ALDEN HELLMUTH - Tether FRANK SINATRA WITH QUINCY JONES AND ORCHESTRA as though in the blink

as though in the blink of an eye

so the best way to live – and make music – is to seize the day

I think that the original plan was that in performance there would be a mixture of live music and electronica

taking the listener from house to baggy via post-punk

ALDEN HELLMUTH - Tether FRANK SINATRA WITH QUINCY JONES AND ORCHESTRA as though in the blinkGerman Jazz Prize winner Alden Hellmuth returns with second album Tether, an eight track exploration of jazz, punk and freeform improvisation. In any band there is a constant push and pull. A state of tension and release between written music and improvisation, between leading and following each other. In the instinctive, unpredictable world of jazz, that push and pull can explode groups and compositions into entirely new forms, yet no matter how far