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On The Edges 3 has a focus on melodic elements that make the music more accessible. Among the tracks, we find several catchy hits, to be instantly whistled, some of which are reworkings from Lüdemann's previous compositions. This album was recorded in Rome, thanks to the German Rome Prize for composition that Lüdemann received in 2021. But it is not only the pervasive Mediterranean flavour that sets the mood: Rita Marcotulli and Lüdemann's collaboration is the result of a personal relationship that goes back many years, and this is reflected in their natural and intuitive interplay. Marcotulli is the "grand dame" of Italian jazz, at home in all its layers, from popular sounds to the most modern musical constructions. The other guest is Luciano Biondini, one of the most original, creative, and virtuosic European accordionists today. The album is also a joint cooperation between TEE and their guests, as the tracks include not only Lüdemann's tunes, but also compositions by Marcotulli, Biondini, Grimal and Terzic.

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Bonus Materials

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgPpl70JQOk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Iru3BKsmY&t=2099s

Sales Points

• Hans Lüdemann received many prestigious awards, like the German Rome Prize for composition and the Echo Jazz Prize.
• The first album of TransEuropeExpress Ensemble received 'Élu' from the French magazine, Citizen Jazz.
• The first recording of the series, On The Edges 1 with Majid Bekkas was a critically acclaimed album in 2022.
• The second album in the series, the 'Scandinavian' On the Edges 2 includes the guitarist Kalle Kalima and the vocalist Sofia Jernberg.

Press Quotes

Overall, this is a brilliant example of Jazz-World Fusion, which respectfully combines seeming alien musical traditions into a new amalgam, which proves that music is completely borderless and finding the common roots is only up to the musicians. Wholeheartedly recommended. (On the Edges 1, 2022))

     —Adam Baruch, The Soundtrack of My Life

Even more assured in its newest recorded effort, the appropriately named eight-piece Trans Europe Express (TEE) has become a confident, vigorous and multi-faceted ensemble as it evolves. (Polyjazz, 2018)

     —Ken Waxman, JazzWord

Based on things we've heard here and there, but at the same time new, fresh and occasionally downriht exciting and weird. An accentuated sense of Europe. (Polyjazz, 2018)

     —Hans-Jürgen Linke, Jazzthetik