My review of pianist Benedikt Jahnel's Equilibrium, today at All About Jazz.

The second recording by this German pianist's international trio, but first for ECM, twists some of the conventions of this popular instrumental configuration - in this case, Spanish bassist Antonio Miguel and American drummer Owen Howard, by shifting in responsibilities. Jahnel, in his other life, is a mathematics researcher at Rohr University, and if that means there's a certain underlying logic to his writing, it doesn't mean the music is clinical or strictly cerebral. A fine follow-up to the trio's 2008 Material Records debut, Modular Concepts, with ECM's broader distribution reach, hopefully it'll help gain Jahnel the greater international exposure he deserves.

Review here.