Leon Baldesberger´s Meersalz - Odd Matters (2019)

It started as Leon Baldesberger’s Bachelor Project at the Conservatoire in Zürich (ZHdK), where it was awarded for Best of Swiss Jazz Bachelor 2012. Two years later it got the maximal score at Leon’s Masters Concert at the same Conservatoire. Stylistically one could call it „augmented minimal odd-meter“. Carefully structured and orchestrated passages, often based on minimalistic patters which are dominated by a combination of complex rhythms and broad harmonies, are side by side with very open and improvised passages.

The project has continuously developed since its foundation. It stood on stage at various Clubs and Festivals in Switzerland, Germany, Portugal and Spain, such as moods in Zürich, Bird’s Eye in Basel, Hot Clube de Portugal in Lisbon, Salão Brazil in Coimbra, Cascais Jazz Clube, with live broadcast on Antena2, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporánea in Seville, El Musicário in Cádiz, Festival F in Faro, among others. The Debut Album „Störfaktor“ was recorded at Hitmill Studios in Zürich in September 2015, and presented in Switzerland in 2016.

The second album “Odd Matters” was recorded in Oktober 2018 at Trafalgar Estudios, Spain, and will be released in January 2019 by Blue Asteroid Records.