Parzhuber Trio feat. Olga Reznichenko

The name fits: PARZ is a radical distillation of the surname Parzhuber down to its essence. It’s the name of the trio led by Cologne-based drummer Alexander Parzhuber, who has teamed up with Fabian Dudek (alto saxophone, Ableton, wind controller) and Oliver Lutz (electric bass) to create a sound that brings Yellowjackets-style jazz fusion into the here and now of contemporary music—music that kicks as hard as Knower’s or is as atmospherically dense as Bon Iver’s. To achieve such a compelling result, they must perform as a unified whole. That is exactly what PARZ does: everything unnecessary is set aside; the three focus on the essentials and concentrate on the physical presence of their respective instruments. Together, Parzhuber, Dudek, and Lutz act as a high-energy unit that has broken free from rigid jazz conventions and puts playfulness front and center.