CD Saints & Fools 2016 Jazzzeitung, July 2016, Michael Scheiner<\/strong> Culture Jazz, April 2016, Thierry Giard<\/strong> rbb Kulturradio, April 2016, Ulf Drechsel<\/strong> Jazzthing, M\u00e4rz 2016, Wolf Kampmann<\/strong> Longplay-Blog, M\u00e4rz 2016, Robert Ratajczak<\/strong> Jazzflits, April 2016, Herman te Loo<\/strong> Radio T Chemnitz, M\u00e4rz 2016, Klaus Wiedenh\u00f6ft<\/strong> Jazzpodium, April 2016, Rainer Bratfisch<\/strong> Melodiva, M\u00e4rz 2016<\/strong> Sound and Image Blog, M\u00e4rz 2016, Klaus Halama<\/strong> CD Big Black Dogs & Concerts 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n Kulturradio of the rbb, Late Night Jazz May 2013, Ulf Drechsel<\/strong> BR-KLASSIK Jazztime, February 2013, Beate Sampson<\/strong> CD Review Rondo, October 2013, Josef Engels<\/strong> CD Review melodiva, October 2013, Tina Karolina Stauner<\/strong> CD Review Jazz Thing, September 2013, Rolf Thomas<\/strong> CD Review Westzeit, October 2013, Klaus H\u00fcbner<\/strong> Concert Preview, N\u00fcrnberger Nachrichten January 2014, Peter Gruner<\/strong> Concert Review Th\u00fcringische Landeszeitung, May 2013, Dietmar Ebert<\/strong> Concert Review Osterl\u00e4nder Volkszeitung, September 2013, Thomas Trummer<\/strong> CD GLORY & DECAY & Concerts (2010 & 2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201eSparkling, funny, raucous… extremely stimulating music ..\u201c \u201eOne of the most enchanting German jazz bands…\u201c \u201cAn audacious crossover trip through jazz genres \u2013 it s great fun!\u201c \u201eAn appealing mixture of gripping density and lyrical fancifulness…\u201c \u201eThe poetic texts and expressive melodies move hearts and minds equally…combined with intoxicating rhythms… Shoot the Moon creates very convincing music…\u201c \u201eUncompromising, twinkle-toed and alert!\u201c \u201eTheatrically blazing, very amusing and musically great, the imaginatively dressed Berlin band \u201eShoot the Moon\u201c played in the Jazzstudio: Gnomes are rocking in the German forests, and the Queen is dancing.\u201c “Last weekend, the Berlin-based saxophone player and composer Almut Schlichting played with her formidable band \u201eShoot The Moon\u201c …. Schlichtings intricate compositions, songs and suites, sometimes more related to contemporary classical music than to jazz, combined with the freedom of stormy improvising…, result in quirky and idiosycratic tone poems…\u201c “La parit\u00e9 femmes-hommes existe dans le jazz, le sextet berlinois Shoot The Moon en est l\u2019illustration. Leur disque “Glory & decay” n\u2019est certes pas une nouveaut\u00e9 (paru en 2008, il nous est parvenu en cours d\u2019hiver) mais il permet de d\u00e9couvrir une formation qui ne manque ni d\u2019air, pour proposer une musique pleine de fougue et de vitalit\u00e9 assez d\u00e9lirante, ni d\u2019airs pour captiver l\u2019oreille de l\u2019auditeur.Read more<\/a><\/span>\n CD TREASURE ISLAND & Concerts (2008 & 2009)<\/strong> \u201eProfound ease …stylistic border crossing…imaginative songwriting…expressive solo statements…\u201c \u201eHeartily expressive…openness and new, individual forms of expression…\u201c \u201eVari\u00e8te and vaudeville, urban grooves and shantys, rock loans and singer-songwriter-feasting, Brecht and Weill, Polka, Klezmer and imaginary folklore, Tango and funeral march….something dreamy and fabulous in battered idylls …le fabuleux destin of Almut S.\u201c (sonic)<\/p>\n \u201eLightyears removed from the mainstream, somewhere between contemporary jazz and angular chanson, Shoot the Moon have created their own very special fantasy-grooves. Between the South Sea and the Arctic, the Berlin sextett dives down to hidden musical treasures with their songs of sunken sailboats and bathing tigers…\u201c \u201e(Shoot the Moon) roam the music fund, beautifully and off-key…\u201c \u201eMusic Pirates keen on experimenting…Shoot the Moon elates the listeners in the sold-out Kulturbahnhof…\u201c \u201eNever a jazz band in the straight sense of the word, Shoot the Moon have build many causes of friction into their music. Theatrical street ballads evocative of an imaginary Berlin of the twenties alternate with Calypso-infected songs, roughed up with folkloristic ingredients, which sometimes remind of Klezmer or Balkan sounds…\u201c \u201e(Shoot the Moon) inspire with a distinctive and inventive sound… powerful and rough…from the morbid air of Viennese waltz to excursions to the south sea and the greek ancient world… very special charm. .