{"product_id":"alone-together","title":"Alone Together","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKarl Ratzer\u003c\/strong\u003e, an Austrian jazz guitarist, and \u003cstrong\u003eEd Neumeister\u003c\/strong\u003e, an American jazz trombonist, have been playing together for 10 years in various bands of the guitar player and now have also gotten together as a duo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlone Together\u003c\/em\u003e is a duo homage to the Great American Songbook of Jazz. Karl Ratzer’s two original compositions, \u003cem\u003e“Sabah El Nur”\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e“Senor Lopez”\u003c\/em\u003e, fit in harmoniously with the jazz classics \u003cem\u003e“Body and Soul”\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e“I Thought About You”\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e“Alone Together”\u003c\/em\u003e. All are played with inimitable verve, creativity, and with a deep feeling for the songs (lyrics included), even though most of the tracks are instrumental.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I’m Old Fashioned”\u003c\/em\u003e, the only song sung by Karl Ratzer, reminds one of Chet Baker, with whom the guitarist toured. This duo of superlatives, in the rather rare line-up of guitar and trombone, impressively prove, by its interpretations, that jazz standards are not old-fashioned or out of date, but that their essence includes something eternal, a timelessness, that touches young and old today as it did yesterday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe unmistakable atmosphere of the 1920s and ‘30s New York awakens to new pulsating life on this album.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Enja","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50459297907019,"sku":"1135409","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1eaa4344-0390-4916-be3b-c3629ecabf48_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727219611","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/alone-together","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}