Guitar legend Ali Claudi has recorded a very special new album with an excellent line-up: "Time for Clouds & Sweet Babies." He and his guitar friend Martin Janneck take listeners on a beautiful musical dream journey full of surprises, great melodies, and seductive sounds. Also on board are Dias Karimov on piano, keyboard, and bass keys, and Gabriele Janneck on her baroque lute.
Ali Claudi is one of Germany's pioneers of the electric guitar and has explored all styles – from blues and jazz to funk and soul and psychedelic rock. He has always been interested in all kinds of music. The fact that he and Martin Janneck have a baroque lute on their blues and swing album has nothing to do with crossover. "We simply like beautiful instruments," the two say.
Ali and Martin complement each other perfectly. Each has their own unique voice on the guitar – one virtuosic and beautifully sparkling, the other a magnificent singer. In Dias and Gabriele, the two have found ideal musical partners for their album. Keyboard wizard Dias plays a fabulous bass and always has the right keyboard instrument for the right timbres. With her 24-string baroque lute, Gabriele has a kind of miniature orchestra from which she can coax everything she needs – for a ballad as well as for a fiercely fast blues. Ali and Martin play in a trio with Gabriele, in a trio with Dias, and in a quartet with both of them. Ali is also a delight as a singer. Together with their two partners, Ali and Martin reveal entirely new aspects to the pieces – mostly their own compositions.
01 Stack O'Lee
02 AC Ville
03 Gabriele's Tune
04 Absolutely Amazing
05 Like A Dream
06 Round Noon
07 Like Moving Clouds
08 Sweet Baby James
09 Lullaby
10 I Don't Like You No More
11 My One and Only Love
12 Konrad's Tune
13 hour
