Wolfgang Haffner Kind of Cool

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James Dean and Marlon Brando were the glamorous heroes of the silver screen in the 50s. Character actors, sex symbols, blasé eccentrics with a penchant for extravagance. Role models for the rebellious youth: the embodiment of cool. A new attitude towards life was spreading around the USA. "The Birth of the Cool" also happened at the same time in the field of jazz, leading it to become the soundtrack of a generation. Miles Davis, John Lewis and the Modern Jazz Quartet, Dave Brubeck and Chet Baker (the "James Dean of jazz") gave jazz a whole new direction: the search for a special "cool" atmosphere based on tone and space in jazz, on substantial melodies with a laid-back approach designed for the collective. But this music was never cold-cool, it was merely played and conceived with what one might call a coo...

Line up:

Wolfgang Haffner / drums
Christopher Dell / vibraphone
Jan Lundgren / piano
Dan Berglund / bass
Dusko Goykovich / trumpet
Jukka Perko / alto saxophone
Guests:
Max Mutzke / vocals
Frank Chastenier / piano
Christian von Kaphengst / bass
Nils Landgren / trombone

Recording Information:

Recorded by Arne Schumann on August 14 & 15, 2014 at Hansa Studio, Berlin. Recording Assistant: Jonas Zadow
“Piano Man“ recorded by Philip Krause on July 15, 2014 at Emil-Berliner-Studio, Berlin
Mixed by Arne Schumann@Schumann&Bach
Mastered by Peter Heider at Purecuts
Cover art (detail) by Gert & Uwe Tobias, by permission of the artists

Track List:

1. Hippie ( Haffner, Wolfgang)05:39
2. So What ( Davies, Miles)07:21
3. Piano Man ( Eckstein, Billy)05:05
4. Autumn Leaves ( Enoch, Jacques|Kosma, Joseph)04:05
5. Summertime ( Gershwin, George)05:24
6. My Funny Valentine ( Rodgers, Richard|Hart, Lorenz)07:02
7. One For Daddy O ( Adderly, Nat)06:26
8. Django ( Lewis, John)05:02