6th August 2019: SCOPES Release New Live Video + CONCERTO Magazine Cover Star Feature + latest ★★★★ Reviews from DownBeat Magazine, All About Jazz and more + Upcoming Tour Dates
The contemporary sound is strong in this sparkling, eponymous debut from new European quartet SCOPES, led by Austrian drummer Mathias Ruppnig and German bassist Tom Berkmann. Originally meeting up when based in New York for several years, performing there in various projects with French pianist/keyboardist Tony Tixier, they created the basis of a striking collaboration completed by acclaimed Dutch alto saxophonist Ben van Gelder.
We’re delighted to share that they’re on the cover of CONCERTO Magazine Austria this edition with a featured article, amongst loads of other international acclaim, all below:
(SCOPES is also being released on 180 gram Limited Edition vinyl as part of our 10 New Vinyl in association with Diggers Factory, you can order your copy here.)
“Infused with a refreshing collectivity.”
★★★★ DownBeat Magazine
“Judging by this excellent first album, the band could well have the makings of the epithet “international super group.”
★★★★ All About Jazz (full review)
”An excellent debut offering from Scopes. The music combines accessibility with adventurousness, the strong focus on melody enhanced by rhythmic inventiveness and imaginative soloing.”
★★★★ The Jazz Mann (full review)
”Four musicians well steeped in the sound that typifies contemporary European jazz. The music floats rather than swings and the mood is ethereal. Avant-garde, maybe, but without the excess of atonality that the term often evokes.”
Bebop Spoken Here (full review)
“Pure lines, rounded sound, rich textures : the group delivers a neat and personal work. This first album gives hope for beautiful arrangements and a bright future.”
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