Pianist
Alex Bayer
a slight change of plans
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Loren Stillman tenor saxophone
Max Arsava piano
Alex Bayer double bass
Bill Elgart drums
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recorded december 2022 at Realistic Sound Studios München
A quartet that not only complements each other perfectly but also challenges each other creatively
SWR Kultur
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The whole album lives of free musical communication that nevertheless produces connections. Modern jazz at its best.
NRW Jazz
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A jazz album like life itself, surprising, full of twists and turns, without a fixed course. Alex Bayer has created a powerful statement of great imagination and life experience on his new album “A Slight Change Of Plans”.
Uwe Kerkau
Max Arsava is a Berlin-based pianist, composer and improviser. He works mainly at the intersections of contemporary music, free jazz and electroacoustic music with a strong interest in DIY, free improvisation, noise rock and other forms of community-oriented experimentalism. Besides the piano, he also plays synthesizers and other electroacoustic devices working with tapes, radio, contact microphones, as well as loopers and samplers. read more
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discography
Schindler/Arsava/Geisse- sightings and stratifications (creative sources recordings, 2025)
Alex Bayer- a slight change of plans (klaeng records, 2024)
Einemsen- split tape with True Lions (manor records, 2024)
Max Arsava- nowhere dense (aut records, 2023)
werken- kollektive verkabelung (creative sources recordings, 2023)
Max Koch- ten bulls (jazzwerkstatt, 2023)
Max Arsava- inert concaves (label 11, 2021)
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collaborations
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contact
arsava.max (at) gmail.com
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