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It captures a point in two lives that converges in sound. Bandcamp Apple Music Spotify YouTube https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/9e0931df-6d04-41b4-a672-b436e45195fc/medno+roso.jpeg collab. albums - Medno Roso Kit Downes, Pjev, HC 2023 Recorded live in the Cologne Agnes Church during the Cologne Jazz Week. This record was a first encounter and something very special for all of us. Organ, sax , and balkan A- Capella beauty interwoven and beautifully released by Red Hook Records. The songs are handpicked by the choir from the larger region of former Yugoslavia and the way the are reimagined which happened in the moment is utterly unique. Bandcamp Amazon Apple Music Spotify YouTube https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/55527b27-034a-4fa8-81f7-953a0c323a32/slowfox+5+.jpg collab. albums - Atlas Slowfox5 2023 We recorded this album in Argentina with some wonderful musicians from Mar del Plata. It is a musical journey around the world in which we reinterpret folk tunes of all kinds of ways, sometimes taking them far away from their source material. The remains one of my favourites to this day. Playing unison lines with Valentine on the trumpet is something I cherish. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/437199a1-e3d6-419f-a3d8-0876337c4a95/gentle+giants.jpg collab. albums - Gentle Giants Slowfox 2017 This one remains one of my favourites from the trio. Recorded in the SWR Radio studios and featuring superb compositions by Sebastian Gramms- someone who is always pushing the limits of the written and improvised and how they can augment each other and continue to surprise. 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I remember he started to fill in the emtpy time in his hotel rooms during the long jazz touring. On this little gem I wrote some lyrics and sung over his weaving beats- songs of broken and unrealised love. I also recorded a music video here. Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/760ee016-0ced-454b-8b6c-076ac0f76707/pristine.jpg collab. albums - Pristine Sound of Root70 Root70, 2023 This is our latest studio album and was recorded in a gorgeous old school studio in Bremen, all directly to analogue tape. All of the songs on this one are by Nils and are a bit of a return to our jazz roots. Bandcamp Apple Music Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/8e2a5b10-7216-44c9-ab39-516eaaa72d19/luxury-habits-1440x-q90.jpg collab. albums - luxury habits Root70, 2016 This one was a return to free form so to speak after we had released 4 “conceptional” albums. 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Bandcamp Apple Music Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/c9fba883-3ee6-4b78-9abb-150882a9d397/a2655645249_16.jpg collab. albums - listen to you r woman Root70, 2010 Here we all contributed our take on the blues form in all its splendid and infinite incarnations. Bandcamp Apple Music Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/910c1871-4caf-4cdd-ac3c-cef45af37ed3/592x592bb.webp collab. albums - On 52nd 1/4 Street Root70, 2008 Since around 1995 I have been interested in microtones- this album uses quarter tones in a jazz setting- most of all though it is a fun and playful excursion into tonal neverland. Apple Music Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/73628a8c-790e-4785-b852-3d46205c6e7a/592x592bb+%281%29.webp collab. albums - Fahrvergnügen Root70, 2006 This one we recorded in the big apple with the one and only James Farber behind the knobs- the results are quite nice. Apple Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/39af9e03-9e4c-4068-a886-11115646dc55/592x592bb+%282%29.webp collab. albums - Getting Rooted Root70, 2003 Our second album and a play on words relating to Kiwi slang and simply earthing and connecting to the ground- one of my passions. Apple Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/0dfb10fe-1b41-4e19-8e29-2d7cdd6a892b/592x592bb+%283%29.webp collab. albums - 2nd floor Root70, 2001 Our debut album recorded in Bonn and delivered to the world on the Loft label in Cologne where we played some of our first gigs. 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Together with Austrian Pianest Philip Zoubek we made a new take on melodies collected by this mystic. Listen and buy HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/c815818a-abf9-44f3-a07c-c1020d170bf8/cover+release.jpg solo albums - release and return Jonathan Crayford and HC Rattle Music 2025 Recorded in Cologne in Riverside studios and released on the New Zealand imprint Rattle, this is a special duo outing which has a beautiful sound and some gorgeous tunes. Bandcamp Apple Music Spotify YouTube https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/41901127-c790-4bc4-b978-3bc05f32db42/Screenshot+2025-01-08+at+19.54.44.png solo albums - star Shepherd Hayden Chisholm Trio 2016 MTF recorded in the luscious hall of Deutschland Funk in Cologne with Peter Eldh on Bass and Jonas Burgwinkel on drums, it is still one of my favourite trio outings and has a very special vibe. 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Bandcamp Apple Music Spotify YouTube https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/76072a8d-c817-4294-923d-f750e8345a58/ace+.jpg solo albums - Ace of my Heart LJO , Lucia Cadotsch and Hayden Chisholm This was my shot at a full on straight ahead big band program with a bunch of love songs I wrote and arranged for this stellar young Swiss band. I’m still so proud of this recording. Bandcamp Amazon Apple Music Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/b0754737-46a0-4e55-82d1-b07aeb9d840b/Screenshot+2025-01-08+at+23.43.08.png solo albums - Breve Hayden Chisholm - John Taylor - Matt Penman 2016 With these incredible gentleman, for a short but beautiful time, we shared some unforgettable concerts and moments. This is our only studio record though we also have this lovely live recording form Munich. John will always be in my heart- he was a spirit that touched so many with his gentleness and love for life. 