CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER
Award-winning Composer and Artist Stephan Oberhoff's debut instrumental CD features some of the world's finest players, such as Jimmy Haslip (bs), Tom Brechtlein (drums), Pedro Eustache (flutes), Terry Bradford and Kimaya Seward (vocals), Kevin Ricard and Cassio Duarte (percussion), Paul Jackson, Jr., James Harrah and Mike Miller (guitars), Dennis Farious (tp), Scot Mayo (sax), to name a few. This collection of 11 original compositions could be described as "Melody-Oriented Jazz", but it adventurously explores Latin, R&B, Gospel, New Age, Funk and --even Celtic Territory.
"CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER" is a very rhythmic & melodic record, almost presenting itself as a collection of different colors and styles, which makes it very entertaining to listen to and explore. It is designed to open up a wide playground for melody, rhythm, arrangement and artistic expression- and it wasn't meant to be background music!!....", explains Stephan.
There is a lot of traditions touched upon here and brought to life in a new context, which unfolds itself, layer after layer, upon repeated listening.