Winter Days at Schloss Elmau: - Echoes of Swing [CD]

Echoes of Swing have been an essential go-to band for lovers of classic jazz. They show quite how many sides there are to it and do so in a way that is always consummately fresh. The quartet of Bernd Lhotzky (piano), Colin T. Dawson (trumpet), Chris Hopkins (alto saxophone) and Oliver Mewes (drums) breathe new life into the canon of the jazz age with their skill as players, their fine arrangements - and with a lot of humour. Taken together, here are thirteen consistently delightful musical winter greetings. They chime particularly sweetly with the ethos of the season. Echoes of Swing are respectful of tradition but have a verve and an energy which make it completely new. This band's taste is impeccable, their ingenuity is inexhaustible and their musicality is outstanding. This may be music inspired by a specific season and by a long-gone era of jazz, yet it is precious and timeless.

Disc 1
1. Winter Moon - Echoes of Swing
2. Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening - Echoes of Swing
3. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Echoes of Swing
4. The Bell That Couldn't Jingle - Echoes of Swing
5. Snowbound - Echoes of Swing
6. Winter Wonderland - Echoes of Swing
7. Snow - Echoes of Swing
8. Looks Like December - Echoes of Swing
9. It's Getting to Be That Time of Year - Echoes of Swing
10. Sonnet 97 - Echoes of Swing
11. Winter Days - Echoes of Swing
12. The Night Is Darkening Round Me - Echoes of Swing
13. The Three Wise Men - Echoes of Swing