Moon Balloon Philipp van Endert

• 1 Mrs. Blueberry 05:29
• 2 Fu 07:11
• 3 Moon Balloon 04:57
• 4 Sundowner 05:11
• 5 AMOR 09:25
• 6 Times Like These 05:24
• Total Runtime 37:37

Info for Moon Balloon

Highly acclaimed guitarist Philipp van Endert played and produced on “Moon Balloon” the largest and most complex music project that he has been able to record with in his music career so far. Combined with the renowned Filmorchester Babelsberg he recorded an outstanding and unique album featuring his original tunes that combine Jazz, Classic and Film music. Philipps compositions were arranged by Peter Hinderthür and the live performance at Filmstudios Babelsberg was conducted by Jörg Achim Keller (BBC Concert Orchestra, Metropole Orkest, HR BigBand, WDR BigBand a.o.)

„Moon Balloon is probably the largest and most complex music project that I have been able to record in my music career so far. I can hardly describe in words what an overwhelming feeling it was to sit in the midst of this fantastic orchestra of the Babelsberg film orchestra and play my music together with these great musicians. The sound of the arrangements and the orchestra carried me by itself and if you can describe something with „musical bliss“, then I was able to experience it once more on that day of the recording (… even if I hardly slept the night before because of the excitement). My friend Peter Hinderthür wrote all the arrangements for this record and from the first scetches that he sent me in December 2020, I knew that he would arrange my music in such a fascinating, unique and different way than I would have done it that I would from then on leave him with complete freedom concerning the arrange- ments. I‘m so happy that it opened doors for my music that I wouldn‘t have found myself. For this alone and for all the help, energy and time that Peter gave as arranger and producer in the preparation and on the recording day in Potsdam in May 2021, I am forever indebted to him.

Jörg Achim Keller was a great conductor and, with his creative energy and input, let the orchestra and me sail safely through the arrangements, as if on the most beautiful waves. Especially for me as a debutant in such a recording situation with an orchestra, it was enormously helpful, and I was able to completely sink into the music starting from the first bar.

Mixing the takes afterwards with my friend and one of my closest musical confidants, Florian van Volxem, as additional producer, was another highlight of this big production. I have already experienced Florian‘s way of mixing my music a few times, but this project was something special for him too because of its size. What I particularly appreciate about Florian is that the way he brings himself in feels like that of a band member and because he is just as passionate a music fan and musician as I am, he doesn‘t waste any time and energy to get the most out of the to get the recordings and the music out.

The fact that I was able to take my beloved Cartouche Trio with André Nendza/bass and Christian Kappe/ flugelhorn as additional color for a few arrangements into the recordings is another personal highlight that rounds off this production and makes it so valuable to me.“

Philipp van Endert, guitar
Filmorchester Babelsberg
Jörg A. Keller, conductor
Special guests:
André Nendza, bass (Sundowner & aMoR)
Christian Kappe, flugelhorn (Sundowner & Fu)
Mat Clasen, flutes

Philipp van Endert
Seit seiner Rückkehr aus den USA hat sich Philipp van Endert als eine eigene und unverkennbare Stimme in der aktuellen Jazz Szene etabliert. Er hat zahlreiche Tourneen, Konzerte und Aufnahmen in Amerika, Europa und Afrika gespielt und ist den Einladungen vieler internationaler Festivals gefolgt – darunter auch das renommierte Montreux Jazz Festival, The Hague Jazz, Jazz Sur Son/Toulouse, Ankara Jazzfestival, Salzburger Jazzherbst, Jazz Im Palmengarten (Frankfurt), Jazz Rally Düsseldorf und die Leverkusener Jazztage. Sein energiegeladenes und gleichzeitig auch lyrisches Gitarrenspiel ist auf über 45 CD Veröffentlichungen dokumentiert und hat ihn dabei mit Jazzgrößen wie Mike Stern, Danny Gottlieb, Lajos Dudas, Jarek Smietana, Karl Berger, Gerd Dudek, Kenny Wheeler, Adrian Mears, Rick Margitza, Philip Catherine u.v.a. zusammengebracht. Nominierung für den Deutschen Schallplattenpreis 2006 in der Kategorie Jazz mit der Produktion Philipp van Endert Trio – KHILEBOR (JazzSick Records), Preisträger des Steven D. Holland Memorial Scholarship, des Berklee Guitar Department Achievement Award und Kulturförderpreisträger der nordrhein-westfälischen Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf (1996). Seit 2009 ist Philipp van Endert neben seinen künstlerischen Aufgaben auch als Dozent für Jazz-Gitarre am Institut Für Musik und Medien der Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf tätig und seit 2014 zusätzlich am Institut für Musik der Hochschule Osnabrück.

„Cartouche“ ist der Titel der aktuellen Produktion des Gitarristen Philipp van Endert und präsentiert seine zeitlosen Jazzkompositionen in einer außergewöhnlichen Besetzung zusammen mit Trompeter Christian Kappe und Bassist André Nendza. Mit „Cartouche“ hat er einen sehr intimen und kammermusikalischem Sound gefunden, der wie ein Vogelflug über die Resourcen des Jazz-Erbes klingt und sich zu neuen Ufern aufmacht. Dabei unterstreichen Philipp van Enderts Gitarrenspiel und seine Arrangements erneut sein sensibles Gespür für Spannungsbögen.

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