jazzthetik \/ Germany<br \/><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c2f921 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c2f921\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a85017f\" data-id=\"a85017f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6db5375 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6db5375\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b23b3a elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b23b3a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bada4cb\" data-id=\"bada4cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42be959 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42be959\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><div><div><div>Norbert Stein studied saxophone at the Academy of Music in Cologne between 1973 and 1979. He first became known as a member of the groups Boury, NoNett and Headband, with whom he also toured internationally. He then founded his own fairly stable bands with Christopher Dell, Frank Gratkowski, Thomas Heberer, Michael Heupel, Frank K\u00f6llges and Albrecht Maurer, among others. For these projects, he developed the so-called Pata music, based on the pataphysics of author Alfred Jarry. \u201cThe music should provide flow, that is, it should be in motion, but not in a hectic way, but with steadiness, even in changing tempos; it doesn&#8217;t have to be in idyllic landscapes, but it should create an emotional will in the listener to be taken along\u201d.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Stein creates so-called \u201cstaged spaces\u201d in his compositions, where he sets moods for the individual instrumentalists that they can then move freely within as soloists. The songs are a balance between sophisticated arrangements and plenty of room for spontaneity and interactivity.<\/div><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><div>Stein has been to numerous festivals and international tours with his various, mostly co-existing bands &#8211; Pata on the Cadillac, Pata Masters, Pata Generators, Pata Orchestra, Pata Horns and Pata Trio. He has collaborated intensively on several projects with the musicians of the Association \u00e0 la Recherche d&#8217;un Folklore Imaginaire. Since 1987, well over 20 releases of his works in the field of contemporary music have been released on his own label PATA Music. Stein was a longtime member of Cologne&#8217;s saxophone mafia and co-founder of the James Choice Orchestra, which he co-directed until 2008. But he was also involved in recordings with Karlheinz Stockhausen.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Now we hear him with a larger ensemble in the suite Pata Kandinsky, in honor of the artist Vasily Kandinsky (1866 &#8211; 1944). The recording was made during a concert at the Multiphonics Festival 2023 in Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden in Wuppertal, Germany, and it is a recording of music at the intersection of modern jazz and contemporary music.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>\u201cStein has, in my opinion, written an excellent work for a group of musicians, most of whom I feel have more than one foot in contemporary music, and then you have some who are improvisers with a close relationship to the freer and newer jazz.<\/div><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>And there are six exciting sequences we get to witness. Stein steers it all with exciting tenor saxophone playing, and much of it is based on Joker Nies&#8217; electronic playing. The most \u201ccomposed\u201d sequences are controlled by the winds, and the themes and composed sequences are relatively demanding (at least to play, I think). But here he has allied himself with good \u201creed players\u201d who handle his compositions in an excellent way.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>The music varies and gives us a number of exciting stories, for which we don&#8217;t really need a movie or other \u201ceffects\u201d to create our inner images &#8211; much like the pictures of Kandinsky. His images are often like graphic figures, which are almost compositions in themselves. And I think Stein and his fellow musicians capture these exciting works of art beautifully in their music.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Over the years, Norbert Stein has made many exciting records in different formats. And regardless of whether it&#8217;s a trio or a larger ensemble, I think he makes exciting, interesting and excellent music that you shouldn&#8217;t use as background music at all, but music that you should set aside time for and enjoy from start to finish.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Exciting and extremely rewarding!<\/div><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Jan Granlie \/ <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/salt-peanuts.eu\/record\/norbert-stein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">salt peanuts*<\/a><\/span> \/ Norway<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7f8887 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7f8887\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3a76b3\" data-id=\"e3a76b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4fd389 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d4fd389\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d35f8b4 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d35f8b4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d3e07a\" data-id=\"8d3e07a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23bc168 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23bc168\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Saxophonist composer and bandleader Norbert Stein is a key figure in the creative avant-garde jazz scene in Cologne and Germany. Of course, I&#8217;ve had a glimpse of his name and the existence of his many achievements for many years, without ever having listened to them, concentrating much more on radical free improvisation, while being a lover of jazz and other music. But this remarkable orchestra from Cologne also features a number of improvisers whom I like very much and whose albums I review whenever I can, such as saxophonist Georg Wissel, electronic artist Joker Nies, pianist Uwe Oberg and drummer J\u00f6rg Fischer. An album evoking the Russian painter Wassili Kandinsky, a creator who initiated abstract painting on its geometric and colorful side. It makes me think that Kandinsky was influenced by the painter Sonia Delaunay (of Ukrainian origin), whose son Charles was a visionary figure in the jazz world as a critic, producer (Swing and Vogue records) and artist agent among the giants of jazz.