Interlude

With his fully acoustical quartet Tobias Rüger explores the musical possibilities of the most classic of jazz outfits. Traditional in set-up and modern in musical language, spontaneous expression and improvisation blends into precisely arranged compositional ideas.

                

Timewarp [excerpt]
Arabesque No. 4
Dithyramb [excerpt]
In the Room of the Sorceress [excerpt]

For his new album “Interlude” Tobias Rüger has taken on three outstanding musicians:
Daniel Stelter, guitar, is neither a Jazz, nor Pop nor Classical guitarist although his playing is borne out of all these styles without being eclectic. His playing is exceptionally gentle both in sound and harmony and thus provides a perfect link between melody and rhythm.
Hanns Höhn, bass, is a member of numerous Jazz projects, including those of German jazz masters Oli Bott and Thorsten de Winkel. His tone is voluptuous and smooth. Furthermore his uncannily secure intonation allows him to apply his bass frequently for melodic purposes.
Kay Lübke, drums, has recorded with Efrat Alony and Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky. He is an exceptional drummer in the sense that he makes the very most of the whole range of sounds and sound effects the drum-set has to offer. At the same time his playing is of enormous rhythmical precision without ever regressing to mere time keeping.