Father And Sun Wolfgang Muthspiel Quintet ( Rising Grace), ECM Records

Wolfgang Muthspiel Rising Grace Wolfgang Muthspiel: guitar Ambrose Akinmusire: trumpet Brad Mehldau: piano Larry Grenadier: doublebass Brian Blade: drums +++++ CD, 180g Vinyl, Streaming: Wolfgang Muthspiel whom The New Yorker has called a shining light among todays jazz guitarists made his ECM leader debut in 2014 with the trio disc Driftwood, featuring him alongside two longtime colleagues, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Brian Blade. For his followup Rising Grace the Austrian guitarist has convened a very special quintet, adding jazz luminary Brad Mehldau on piano and the outstanding young trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire to the subtly virtuosic Grenadier, Blade rhythm section. Muthspiel moves between electric guitar and classically tinged acoustic sixstring, his playing by turns grooving (Boogaloo) and enchanting (Rising Grace). The lyrical flights of Akinmusires trumpet and the probing improvisations of Mehldau run through Muthspiels rich set of composition