# CD review: David Wildi Guitar Poetry – Endawin 2022: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2022/05/09/cd-review-david-wildi-guitar-poetry-endawin-2022-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2022-05-09T14:38:49+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**“Melody is the soul,” says David Wildi, and it is from this understanding that
his latest album “Endawin” was born. Wildi plays the melodies as wide arcs, which
he completes – also in his improvisations – whenever possible. **

The fragmentary is not his thing, all the more precise and form-conscious is his
playing. Every sound is right, chord and single-note playing intertwine, a tension
subtly builds up.

The melodic themes are central. The way they expand and culminate, blossom and dissolve
again in the flow is one of the strong listening experiences of this music. It is
grounded by jazz and blues and does not miss its funky touch (“Jackfish”).

Titles like “Coral Reef”, “Missing Birds of Passage”, “Starling Cloud”, “Pearl Island”,“
Signs Of Great Change” or “Traveling Light” tell of the themes that inspire David
Wildi. They are the creative processes of nature, the moods of certain places, the
universal connections. Spiritual themes have become increasingly important in recent
years. Perhaps that is why the music seems so focused and at the same time weightless.
A gentle melancholy and serene cheerfulness touch each other, and hope for a better
world is also palpable in the moods. “It’s important to me that my music touches
hearts, that a certain empathy is always palpable, and that melancholic elements
lead back to confidence.”

What I like about Endawin is the uncompromising nature of the compositions. I concentrated
entirely on taking the melodies that were created as purely as possible and not 
using any compositional techniques. The small instrumentation brings out the essence
of the compositions. They were created by processing individual ideas that I had
collected over a long period of time. These sketches are constantly being created
in a variety of places. Today I am working on other pieces not dissimilar to those
of Endawin. I have a lot of collected sketches in the drawer. I am constantly working
on them:  interview with me said David Wildi.

01. Coral Reef
 02. The Missing Birds of Passage 03. Endawin 04. Starling Cloud 
05. Lost and Forsaken 06. Jackfish 07. Pearl Island 08. Signs of Great Change 09.
Secret Hope 10. Traveling Light

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