“Laura Schuler Kronikor” was released this year. The album was recorded by a group of interesting jazz musicians – Laura Schuler (violin, compositions), Lisa Grotherus (clarinet and bassclarinet), Anatole Buccella (guitar), Silvan Jeger (doublebass) and Lukas Rutzen (drums). Unique sounds, own and independent Playing style, original playing techniques and rich musical language – all these elements are the most important part of these musicians improvisations. Various elements of Scandinavian Music elements, free improvisations, avant-garde jazz, the intonations of Switzerland and other Europe countries ethnic music are connected in one place in this ensemble improvisations. The simple structure is highly contrasting with bright and evocative musical language, spontaneous solos, engaging and expressive melodies and many other things. Musicians combine together different playing techniques, expressions and styles – after active, rapid and expressive improvisations there come calm, relaxing and peaceful episodes. Attractive, interesting and free improvising is gently synthesized together with Contemporary Academical Music, Switzerland and Scandinavian countries folk music, basic elements of classical music language form and other elements.
The compositions of this album reveal the main and the most important elements of Laura Schuler composing style. All the compositions were written by Laura Schuler – strict form, traditional musical expressions and playing techniques of contemporary academical music are masterfully combined together with experimental ways of playing, free improvisation, avant-garde jazz, expressive and active collective improvisations and other things. This music also has very good sound quality and were played with masterful virtuosity – each musician plays masterfully, expressive, creatively and inventively. Lisa Grotherns clarinet and bass clarinet melodies bring specific and interesting timbres to the compositions. Vivacious, joyful, expressive and playful clarinet melodies are illustrated with unusual timbres, special sound effects and various playing expressions. Sudden and colorful glissando, wild fast arpeggios, the intonations of Scandinavian countries folk music, powerful blow outs and spontaneous solos – all these elements are mixed in one place. Expressive and live clarinet is highly contrasting with deep, bright, monotonic and repetitive bass clarinet solos. Anatole Buccella guitar melodies colorfully illustrate the dramatic and evocative violin solos. Bright and loud violin solos are accompanied by guitar chords, soft and expressive sound, extraordinary timbres and special sound effects of guitar. Anatole Buccella masterfully switches between avant-garde jazz, free improvisation and contemporary academical music elements. His playing style is eclectic, based on strange and interesting contrasts and evocative musical language. Laura Schuler violin melodies is the basic element of melodic pattern. Dramatic, contrasting, expressive and interesting violin solos make an effort to whole sound of the compositions. Violinist has her own and individual playing style, which is absed on many different music elements. The melodic and rhythmic intonations of Scandinavian music, elements of Switzerland ethnical music, huge range of different scales, chords and playing techniques are twisted with free improvisation. Silvan jeger double bass gently fit together along with violin. It form and keep firm rhythmic section, also is filled with vibrant and passionate solos. Expressive melodies colorfully illustrated with vibrato, glissando, pizzicato, staccato and many other playing techniques, form contrasting and expressive sound. Drums section by Lukas Rutzen is free and independent. Various experimental ways of playing are combined together with basic rhythms of contemporary academical music, unusual timbres, avant-garde jazz, bebop, hard-bop and other jazz styles elements. This album music has touching, attractive and interesting sound.