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Bandcamp Apple Music Amazon Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/8b5da1be-2803-4e17-b6b4-b729a4aecb33/sisiphus.jpeg solo albums - Sisyphus Runs Hayden Chisholm 2016 Originally I had composed this music for another film involving the story of Sisyphus. After my music was in the main rejected for the first film I dusted off my feathers and shot my own version of the story, all the time having my music in mind. ( You can see it on this site) Zoubek on piano and Bruno Müller on guitar are both featured in this minimal score. Bandcamp Apple Music Amazon Music Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/8f489f00-140d-43db-8168-b87a50d0d35d/thevoid.jpeg solo albums - the void between us Hayden Chisholm trio 2016 An album of original trio compositions featuring Jonas Burgwinkel on Bass and Petter Eldh on Bass. Recorded in the chamber music hall of Deutschland Funk Radio in Cologne. All of the songs are based of poems. Bandcamp Amazon Apple Music Deezer Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/4420ea93-b63c-4e15-9e93-7758b1b2bff5/finnwakes.jpeg solo albums - Finn Again Wakes Hayden Chisholm reads Joyce 2016 My love for the texts of James Joyce is captured in this release in which I reads selected fragments from the book "Finnegans Wake" interspersed with music and madness. Phillip Zoubek joins me on piano, over the years we have given countless concerts playing with the texts of James. Bandcamp Amazon Apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/11fa2e39-12c1-4212-b7d9-959abe616595/temptation.jpeg solo albums - Temptation Hayden Chisholm, Pedja Avramovic, Matt Penman, Jochen Rückert 2016 This is the debut Hammond B3 outing of my dear friend Pedja Avramovic with none other than Matt Penman on Bass and Jochen Rueckert on drums. It was recorded in Nalepa Strasse and has a beautiful classic sound which matches the old classics we play. Bandcamp Apple Music Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/1ca9a653-028c-4632-9972-1637655519b3/blowslap.jpg solo albums - blowslap Hayden Chisholm & Evi Filippou 2016 Blowslap is the title of my dup with Greek percussionist Evi Filippou. Aside from playing contemporary scores from Xenakis we also began to record original compositions- theses ones were all captured in the glorious hall of DLF Radio in Cologne. Bandcamp Amazon Apple Music Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/93d84352-3f30-4728-a254-903a5ae96b76/cassiopean.jpeg solo albums - Cassiopeian Slowdance Hayden Chisholm, Marcus Schmickler & Philip Zoubek 2016 This album was taken from a live concert with two of my oldest collaborators in Cologne, Marcus Schmickler and Philip Zoubek. Recorded in the legendary Loft, the mix of prepared piano, electronics, and sax, is a special one. Bandcamp Apple Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/271ab697-ed3e-4055-bfc3-9905133eabe1/alphateta.webp solo albums - Transitioning Alpha Theta Hayden Chisholm 2016 This album is essentially a retake and remix of my Love in Numbers work in which I explored the patterns of the Fibonacci series as it manifests in the harmonic series. Apple Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/b1476308-4ee4-4215-8c65-070d5a60bc6c/loveinnumbers-kopia.jpeg solo albums - Love in Numbers Hayden Chisholm, 2013 This is the original work in which I deeply explored the sound of the Fibonacci sequence in the harmonic series. I am also joined on two tracks by the stunning Indian vocalist Mahesh Vinayakram. Bandcamp Amazon Apple Music Deezer Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/8fee561c-6d05-4de0-a833-6c9e3653804c/rabbit-kopia.jpeg solo albums - The Rabbit's Dream of the Inner Mongolia Hayden Chisholm, Xu Fengxia, 2013 This album together with Chinese musician Xu Fenxia was recorded in what I consider to be one of the best sounding halls on the planet - the Sendesaal Bremen. The title is based of a poem you can find on the scripto section. Bandcamp Apple Music Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/7676aa33-2265-429a-89e8-86865d29026c/haydn-kopia.jpeg solo albums - Hayden plays Haydn Chisholm, Nabatov 2013 Reluctant at first, the Bruehl festival convinced me to take on the music of Haydn and transform it in my own way. Together with stellar Russian Pianist Simon Nabatov we did just that and along the way I got to know just how radical this composer was. 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Matt says it is one of his favourite recorded bass sounds of all time. Bandcamp Apple Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/1911d04d-0bfe-4ab7-8796-4d3deedcab38/fragmented-kopia.jpg solo albums - Fragmented Teaching Simon Nabatov, Hayden Chisholm & Jochen Rückert, 2013 On this album Simon Nabatov plays Fender Rhodes, Jochen Rueckert drums, and I often reach for the Soprano. We recorded it at Maarweg Studios in Cologne and the sound is a luscious one with a little subtle 70’s vibe once in a while. Bandcamp Apple Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/01efe873-a85f-4500-afaa-874a2c1e2910/dharma-kopia.jpeg solo albums - The Dharma Cowboy Hayden Chisholm, 2013 The backstory to this album shall be put in my story section as it really can’t be condensed. In short, I sat in a studio with a bottle of rum and a guitar, called some friends, and this album came out. More soon. 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Bandcamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/f5af3db1-2940-43bc-9427-2e791dc43022/shruti-kopia.jpeg solo albums - The Well-Tempered Sruti Box Hayden Chisholm, 2013 This was my attempt to portray the colours of the individual keys using a simple Indian sruti box and my saxophone. The initial idea is extremely simply and basically uses the principle of “first thought-best thought”. Dividing into alto and soprano keys, it is still an album I enjoy listening to. Bandcamp Apple Music Deezer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67063b70f151880ad03d11b0/1d86bcfa-cd9e-4ac2-8448-308684aac963/auto+poetica-kopia.jpeg solo albums - Auto-Poetica – Works for Saxophone Hayden Chisholm, 2013 This album utilises 8 altos and notated works with involve harmonics and all the things that interest me with saxophone ensembles ( ie everything outside the box). It was recorded in the beautiful P4 Nalepa Str. Studio. 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