The piano trio is a supreme discipline for every jazz pianist. Christoph Spendel has pursued this group format since his earliest youth: The trios of Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole, Keith Jarrett as well as the rock giants Emerson, Lake and Palmer were always his favorites.
However, Christoph Spendel and his two partners Claudio Zanghieri - bass and Jens Biehl - drums always prove that things don't always have to follow traditional guidelines by throwing the normal convetions overboard and positioning his trio somewhere between the sound of a Latin band and a rock ensemble.
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