Quispel Quintet – Dipsomania

Dipsomania

Artists: Leonhard Skorupa (ts, bcl, cl), Michael Moore (as, cl), Asja Valcic (clo), Robert Landfermann (b), Michael Vatcher (dr)

For the eleventh Handsemmel Records production, an international and highly acclaimed ensemble gathered for a musical rendezvous in Vienna. Robert Landfermann, winner of the German Jazz Prize 2022 in the “Bass National” category, and the Croatian-born cellist Asja Valcic, versatile in many genres, form the string section. The Dutch musician with Californian roots, Michael Moore, and the Vienna-based saxophonist and clarinetist Leonhard Skorupa take care of the reeds and are responsible for the compositions. The quintet is complemented by the congenial drummer and percussionist Michael Vatcher, who shuttles between New York and Amsterdam.
Programmatically the music was inspired by protagonists and motifs from the monumental novel cycle
of the Dutch writer A. F. Th. van der Heijden, creating a musical panorama ranging from Cool Jazz
influences à la Stan Getz to lively contemporary chamber jazz.