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B​-​3 Vol. 1

by krajenski.

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You Made My Day 05:41
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Three For T 04:38
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3.
Praise 04:50
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4.
Yeah ! 04:22
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5.
Seine Truhe 05:40
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5er Touring 05:30
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KKG 04:43
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HDRX 04:05
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An organist, a saxophonist and a drummer - the classic organ trio has been arousing special expectations to Jazz listeners since the glory days of Jimmy Smith, Groove Holmes and the McDuffs and McGriffs. The organist can spread out, the saxophonist can follow him and the drummer swings and provides the groove "in the pocket".
With their album "B-3 Vol.1" the Hanoverian Lutz "Hammond" Krajenski aka krajenski. on the B-3 organ, Ben Kraef from Berlin on the saxophone and Peter Gall from southern Germany on the drums break new ground even if the old path of the Hammond-infected Blue Note refinement always remains in view.

Kraef-Krajenski-Gall do their thing and that very consistently. They play with the different readings of the format with reflections from Jimmy Smith to Larry Young. They play with expectations and play around clichés with sophisticated twists and tongue-clicking rhythmic and harmonic treasures. It's an album to dig out the phrase "No fillers, all killers" for.

Eight songs can be found on "B-3 Vol.1". We asked krajenski. to briefly describe each of the tracks:

1.You Made My Day
“One of the very first tunes we played with this band. Like so many from Ben's pen - his compositions just hit me in the heart, probably also because they defy genres so wonderfully - blues, gospel, groove, jazz - everything in it!"

2.Three For T
"Two waltzes and a 5/4 quasi-waltz ended up on the album completely unintentionally - this one is wonderfully bluesy, exactly my idea of ​​Hammond jazz."

3. Praise

"I would never presume to say "I play gospel" - as a North German boy. But I love this music and am delighted that Ben has contributed a tune as a great homage to the gospel churches of the world. With soprano - orchestra at the end!"

4. Yeah!

"We're just a live band and this number always gets brutal on stage. I'm glad we managed to capture that energy on this album."

5. Seine Truhe

"A boogaloo number I developed many years ago from the intro of a Roger Cicero arrangement that was rejected by the producers at the time. A wonderful second use, I think.”

6. 5er Touring

“Another tune from my humble pen. Maybe we've played Take Five often enough now... No, that's presumptuous, of course. I'm proud of the numerous metric changes, which you don't feel at all because everything follows the melody. I learned that from Burt Bacharach..."

7. KKG

"A rainy metropolis in the 50s, a Hammond trio on a secret mission and proof that this band definitely swings like hell. Awesome sax solo from Ben.”

8. HNDRX

"And even more capital letters and a wonderful composition by Peter, which opens a completely different window at the very end and is pretty much on the 12. Three musicians, 3 composers, a trio.”


We owe this resurrection of the classic format "Hammondtrio" to three musicians who are gliding to revitalize jazz history. Lutz "Hammond" Krajenski - It is no coincidence that it has been nicknamed "Hammond" since the first career steps. His organ collection now includes 15 instruments; ascending trend. Not only is he a brilliant instrumentalist, he also made a name for himself as an arranger for his own big band as well as for other ensembles and artists. Clients included musicians such as Tom Jones, Randy Crwaford, Mousse T., Ulrich Tukur, Sarah Connor and Inga Rumpf. Krajenski became known to a wide audience primarily as an arranger, pianist and musical director for Roger Cicero.
His two fellow musicians on "B-3 Vol. 1" both studied in New York and belong to the crème de la crème of the German Jazz scene. The award-winning Berlin saxophonist Ben Kraef has played with greats such as Lalo Schiffrin, Archie Shepp, Phil Woods and John Abercrombie. His debut album "Berlin-New York" was released in 2010 by Act (with sidemen John Patitucci, Marcus Gilmore and Rainer Boehm). Drummer Peter Gall, on the other hand, has already shone alongside luminaries such as the Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio, the NDR Big Band, The New York Voices, Take 6, Web Web, Thomas Quasthoff, Nils Landgren, Max Herre, Joy Denalane and the Dieter Ilg Trio.

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released September 2, 2022

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An organist, a saxophonist and a drummer - that's the classic organ trio.
Kraef-Krajenski-Gall do their thing and that very consistently. They play with the different readings of the format with reflections from Jimmy Smith to Larry Young. They play with expectations and play around clichés with sophisticated twists and tongue-clicking rhythmic and harmonic treasures ... more

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