Krassport – Under-Stand-Art
Manuel Krass - p
Johannes Schmitz - g
Daniel "D-Flat" Weber - dr
1. I Mean You (4’11) / 2. Joy Spring (6’40) / 3. Snapshot I (1’54) / 4. Freedom Jazz Dance (6’55) / 5. Footprints (17’22) / 6. Elm (4’14) / 7. Snapshot II (1’17) / 8. Bernie’s Tune (10’30) / 9. Seven Steps to Heaven (6'01) / 10. Snapshot III (0’56) / 11. Caravan (2’12)
Krassport is a piano trio of a very different kind: no bass, but guitar, no predomination through the pianist and thus a very different hierarchy in communication as in other ensembles. An innovative trio concept on the way to new sounds and widened structures of improvisation. Krassport is winner of the competition of International Jazz-Festival "Tremplin Jazz d`Avignon" in France (August 2010/ "Grand Prix" and also "Prix de Public").