\u201c \u201eEven Captain Jack Sparrow himself would swoon over (Shoot the Moon)…..\u201c Shoot the Moon Press & Radio Reviews CD Saints & Fools 2016 Jazzzeitung, July 2016, Michael Scheiner Interlaced and animated, frizzy and gloriously grooving, the album is an unusual find in the gerne jazz. It is a great pleasure to discover and follow its unexpected turns and jumps into stylistically ambigous corners. 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\nInterlaced and animated, frizzy and gloriously grooving, the album is an unusual find in the gerne jazz. It is a great pleasure to discover and follow its unexpected turns and jumps into stylistically ambigous corners. Read more<\/a><\/span>\n
\nVoil\u00e0 une formation qui a retenu notre attention et que nous avons toujours plaisir \u00e0 retrouver dans le cheminement al\u00e9atoire sur notre liste de lecture du mois. Shoot The Moon nous vient de Berlin, p\u00e9pini\u00e8re des musiques inventives europ\u00e9ennes. Son r\u00e9pertoire puise dans les musiques anciennes et traditionnelles, des chansons (parfois en fran\u00e7ais!) d\u00e9velopp\u00e9es avec intelligence et \u00e9nergie. Belle d\u00e9couverte!<\/p>\n
\nAll the real and imaginary stories which are told in an often bizarre manner are a wonderful kaleidoscope of moods and fanciful obscurities \u2013 carried by the spirited band reaching for the stars.<\/p>\n
\nThe quintet offers a toybox filled to bursting with very quirky songs which come alive with the powerful presentation of vocalist Winnie Br\u00fcckner. Read more<\/a><\/span>\n
\nInterestingly constructed vocal lines, the warm sounds of the alto saxophone and the characteristic tone of the bass clarinet create an extraordinary marriage of ideas, combining medieval aesthetics with modern improvised music.<\/p>\n
\nFriendly and playful…
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\nThe lack of an harmony instrument makes the band sound open, the alto saxophone of the bandleader and the clarinet of Tobias Dettbarn dancing twinkle-toed around each other…
\nThe listener is drawn into the music, not by spectacular musical whirlwinds or fast tempos, but in an inconspicuous way, by melodies which sound as though they have been stored in your memory for years.<\/div><\/p>\n
\nAlmut Schlichting was inspired by medieval music and texts. Now Shoot the Moon presents a extraordinary and exciting product which is not only interesting for jazz lovers, but also for every curios and musically open pair of ears.<\/p>\n
\nThe musicians quote medieval harmonies, borrow from Dada and, apart from that, move stylistically assured in the Here and Now. The balancing act succeeds: from the first to the last note, the music is exciting, amusing and laid-back.<\/p>\n
\nAn interesting mixture inviting repeated listening.<\/p>\n
\nVery high-class (…) and adventurous!<\/p>\nPress & Radio Reviews<\/h1>\n
\nAfraid of big black dogs? Not neccessarily \u2013 if they play as merrily as in the quintet Shoot the Moon…
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\nWhoever is still afraid of big black dogs, will most likely loose their fear while listening to this album.<\/p>\n
\nOn January 25, the Berlin Quintet Shoot the Moon presented their new songs from Big Black Dogs and elated the audience in the jam-packed club Jazzstudio. Read more<\/a><\/span>\n
\nCoffee is the fuel that keeps Berlin running. That`s what everybody knows since the wonderful film Oh Boy, that\u00b4s what the metropolis-based quintet Shoot The Moon shows with their hymn Coffee, written by band leader and alto saxophonist Almut Schlichting. A grumpy bass and scuffling drums are adrenalized with caffeine by strange bop horn lines and the voice of Winnie Br\u00fcckner, oscillating between purring jingles and rap – to such an extent that finally they skip into happy South American rhythms from the home of the coffee bean.
