Jason Seizer - Time Being (feat. Marc Copland, Matthias Pichler, Tony Martucci) '2008

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orn in Stuttgart, Germany in 1964, Jason grew up in a home in which music was an
integral part of family life. From the age of four on, he was deeply involved
with classical music on the recorder and the flute. A first listen to John
Coltrane’s Ballads album changed all that. At the age of 21 Seizer took
up the tenor saxophone and devoted himself to jazz. Jason first studied at the
acclaimed Hilversum Conservatory in Holland before embarking in a multi-month
sojourn in New York where he took lessons with, among others, Joe Lovano. As to
other influences: “The intimacy and complexity of our relationships. My
work as producer and sound engineer has helped me be more analytical about the
music. Psychology is also important. I like exploring why music is what it is
both personally and historically. In this respect, reading is important. I am
fascinated by the complexity of people, especially people who are
different.” And, of course, there are the musicians who have influenced
Jason. “When I first heard Bird, I was blown away. I used to turn his
music up loud when I drove around in my first car—an old Beetle. It just
got to me!” Coltrane and Rollins had a big influence on Seizer—as
did Joe Henderson’s playing and compositions.

The 1990’s saw Jason settled in Munich and playing with such top players
as American drummer Rick Hollander, Belgian bassist Nic Thys, trumpeterPeter
Tuscher, German pianistWalter Lang, and fighting friendly tenor sax battles with
the likes of Johannes Enders. By the late 90’s, such major players as
Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart were recording and touring with
Seizer. Since the founding of PIROUET in 2002, Seizer has worked as producer and
engineer for the record company, and “every single recording has
influenced me—the music, the great musicians—every aspect, every
production.” It was American pianist Marc Copland’s involvement in
Seizer’s groups from 2004 through 2008 that brought Seizer’s play
to a larger international audience. Three of Seizer’s four PIROUET albums
resulted from their close collaboration.

In All About Jazz, John Kelman stated, “It’s easy to hear why
Copland and Seizer are so comfortable working together. Both work close the
center, but bring an introspection and slightly left-of-center harmonic
abstractness…delicate but ever-present interplay, and performances that
draw in rather than push out.” In his poetic liner notes to
Seizer’s Fair Way CD, Copland marveled at Seizer’s “maturity
and patience, so hard to find anywhere, with his searching for exactly the right
phrase, the right breath, an awareness of the power of one note.” For
Jason, “Playing with Marc was a beautiful experience. I felt a total
freedom in what I played—the idea that there are no wrong notes—he
was a real mentor for me and also very important for the label.”

Seizer’s present group features the phenomenal pianist Pablo Held. Their
relationship goes back to Jason’s producing Held’s first Pirouet
album, recorded in 2007 at the tender age of 21. Since then, the two have
developed a close personal and musical friendship, working and recording in each
other’s groups. Jazz Podium extoled CINEMA PARADISO, Seizer’s
first album with his current band, as “Pure cinema for the ears! An
acoustic opus magnum!” 

Tracklist:
01. Jason Seizer - Between Now and Then (feat. Marc Copland, Matthias Pichler,
Tony Martucci) (8:23)
02. Jason Seizer - Corrections (feat. Marc Copland, Matthias Pichler, Tony
Martucci) (7:12)
03. Jason Seizer - Time Being (feat. Marc Copland, Matthias Pichler, Tony
Martucci) (10:27)
04. Jason Seizer - Requiem (feat. Marc Copland, Matthias Pichler, Tony Martucci)
(8:01)
05. Jason Seizer - All the Things You Are (feat. Marc Copland, Matthias Pichler,
Tony Martucci) (7:36)
06. Jason Seizer - Trip to the Stars (feat. Marc Copland, Matthias Pichler, Tony
Martucci) (8:13)

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