Bordertalk – European Jazz Trio Meets Jiří Stivín

Recorded at the 1997 Munich Klaviersommer, this meeting between the European Jazz Trio and Czech multi-instrumentalist Jiří Stivín lives up to its title. Saxophonist Gerd Dudek, pianist Rob van den Broeck and bassist Ali Haurand bring a grounded, conversational trio sound that opens easily to Stivín’s quicksilver shifts between flute and saxophone. Originals sit alongside blues-inflected material and freer excursions, the music moving fluidly between structure and spontaneity. A cross-border exchange in the best sense — rooted in the European scene, open to risk, and driven by the pleasure of shared invention.