Reviews & Press Quotes — Jazz with a Big Sound

A jazz evening rich in colour at Birdland Neuburg

„Wonderful melodies, flowing harmonies — a truly outstanding evening carried by a band at the highest level.“

In the Donaukurier, Karl Leitner describes the Daniel Guggenheim Quartet’s concert at Birdland Jazzclub Neuburg as a colourful journey through the current album “Red Orange And Blue”. Alongside Guggenheim, whose playing is clearly shaped by John Coltrane, pianist Sebastian Sternal dazzles with vast inventiveness, while drummer Silvio Morger and bassist Dietmar Fuhr lay the foundation for a spontaneous world premiere.

Coltrane’s Swiss reincarnation — world premiere at Birdland

„Perhaps one of the finest tenor saxophone solos of recent times — as if he truly were the Swiss reincarnation of Coltrane.“

In the Neuburger Rundschau, Reinhard Köchl honours Daniel Guggenheim as a saxophonist who has internalised Coltrane’s legacy while pushing it further in a more structured and accessible direction. With Sebastian Sternal, Dietmar Fuhr and Silvio Morger, the sold-out Hofapothekenkeller witnesses an evening of bluesy atmosphere, overflowing emotion and a celebrated world premiere.

“Maturity as far as the ear can hear” — review of “red orange and blue”

„The atmosphere is full of warmth and melodic intensity that holds even in the more expressive passages. Maturity as far as the ear can hear.“

In the Frankfurter Rundschau’s arts section, Hans-Jürgen Linke describes the Daniel Guggenheim Quartet’s current album as a sonic space of calm authority — a record that unfolds its saxophonist’s big tone without haste.

The middle path — feature & review

„…composes and presents his own themes, in which conventional models are imaginatively reframed.“

In a substantial feature for the Swiss jazz magazine Jazz’n’More, J. Solothurnmann pays tribute to Daniel Guggenheim’s signature as composer and bandleader.

“red orange and blue” — album review in Jazz Podium

„An album that convinces with a clear tone and compositional depth.“

Ulrich Steinmetzger reviews the current quartet album in Jazz Podium and highlights the organic interplay of the Daniel Guggenheim Quartet.

Innovative — and yet strangely familiar

„Innovative and yet strangely familiar — Daniel Guggenheim live at Bluenite.“

“The Daniel Guggenheim Quartet marks the festival’s highlight”

„If you were looking for an example of prototypical tenor saxophone playing — a big tone in every register, superior phrasing, long breath and a feeling for the architecture of solos — you would find it in his playing.“

In the FAZ, Wolfgang Sandner places Daniel Guggenheim among the great stylists of contemporary jazz and describes the quartet concert at Fabrik Sachsenhausen as the festival’s highlight — also thanks to Sebastian Sternal, Dietmar Fuhr and Silvio Morger.

Masterful jazz for sheer joy

„Masterful jazz for sheer joy.“

A biography in sound

„A biography in sound — a concert like a life told in music.“

A concert in a state of grace

„…which put everyone, musicians and audience alike, into a state of grace.“