Edgar Knecht
Dance On Deep Waters

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Instrumentation Piano
Composer Edgar Knecht
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Edition Sheet Music Download
Publisher Bärenreiter Verlag
Order no. BA8772-DL

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Language: German English
Pages: 43
Release: 29.09.2025
ISMN: 9790006637430

Edgar Knecht is a jazz pianist with a completely unique style. With his debut CD "Good Morning Lilofee" (in quartet formation) he has conquered the clubs and received invitations to international festivals. The style and approach to the source material differs pleasantly from the usual jazz standard treatment: open conception of the melodies, new, varied rhythms, in this context previously unheard harmonies. The recipe for success is also maintained on the second CD "Dance On Deep Waters", with whose program the Edgar Knecht Quartet is going on tour again, with numerous dates in the spring and summer of the year.

All eight of the songs offered in the present edition are pleasant and stimulating playing literature for all piano players beyond the pigeonholes of classical music and jazz, regardless of whether you consider yourself a friend of German folk songs or not. Well-known melodies such as "Es freit der wilde Wassermann" or "Die Gedanken sind frei" take on a whole new vitality and quality in Edgar Knecht's arrangement. The pieces are based on the original songs, but take them much further formally, harmonically and rhythmically, turning them into original and sophisticated jazz ballads. All pieces include suggestions for improvisational passages, mostly with chords and written-out bass ostinati.

All pieces are recorded on the CD of the same name with Edgar Knecht at the piano, accompanied by his trio with bass, drums and percussion.

The author
Edgar Knecht lives in Kassel, runs a piano school and tours with his band. He has been giving concerts since the age of 14 with his own compositions for piano and has written numerous pieces of music for theater, film and television. With his "Edgar Knecht Trio" he plays German folk songs as fascinating jazz ballads, filling evening programs and concert halls.

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"Almost all melodies are subjected to a modern jazz harmony that does not shy away from dissonance. The stylistic spectrum is wide, ranging from jazz waltz to blues and Latin. Knecht has succeeded in creating attractive jazz pieces here. If this were to promote interest in the German folk song, it would be more than just a pleasant side effect."
(üben&musizieren 3-15)

Lilofee
Gedankenfreiheit
Tiefe Wasser
Nachttraum
Fenjas Lullaby
Schwesterlein
Frühling
Wiegenlied

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