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><div>Kandinsky&#8217;s paintings also served as reference points for Anthony Braxton&#8217;s compositions, and are even featured on his record sleeves. The PATA Kandinsky orchestra is remarkable in every way, blending cubist compositions, vehement solos and sonic skids &#8211; controlled noisiness with a sudden, furious Ascension-like surge. A fine, close-knit team: In addition to the aforementioned Wissel on alto sax and clarinet, Nies, Oberg on piano and Fischer on drums, there&#8217;s leader Norbert Stein on tenor sax, Michael Heupel on flutes and Nicolao Valiensi on euphonium, Annette Maye and Rainer Weber on clarinet and bass clarinet, Andreas Wagner on alto and soprano sax and clarinets, Pacho Davilla on tenor sax, Florian Herzog on double bass.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>A total of 50:17, beginning with scattered sounds and moving on to a composition that interweaves dodecaphonic intro, sound masses and a remarkably structured, evolving modal theme, all deftly navigating between expressive power, interesting voicings and lightness, a touch of pointillism and beautiful nuances. To incorporate such a variety of elements in the space of 10 minutes in one go, with two or three free spaces for individuality (Joker Nies!) so that everything seems to flow, is super (Seven Brushstrokes Dark and Light Steps! I tell you: class! From a Kandinskian point of view, I&#8217;d have expected something else, but the music is worth the detour.\u00a0<\/div><div>It&#8217;s enough to hear the clarinet of Point And Line To Plane (9:38) evolve subtly over J\u00f6rg Fischer&#8217;s open, airy drumming and the distinction of Herzog&#8217;s double bass, with the deft, diaphanous assistance of the blowers divided into undulating sections, clarinet followed by a flautist inspired by contemporary music, to savor Norbert Stein&#8217;s music, which also solicits brief passages of improvised sound research here and there. This second composition closes with the modal brass theme of the first. It&#8217;s easy to get through this album without a moment&#8217;s boredom, tasting a beautiful musicality enhanced by superb ideas and colorful instrumental work of the highest quality. This is a magnificent piece of work that establishes Norbert Stein as a contemporary jazz composer of the highest calibre. Congratulations, Norbert!<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg \/ <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/orynx-improvandsounds.blogspot.com\/2025\/03\/marta-warelis-florian-stoffner-rudi.html\">orynx-improvandsounds.blogspot.com<\/a><\/span> \/ Belgium<\/em><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1c7e90 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1c7e90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42c301e\" data-id=\"42c301e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-739f8f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"739f8f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PATA KANDINSKY 1st movement<\/span><br \/>&#8220;Seven brushstrokes, dark and light steps&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f7af0aa elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f7af0aa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d26ab94\" data-id=\"d26ab94\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3e48bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"a3e48bf\" 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"196a5a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0ccb0b\" data-id=\"e0ccb0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99f7404 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99f7404\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PATA KANDINSKY 6th movement<\/span><br \/>&#8220;The simple song and the infernal 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Stein&#8217;s constantly growing oeuvre: Pata Kandinsky. Once again, the saxophonist and composer creates &#8220;staged spaces&#8221; in which he merely sets moods for his instrumentalists to inspire them to solo, free, improvised movements.\u00a0This time, the starting point for Norbert Stein&#8217;s orchestral work, rich in imagery, are the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150177319,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8302","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PazGhj-29U","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patamusic.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patamusic.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patamusic.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patamusic.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150177319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patamusic.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8302"}],"version-history":[{"count":102,"href":"https:\/\/patamusic.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14596,"href":"https:\/\/patamusic.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8302\/revisions\/14596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patamusic.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patamusic.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}