Sebastian Gahler Trio

“Trust” is the name of the new album from the Sebastian Gahler Trio. Trust is an important element of the relationship between Gahler, bass player Nico Brandenburg, and drummer René Marx. Having recently won the City of Düsseldorf’s Award in the category Music, Gahler is going on tour with his two companions in 2012 to present the new album. Unlike so many other piano trios, jazz is not an end in itself here in which the boxes of certain disciplines are conscientiously ticked: Even when one of the three musicians plays solo, it always still feels like a group statement. It is always about the piece itself as an interactive work of art.

The trio occasionally works with guest soloists, for example the jazz saxophonists Wolfgang Engstfeld, Gerd Dudek and Claudius Valk, or the jazz singer Inga Lühning. The Sebastian Gahler Trio has already made a name for itself performing at various festivals including the Düsseldorf Jazz Rally, the Burghausen International Jazz Week, Palatia Jazz and the Viersen Jazz Festival. In 2009 the Trio toured for a week in Bosnia at the invitation of the German Embassy 2009. This was followed by an appearance in Spain in autumn 2009.

According to the respected specialist magazine “Jazz thing”, the Sebastian Gahler Trio is already a rising star in the German jazz firmament. Gahler’s debut album “Meditation” will appear in the “Jazz thing Next Generation” (Double Moon) series in 2009 – an accolade in the jazz scene and an honor which is only accorded to four German newcomers each year. John Taylor, the internationally celebrated jazz pianist (who has played with Kenny Wheeler, Jan Gabarek, Gil Evans, Peter Erskine) and was Gahler’s former teacher at the Cologne College of Music, has nothing but praise for “Meditation”: “This is a skilful and impressive debut.” One thing is certain – we’ll be hearing plenty more from the Sebastian Gahler Trio.