{"id":9602,"date":"2016-03-15T11:39:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T18:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=9602"},"modified":"2013-03-09T11:48:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-09T19:48:19","slug":"hammer-klavier-trio-rocket-in-the-pocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=9602","title":{"rendered":"Hammer Klavier Trio &#8211; Rocket In The Pocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Hammer Klavier Trio is jazz as it lives and breathes today. Three bright musicians use acoustic and electric instruments in a fun and unfussy concoction of classical jazz and contemporary rhythms that feels right for this moment. <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T0NX4rD_2f8\"><\/iframe>Their quirky and earnest melodies, sharp rhythms and hipster attitudes acknowledge with appreciation jazz\u2019s recent and older past, but are inspired not fettered by it.  In fact, it frees them. So HKT keyboardist Boris Netsvetaev adds an edgy touch of electronics on \u201cHysterioso,\u201d his variant of Thelonius Monk\u2019s \u201cMysterioso,\u201d for no other reason than because it brings a smile, and the groove cut by bassist Philipp Steen and drummer Kai Bussenius is in step with how people move.And the rest of Rocket in the Pocket demonstrates equal confidence, though after the lyrical, impressionism \u00e0 la Bill E vans feel of \u201cA Sketch in Dark Colours\u201d you don\u2019t expect the dirty Fender Rhodes distortion effect Boris employs in his solo on \u201cSuicide Train.\u201d Or Philipp\u2019s lead bass part on \u201cTekla,\u201d with Boris\u2019 haunting backdrop of a voicing. Or the free-time episode at the center of \u201cPlan B,\u201d followed by chordal figurations reminiscent of a Herbie Nichols composition. But you accept it all, since these three clearly know what they\u2019re doing, and it\u2019s exciting.<\/p>\n<p>Those are two reasons why the Hammer Klavier Trio has made many a strong impression and won an ever-broadening fan base since forming at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater in 2002, where its members first met at a concert of the Joe Lovano-Bill Frisell-Paul Motian trio. The genuine originality of St. Petersburg-born Netsvetaev\u2019s compositions and arrangements, and the sensitive flexibility by which Steen and Bussenius make the music their own are two more. The intriguing drama and engaging playfulness heard throughout this album, though, are the main things. No other explanation is necessary to enjoy this music than hearing \u201cRocket in the Pocket,\u201d the album\u2019s title track. It shows off what HKT weaves together and how. A backbeat as funky as any in-crowd needs, a motor goosing Boris\u2019 elegantly precise and unerringly decisive piano line, Steen and Bussenius synchronizing their parts into an irresistible rhythm. Happy surprise! You can dance to it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Hammer Klavier Trio is jazz as it lives and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9602"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9619,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602\/revisions\/9619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}