new album “Chronicles of Jazz” by Oli Bott Trio – out now

Happy Release Day to Oli Bott and his trio! The new album „Chronicles of Jazz“ is available to stream everywhere.

Chronicles of Jazz are imaginative stories in which giants of composition from classical music and jazz come together to play a jazz session.

Vibraphonist Oli Bott’s trio with bassist Arnulf Ballhorn and drummer Kay Lübke pushes the boundaries of different genres by mixing Maurice Ravel’s Boléro with Duke Ellington’s Caravan, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Allemande from the Violin Sonata in D minor with Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters or Erik Satie’s Première Gnossienne with Milt Jackson’s Bags’ Groove.

In a jazz jam, the musicians let the compositions merge into one another and combine them into one piece, demonstrating an abundance of spontaneity and joy in playing. Oli Bott and his trio tell stories that also contain autobiographical elements. He grew up with classical music, learned percussion and listened to rock music as a teenager and later began his training in jazz. At Berklee College of Music, he studied with Gary Burton, the great lyricist among jazz vibraphonists. However, Oli Bott has not become a conventional jazz musician. He consistently plays his own music, which feels its way into completely different musical languages, eras and cultures while Bott, like a sculptor, carves out impressive moods on his metal plates.

You can buy the album here

You can stream the album on apple music here