Michael Arbenz piano
Thomas Lähns bass
Florian Arbenz drums
There certainly is no special need any more to mention the fact that today most jazz piano trios are deeply attached to musical interplay (even though this fact is worth to never be taken for granted!).
And yet, even with the most subtle, most distinguished form of interplay there is always one in the trio who plays the part of the primus inter pares - the pianist, of course (usually and by definition leader of the group).
That's exactly where pianist Michael Arbenz, bassist Thomas Lähns and drummer Florian Arbenz come up with their own idea of musical interplay. In fact, what they aim to achieve with their music - their understanding of music - is nothing less than the greatest possible balance of their three voices - starting with the way they work out their own compositions and arrangements, and going right through to the soloistic parts, fully assigned to all three of them.
The result is a stupendous musical togetherness, packed with surprising melodic, rhythmic and dynamic turns, played with highest precision even in the most complex, distorted and twisted passages of their compositions, arrangements and solos.
Thomas Lähns begann 2001 sein Kontrabas-Studium an der Musikhochschule Basel bei Wolfgang Güttler und Botond Kostyak. 2005 schloss er mit dem Lehrdiplom, 2008 mit dem Konzertdiplom ab. Unter anderem spielte unter so namhaften Dirigenten wie Heinz Holliger oder Peter Eötvös und wirkte mit Bottesinis 2. Konzert in h-moll als Solist in der Schweiz und in Südamerika. Thomas Lähns gehört zu den wenigen Kontrabassisten, die das Kontrabasskonzert von Hans-Werner Henze bisher aufgeführt haben.
