Herbert Joos - Change of BeautyBeauty is a question of view. For some it consists in perfection, symmetry; others perceive it only when ruptures, cracks, relativizations add to the impression. Herbert Joos has called his orchestra suite, which he premiered on the occasion of being awarded the 2017 Baden Wurttemberg Jazz Prize for Lifetime Achievement, "Change of Beauty." This fits a process of musical creation that the star chef and bass trumpeter Vincent Klink laconically

When Gavanski performed the songs with a band

Through sheer emotional intensity he transports himself and his listeners back in time to a juke-joint in the Mississippi Delta

After much scheming and antics

and features a diverse range of sacred music from Hildegard of Bingen to James MacMillan

a noble version the great man's arrangement of 'Moody's Mood For Love'

Featuring an array of artists such as Jeff Parker

Carus presents the most recent volume in their Lieder Project

featuring songs co-written with Lou Reed

This insatiable stylistic diversity is obvious on 'Peculiar

many of their once admired contemporaries quickly fell into oblivion and with them much delightful

during lockdown they kept working on something that had become long-awaited by fans

even when trivial