EDGAR KNECHT
Genres: Post-Fusion Contemporary, Third Stream • Germany

German piano player, born in 1964 in Winterberg from discogs The critics just can’t hide their excitement when it comes to Edgar Knecht. “Jazz hasn’t been this original and stimulating for a long time”, one of them enthused; “This music is simply stunning”, respected monthly Jazzpodium confessed; and Germany’s biggest quality newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote: “This is truly unheard-of music.” And truly, the German pianist and his band of bassist Rolf Denecke and drum-duo Stephan Emig and Tobias Schulte succeed in ­creating something genuinely new: A fusion of the vivacity of jazz and world music with the elegance of classical composition and the depth and ­clarity of ancient folk melodies. On his 2010 debut album “Good Morning Lilofee”, Edgar Knecht demonstrated that dusty German folk songs could be brought back to life if interpreted with empathy and passion. It gained his ensemble invitations to some of the most renowned international festivals, playing alongside read more...