
Jazz Podium
Published on 26 Nov. 2009 in the magazine Jazz Podium
Fire, Water, Air and Earth: The doctrine of the four elements is
back to the valley of Miletus, in its actual wording on the
Greek natural philosopher Empedocles of Agrigento, on the
Luciano de Crescenzo in his "History of Greek Philosophy"
writes that he was a philosopher, physician, poet, physicist and Democrat, have been
while quacks and charlatan guru, short-Renan citing a
"Man of many talents, half and half Newton Cagliostro".
Only two of these properties combines with the saxophonist Empedocles
Matthias Anton, the seemingly inexhaustible talent and translucent
flickering maelstrom of creativity in the game and items, four items: air, earth,
Water, fire, nothing else! But it is precisely the mix of elements from
of the diversity arises from the variety of eras and the balance
the world that just does not define itself at a standstill, but in times gentle,
times violent course of events.
Matthias Anton and Patrick "Paco" Miller based very heavily on the
European jazz tradition, as others connected with the name of Jan Garbarek
is to conjure up bass and saxophone synthesizer and waiving all rights
cheap Weichspülerei an enchanting range of sounds, from the in-
Interaction with cover art and accompanying text, a whole world of
Inspiration and imagination may be composed. A bit like Empedocles:
Half physicist and half Achimist!