Ulrich Gumpert Quartett - A New One (2015)

Welcome to Ulrich Gumpert's world - a world of hidden beauties, small treasures and bizarre inventions. What makes this world go round and holds it together is a rhythmical drive, interrupted every now and again by short pausing, briefly melting into tonal or noise-like sound, then rolling on as if it was never to stop. Berg Noglik writes in the liner notes: "Gumpert's quartet. The floating elegance of Steve Lacy, the brilliant perplexing logic of Monk, the earthiness and depth of Mingus, the liberties of Ornette, the sublimity and anthemic quality of Coltrane - all of it adds in here. And it is lifted, in the best sense of the word. They make progress in bringing the swing back to free jazz."