Leo Auri

Chiffchaff album recorded with support of the Berliner Senate

Nikolaus Neuser – trumpet
Edith Steyer – alto sax, clarinet
Dirk Steglich – tenor sax, flute
Johannes Fink – cello
Leo Auri – piano
Maike Hilbig – double bass

Manifesto – Black Milk Impulses released on Metarecords

Released by METARECORDS
META 070

The music is presented as the accidental rumblings of a musical virus. The tracks tumble out of the speakers like an intoxicated businessman, but a close listen reveals that each piece is anything but inebriated…………..The joy of Manifesto is the sounds between the notes, sampled crowds, static and these interlude tracks of less than two minutes that contain the seeds of extended improvisations.

Mark Corroto – All About Jazz

At any moment, any of the three players seems entirely free to do as they wish, whether that be to inject a melody, a solo or a burst of rhythm; by some alchemy, that does not lead to a free-for-all or a cacophony but music that is focused, coherent and fluid.

John Eyles – All About Jazz

Black Milk Impulses: Live Recording in Cafè Tasso

Clown jazz.

We played a very enjoyable concert in Cafè Tasso, and I mixed an “album” out of it:

It’s not possible to break anything in this room

Gerhard Gschlößl – Trombone
Gianpaolo Camplese – Drums
Leo Auri – Keyboard

Check it out:

An oddball film created from Kaori Camplese‘s photography of the night:

Monolike – Black Milk Impulses

The second Black Milk Impulses “Album” – improvised trios by Sachio Suginuma, Gianpaolo Camplese and Leo Auri:

We’re somewhere here in the middle; Monolike.

Bubbly – Black Milk Impulses

A Black Milk Impulses “Album” – improvised duos by Gianpaolo Camplese and Leo Auri:

Drums and processed Rhodes Piano welcome you into the machine room, it’s been described as “industrial jazz”, free improvisation with hints of angry experimental hip hop, starlight and childhood nostalgia.