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Future Memories is the new album from New York-based German drummer and composer Mareike Wiening, featuring her longstanding band that includes saxophonist Rich Perry, pianist Glenn Zaleski, guitarist Alex Goodman, and bassist Johannes Felscher. Recorded in one day in the midst of an extensive tour, the album captures the live group energy and cohesion that only comes from playing together regularly.
Featuring eight of Wiening’s originals inspired by her band members, the compositions are emotional, rhythmical and most importantly, always lyrical. The music was captured in January 2020, just before the first pandemic lockdown, and the album’s title encapsulates Mareike’s feelings: the unexpected value of our future interweaves with various levels of past experiences, memories and the unknown. Balancing great compositions with soaring solo explorations, this is exciting, thoughtful, and engaging creative jazz.
credits
released November 12, 2021
Personnel:
Mareike Wiening | Drums
Rich Perry | Tenor Saxophone
Glenn Zaleski | Piano
Alex Goodman | Guitar
Johannes Felscher | Double Bass
Production Credits:
Produced by Mareike Wiening
Executive Producer: Dave Douglas
Recorded at Riverside Studios Cologne, Germany on January 17th, 2020
Recorded by David Brucklacher
Mixed and mastered by Johannes Felscher
Graphic Design by Frank Hoeger
Photography by Lukas Diller
All compositions and arrangements by Mareike Wiening (GEMA)
Mareike Wiening plays Meinl Cymbals and Meinl Stick & Brush
Rich Perry plays D’Addario reeds
Alex Goodman plays Collings Guitars
Thank you to Dave Douglas, Greenleaf Music and Riverside Studios in Cologne. Thank you Meinl Stick & Brush and Meinl Cymbals for providing the best sounding instruments.
Press:
"As a composer, Weining goes for mood and atmosphere more often than hard-driving rhythms; like Max Roach, she’s interested in the melodic and orchestral possibilities of percussion, preferring to ornament the music rather than keep time."
- Stereogum, The Month in Jazz, November 2021
“An impressive sophomore effort from this bright talent.”
- Mark Corroto, All About Jazz
"This music suggests a view on the New York jazz scene with a faint European spin; this composition, "An Idea is Unpredictable," even has transatlanticism built into the framework, in its toggling between one idea and the next."
- Nate Chinen, WBGO 'Take Five' feature
“A real comer with a lot of curiosity … she’s well on her way to crafting her own genre and niche. Smart stuff throughout.”
- Midwest Record
Active on the fertile jazz scenes in New York City and her home country of Germany, drummer Mareike Wiening displays her
extraordinary talents as composer and bandleader on her sophomore release Future Memories, featuring her longtime quintet of NY heavyweights. All About Jazz called her 2019 album Metropolis Paradise, “an impressive debut.”...more
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This is a wonderful album! Dave Douglas is one of my heroes. He's more than a great musician. He has a vision for the music and a feeling for putting together a group which is unique. So, beside Joey Baron (another heavyweight and one of my absolute favourite drummers) he invited some young cats to this session. They play just great and make sure that this music sounds totally fresh, whilst at the same time being deeply rooted in the jazz tradition. Florian Arbenz
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A back and forth between meaningful narratives and casual conversations. Whatever it is it is expressed by well sounding and souvereign voices. freejazzy