Testaments, by Gregor Hübner, Richie Beirach, Veit Hübner

Testaments

by Gregor Hübner, Richie Beirach, Veit Hübner

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1.	Fantasy on Kachaturian's Andantino (CD 1) 06:49		buy track
2.	Gaia (CD 1) 06:22		buy track
3.	Fantasy on Bartok’s Bagatelle Nr.3 (CD 1) 06:59		buy track
4.	Fantasy on Faure’s Pavane (CD 1) 04:56		buy track
5.	Testament (CD 1) 05:22	info	buy track
6.	Fantasy on Mompou’s Impressiones Intimas (CD 1) 06:13		buy track
7.	Ground Zero (CD 1) 09:12	info	buy track
8.	Fantasy on DeFalla’s Nana (CD 1) 05:15		buy track
9.	What Are the Rules? (CD 1) 04:15	info	buy track
10.	Fantasy on Bach’s Es ist genug (CD 1) 03:57		buy track
11.	Love In The Garden (CD 2) 05:32	info	buy track
12.	This is New (CD 2) 06:05	info	buy track
13.	Waltz for Fee (CD 2) 04:24	info	buy track
14.	Transition (CD 2) 03:19	info	buy track
15.	Kathmandu (CD 2) 08:08	info	buy track
16.	Rectilinear (CD 2) 04:02	info	buy track
17.	Zal (CD 2) 06:33	info	buy track
18.	Summer Night (CD 2) 06:54	info	buy track
19.	Peace piece (CD 2) 06:47	info	buy track
20.	If I Were A Bell (CD 3) 05:01	info	buy track
21.	Green Dolphin Street (CD 3) 06:46	info	buy track
22.	For Heike (CD 3) 08:46	info	buy track
23.	Moor (CD 3) 04:08	info	buy track
24.	There is No Greater Love (CD 3) 06:22	info	buy track
25.	For George (CD 3) 05:01	info	buy track
26.	For Isolde (CD 3) 06:48	info	buy track
27.	Nardis (CD 3) 06:32	info	buy track
28.	My Romance (CD 3) 05:38	info	buy track
29.	Life on Mars (CD 3) 07:49	info	buy track
30.	Footprints (CD 3) 05:00	info	buy track
31.	Sunday song (CD 3) 08:10	info	buy track

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On the occasion of the 75th birthday of jazz legend Richie Beirach in May 2022, we are releasing a 3-CD box set that captures the musical work of siblings Gregor and Veit Hübner, who have been working together with the US jazz pianist for almost 25 years. It is a true gift to the growing musical partnership and friendship, which Dave Liebman describes as follows: “Truly a family affair with two brothers, Gregor, Veit and “Uncle” Richie! This music transverses 20th century and jazz. You can hear the brotherhood especially on the “free” pieces. Listening to the variety of idioms the performances are both intimate and soulful, performed by musicians who know the history.”

TESTAMENTS – DUOS AND TRIOS is a chronicle of the musical relationships of these three musical personalities. The material on these 3 CDs is a combination of short classical pieces with extensive improvisation, jazz standards, show tunes, completely free improvisations and our own compositions.

Excerpt from the liner notes: “I met Gregor and Veit Hübner over 25 years ago. At that time I was still living in my flat in SoHo, New York City, at Spring Street and Hudson. Gregor started as a jazz piano student with me and Veit became part of my weekly jazz ensemble class at the New School’s jazz programme. There was always something special about these two brothers. Aside from Gregor being an outstanding jazz violinist and composer and Veit being a truly excellent jazz bassist, they had wonderful qualities as people, brothers and more. Eventually I also got to know their little sister Fee and their great parents. I became something of an older brother to the boys, “Richie Huebner” was the little joker we always laughed at. The reason I talk about this personal background is that jazz, unlike classical music, is 90% improvised, and when you’re improvising for hours on stage or in the recording studio, a lot of it is about personal relationships between the improvising musicians.” Richie Beirach

credits

released June 1, 2023

CD 1 "Testaments": Richie Beirach - Gregor Hübner Duo
CD 2 "This is New": Richie Beirach - Gregor Hübner Duo with guest Veit Hübner
CD 3 "For George Mraz": Richie Beirach - Veit Hübner Duo

Gregor Hübner - violin
Richie Beirach - piano
Veit Hübner - bass

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about

Gregor Hübner New York, New York

Grammy Nominated Composer, Violinist, Pianist. Prof of Composition at Univ for Music & Theater, Munich. Performs with Berta Epple, El Violin Latino, Sirius Quartet & more.