Name: Powerful Vulnerability
Brand: Julia Kadel Trio

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0218475MS1

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2023-06-23

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Julia Kadel Trio

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Jazz

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MPS is a German jazz label that was founded in 1968 by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer. It started as a successor to SABA and quickly gained recognition for its exceptional sound quality. Often compared to the renowned Blue Note label, MPS became known as Most Perfect Sound.

From 1971 onwards, MPS releases were distributed by BASF and later by Metronome Records GmbH (renamed Metronome Musik GmbH in 1977). However, in 1983, due to declining budgets for recording jazz music, Brunner-Schwer shifted his focus to classical music and sold the rights of MPS to Philips. Eventually, the label found its way under Polydor's ownership and its recordings were re-released by Motor Music starting from 1993.

In Hamburg, Universal Jazz Germany took over the MPS archives in 1999 while Speakers Corner Records released various vinyl reissues. After ten years since Brunner-Schwer's passing, Edel acquired MPS's back catalogue from Universal on January 7th, 2014. Now led by Andreas Brunner-Schwer and Friedhelm Schulz, the team has returned to Villingen where they continue recording new material.

German pianist and composer Julia Kadel began to play the piano at the age of seven and discovered her passion for jazz music after years of classical training. As she devoted herself fully to the music, she finally studied jazz piano at University of Music Carl Maria von Weber Dresden in 2009. Before signing with MPS, she had already released two albums at Blue Note / Universal Germany: "Im Vertrauen" (2014) and "Uber und Unter" (2016). In September 2019 Julia and her trio released her MPS debut "Kaskaden", which was recorded on analogue tape in the legendary MPS studio. This made the trio the frst MPS act after 35 years recording again in the historic studios, even the notorious German magazine Der Spiegel reported about it. Julia Kadel has received several awards and grants during her career and played international festivals and concerts in countries such as Norway, England, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Russia, Lithuania and Turkey. Her 2023 album is, "Powerful Vulnerability".

Powerful Vulnerability

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