Nikolaus Neuser
This Week Is in Two Weeks
** Edition of 500 ** Recorded direct to lathe cut, this pair of spontaneous creations teams two Berlin-based horn players with two New Yorkers of broad-ranging vision. Since their inception in 2003, Talibam!’s ultimate goal has been to wed disparate ideologies through proficiency, controversy, inquiry, and compassion. This is their fifth release on ESP-Disk’. Silke Eberhard, alto saxophone; Nikolaus Neuser, trumpet; Matt Mottel, piano, synthesizer, three-string guitar; Kevin Shea, drums.
Pink Elephant
2015 release ** "The members of Nikolaus Neuser's "5tet" are new Berlin residents, some of them from the post-reunification era. The bandleader is a trumpet player in Silke Eberhard's two Eric Dolphy Project bands, and Eberhard, in turn, is the featured soloist in Neuser's ensemble, which also includes trombonist Gerhard Gschlößl, Mike Majkowski on double bass, and Bernd Oezsevim on drums. In her witty liner notes, Eberhard references the free jazz of the GDR; and the "Pink Elephant" respectfull…