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\na chorale turns into a polka and finally into a twisted waltz (Walk In The Woods). The playful choiceness of the arrangements contrasts with a raw, crannied band sound; doing without a chord instrument grants freedom to the soloists. Vocalist Br\u00fcckner is the protagonist who animates Schlichtings extraordinary song-tragicomedies with storyteller-siren voice. Berlin, singing and sighing.<\/div><\/p>\n
\nWarm grooves, imaginative improvisations, weirdly dazzling songs, music for visionary souls and agile spirits… you can catch a daily whiff of paradise everywhere with Big Black Dogs.<\/p>\n
\nBreezy & summery… The opener Coffee instantly attracts you with its iresistible groove.<\/p>\n
\nWell-observed scenes from daily life, profound nuances, distinct expressiveness…<\/p>\n
\nA subtly grooving ride on a harmonical roller coaster, accelerating the pulse with rapid loopings…<\/p>\n
\nShoot the Moon elated the attentive audience with poetical jazz songs, narrating stories filled with quiet mirth and silent melancholy. Read more<\/a><\/span>\n
\nThe great texts and music invited you to dream \u2013 and also encouraged you to live your dreams. Maybe in music?<\/div><\/p>\n
\nDelightful stories, wonderfully gnarly songs, intoxicating grooves \u2013 great music. There were quiet pop sections alternating with vivid rhythms and experimental episodes (\u2026) The icing on the cake was the crystal clear voice of Winnie Br\u00fcckner. The audience was enthusiastic \u2013 two encores and standing ovations!<\/p>\n
\n(Jazzpodium)<\/p>\n
\n(Rondo)<\/p>\n
\n(Jazzzeitung)<\/p>\n
\n(Jazzthing)<\/p>\n
\n(Jazzthetik)<\/p>\n
\n(Jazzdimensions)<\/p>\n
\n(N\u00fcrnberger Nachrichten)<\/p>\n
\n(Mittelbayrische Zeitung)<\/p>\n
\n(Culture Jazz)<\/p>\n
\n\u201eAlmut Schlichting`s Sextett with the beautiful name Shoot the Moon makes Tom-Waits-Polkas collide with the controlled madness of Ornette Coleman; drunken waltz flirts with lopsided blues, and Marvin Gaye drowns in the bow waves of a postmodern pirate shanty.\u201c (Berliner Morgenpost)<\/p>\n
\n(Jazzzeitung)<\/p>\n
\n(Jazzpodium)<\/p>\n
\n(Saarbr\u00fccker Zeitung)<\/p>\n
\n(N\u00fcrnberger Nachrichten)<\/p>\n
\n(Hessisch-Nieders\u00e4chsische Allgemeine)<\/p>\n
\n(Jazzthetik)<\/p>\n
\n(Saarbr\u00fccker Zeitung)<\/p>\n
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