"The Faraway Nearby" is the second release of Tomas Sauters highly acclaimed contemporary jazz working band featuring Domenic Landolf on sax, Daniel Schlappi on bass and Tomas Sauter on guitar, who are among Europe's most interesting artists. The album was recorded and mixed by the highly acclaimed sound engineer Gérard de Haro in the Studios la Buissonne in the South of France.
With his new album "The Faraway Nearby" Tomas Sauter confirms his reputation as a skilled and surefooted leader once again. As an experienced producer he has been amazing audiences for years with his unerring sense of the perfect line-up to realize his compositional intentions. Sauter's dense textures of sound reveal themselves to be a finely structured labyrinthine mosaic in which the audience can get lost. The music seduces the listener into letting the imagination run wild and getting lost in thought. One floats around and plunges into remote worlds to discover familiar sounds in new surroundings. It's no coincidence that wanderlust and homesickness can be very similar. This sense of floating between the near and the far can be clearly felt on "The Faraway Nearby". Full of energy, elegance and emotions, the music evokes strong images and fiery desire while capturing the listener from the very first note. Personnel Tomas Sauter - Guitar Domenic Landolf - Tenor Saxophone Luzius Schuler - Piano Daniel Schlappi - Bass Kevin Chesham - Drums
