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Tingvall Trio

Jazz
  • Martin Tingvall
    piano
  • Omar Rodriguez Calvo
    bass
  • Jürgen Spiegel
    drums

For more than two decades, the Tingvall Trio has been a reliable source of captivating piano trio jazz with catchy melodies and powerful rhythms. Their productions have been awarded the Jazz Award in gold eight times and once in platinum. Their last album, “Birds,” reached No. 1 on the German jazz charts, and sold-out concerts throughout Europe testify to the popularity of the three Hamburg residents. In preparation for their new LP, “Pax,” the trio played a concert tour comprising more than 20 dates at the beginning of the year, at the end of which the three went straight to their favorite studio, ARTE SUONO, run by sound engineer Stefanio Amerio in Italy. The result is an album that sounds almost as energetic but also as fragile as a live concert. Never before has the trio been captured so straightforwardly in the studio, whether in touching ballads like “A Promise” or typical TT dance numbers like “Cruisin.”

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biography

The three players come from different countries. Despite the wide variety in their backgrounds, a level very much their own emerged from their creative alliance. Among the mentors who taught Swedish pianist Martin Tingvall his craft was Bobo Stenson. Jürgen Spiegel from Bremen, Germany gigged with artists like Nneka, but audiences were “boffoed” above all by his enormously multifaceted playing and the vividness of this percussion work. Double Bass player Omar Rodriguez Calvo from Cuba was already a sideman of Ramon Valle and Roy Hargrove among others. With the addition of Calvo , the music fluctuated back and forth between Scandinavian Jazz/Folk melodies and straight 4 rock rhythms obtaining a southern lightness that easily brought listeners to their feet. Meanwhile seen as one of Europe’s top jazz acts overall.

review

“Gentle, playful soundscapes.” – Brigitte (5 stars)

“Creates islands for pausing, reflecting, enjoying, relaxing, feeling good, and possibly also recharging your batteries. Contrasts and well-considered developments … recorded with great sensitivity for the sound of the instruments.” – RONDO

“Catchy ballads and up-tempo numbers.” – GONG, HÖRZU

“More explicitly political than ever before – without sacrificing musical lightness.” – kulturnews

“Twelve new, sparkling tracks.” – hr2 Hörbar

“Music to hold on to. The Tingvall Trio sounds even more compact and present than before.” – JAZZthing

“It deserves top marks for European jazz, and this time it is precisely the less powerful, more delicate numbers on this album that exude a charm and radiate a calm that is truly peaceful.” – Concerto

“One of the most exciting piano trios in European jazz at the moment.” – Neue Ruhr Zeitung

“Curious and youthful, as in the early days, yet with a well-rehearsed, refined team sound.” – Aachener Zeitung

“At the same time, the album impresses with the clarity and transparency of its expression, its immediate accessibility, and the beauty of its melodies. ‘PAX’ is an outstanding work—another milestone in the history of this great trio.” – jazz-fun.de

press

Tingvall Trio

A powerful statement from Germany’s No. 1 piano trio – energetic, fragile, moving
#2 Jazz charts August 2025 (Pop charts entry at #31 in the first week after release on August 1, 2025

Album of the week: Deutschlandfunk Kultur, WDR3
Album of the month: BR 24
“Gentle, playful soundscapes” Brigitte, 5 stars