Jahn Neu - Flowers To Go (Self Release) [Jazz]
- The Slow Music Movement
- 3 days ago
- 1 min read
Jahn Neu is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and serious trumpet player based in Prague, Czechia who’s been releasing some great, forward looking, sofa suitable jazz for the last five years. He’s also been garnering praise in the local scene for his lyrical playing that he likes to melt into sparse, atmospheric soundscapes, aided by effects and granular synthesis. He’s got a vibe, and I like it.
The sounds of a piano get this album started, seeding a sense of melancholy that is unbothered by what sounds like the tick of a grandfather clock in a musty room, and an angular bass loop which provide vague percussive support for Neu’s bittersweet horn. “Dance With Me” is more of a nu-jazz smoocher, its gentle beats swaying rather than gyrating, a well weighted frame for the warmer, more animated trumpet chatter.
“Back to the Moon” serenades a lonely astronaut, and paves the way for two similarly sparse bass and trumpet duets that extend the navel gazing, before this talented one man band mimics a quartet knocking out a jazz hop instrumental. “Birthday” closes proceedings, seemingly more worried about being a year closer to its expiration date rather than celebrating life, but as with the rest of this introspective album, it does so in a thoughtful and most listenable manner.
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