# CD review: Richie Winkler Project – Stitch Down 2021: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2021/05/06/cd-review-richie-winkler-project-stitch-down-2021-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2021-05-06T17:06:58+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Originating from the Duo FJORD the Richie Winkler Project features now four musicians
RICHIE WINKLER, BURKHARD FRAUENLOB, WOLFRAM DERSCHMIDT and CHRISTIAN STOLZ, each
one an expert in interpreting classic jazz in an exciting way and who, together,
are now impressively attracting attention for the first time with “Stitch Down”.**

The Richie Winkler Project emerged from the Duo FJORD, originally featuring Richie
Winkler (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet) and Burkhard Frauenlob(
piano, keyboard) through addition of the two musicians Wolfram Derschmidt (bass)
and Christian Stolz (drums) to a jazz quartet to pursue a new musical approach. 
The four musicians celebrate their own band sound on “Stitch Down”, the development
its expansion is strongly influenced by the broad spectrum of jazz history. The 
goal of the team of four is to get the listeners to stand up and dance, to generate
positive energy and transfer it to the audience. In addition, the album is also 
a tribute to the great masters such as Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Garrett or John
Coltrane.

Richie Winkler and Burkhard Frauenlob are responsible for the very comprehensive
compositions, telling their musical stories through wonderfully varied arcs of tension.
What is presented by the ensemble oscillates in an extraordinarily thrilling way
between swing, groove and successful improvisations and develops a tone that carries
a lot of emotion and takes on an almost pictorial character. When you listen through
the individual musical creations of the Richie Winkler Project, your imagination
is inevitably stimulated, you feel invited to immerse yourself in the spherical 
soundscape of the quartet and let yourself be carried away.

With “Stitch Down” the four musicians of the project prove that they have done their
homework in jazz masterfully and that they know how to get a lot of new and exciting
out of the classical. The album convinces with its very lively and playful substance,
which stands out from any theory in a refreshing way.

 1.  Don’t Cry for Me Crete (5:34)
 2.  Guarana (5:36)
 3.  Shifting Motivation (5:39)
      04. Fjord (5:11)
 4.  Stitch Down (8:27)
 5.  Fraim Chain (1:58)
 6.  Lacrymosa (4:14)
 7.  Der Kranich (6:48)
 8.  Trainspotting (8:36)
 9.  Stair Tower (7:21)
 10. Morning in Blue (5:26)

**Richie Winkler – saxophones, bass clarinet**
 **Burkhard Frauenlob – piano, keyboard****
Wolfram Derschmidt – bass** **Christian Stolz – drums**

![Stitch Down by Richie Winkler Project on Amazon Music Unlimited](https://m.media-
amazon.com/images/I/51X0E8i80WS._UXNaN_FMjpg_QL85_.jpg)

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