Paier, Klaus: Vibrations 4

KLAUS PAIER, austrian accordionist and composer, studied accordion, jazz and composition at Klagenfurt conservatory. Paier has been particularly inspired by such instrumentalists as Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus or Thelonious Monk. For him, their conception of jazz, with its wide diversity of musical possibilities and freedoms, was of inestimable importance. In addition to the historically evolved European harmonies involving the accordion, the classical component has also assumed an unmistakable position in Paier's compositions. The compositions from 'vibrations, volume 1-4' which progress between the French Musette, Tango Nuevo, east European Folk Music and Jazz with abundant room for improvisation, were arranged by Klaus Paier especially for 2, 3, and 4 accordions.