Etudes of Shapes and Forms Philipp Rüttgers

• 1 Intro 02:07
• 2 Rounds 03:51
• 3 Gibberish 04:23
• 4 Improvisation #1 03:29
• 5 Escher 02:53
• 6 Improvisation #2 02:47
• 7 Posthoven 07:47
• 8 Bass 01:29
• 9 Krisscaped 03:20
• 10 Craig's Dance 04:22
• 11 Introspection 03:01
• 12 Introspective Dialogue 08:47
• 13 Outro 05:38
• Total Runtime 53:54

Info for Etudes of Shapes and Forms

“Imagine being under a blue sky, drinking cold water and watching a David Lynch movie: that’s how the music sounds’, says Philipp Rüttgers about his new album Etudes of Shapes and Forms. For this the pianist has taken ideas from masterworks by innovative composers such as Ligeti, Schönberg and Debussy. With these methods, he portrays a whole range of emotions, from joy and excitement to relaxation.

Pianist and composer Philipp Rüttgers, of German descent, has been active in the Dutch jazz scene for 15 years. On his new album 'Etudes of Shapes and Forms' he can be heard, for the first time, in an acoustic piano trio, featuring the versatile Thomas Pol on double bass and rising star Sun-Mi Hong on drums.

For this record, Philipp was inspired by pianists/composers such as Craig Taborn, Kris Davis and Sylvie Courvoisier, where he mainly focused on 'shapes and forms'. He explains: “Shapes as in harmonic and rhythmic structures, and forms as in arranging with bass and drums and the structure of improvisation and composition.”

Philipp Rüttgers, piano
Thomas Pol, double bass
Sun-Mi Hong, drums

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