Empty Hands 59’

Julia Hülsmann Quartet - “Empty Hands“ - from the new album “The Next Door“. available here: Julia Hülsmann: piano Uli Kempendorff: tenor saxophone Marc Muellbauer: double bass Heinrich Köbberling: drums ECM 2759 On ’The Next Door’ Julia Hülsmann returns with the quartet from 2019’s ’Not Far From Here’, and presents her unique pianistic voice in a varied programme of almost exclusively original music, composed by herself and her colleagues – tenor saxophonist Uli Kempendorff, Marc Muellbauer on double bass and drummer Heinrich Köbberling. A deep respect for the jazz tradition, as cultivated in the post-bop and modal jazz of the 60s, permeates this session and, with the quartet’s modern twist, sets the stage for highly expressive soloing and profound interplay. Website: Facebook: Instagram: