CHARLES DAVIS - FLUTE PLAYER

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Charles Davis & Captured Moments

Charles Davis - Flutes 
Sven Götz - Acoustic  Guitars 
Steffen Hollenweger - Bass 

The group CHARLES DAVIS and CAPTURED MOMENTS led by the Australian jazz flutist Charles Davis is one of the most successful formations working at the moment on the German and Swiss jazz scenes. Their last CD "Pathways" received widespread acclaim in Germany. Their distinctive chamber music jazz, fuses the various elements of blues, arabian, indian and east European music, flamenco, bossa nova, rock, folk and bebop into a unmistakable "Captured Moments" style of jazz playing. The trio has played in most of the leading jazz clubs in Germany. 

CHARLES DAVIS, one of Europe's leading flute players, has a wide range of musical activities and interests.  He is also leader of the Flute Quintet "Four or more Flutes" that has played in various Jazz Festivals in Germany and the indian fusion group "Ensemble Chanchala" with the tabla player Sandip Bhattacharya. He is currently working with the German narrator Gabi Altenbach in the project "Indian Fairy Tales".

SVEN GÖTZ, the German-Swedish jazz guitarist studied at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart and brings to the group his experience in playing in many musical genres. 

STEFFEN HOLLENWEGER, is a promising young  bassist from the  up and coming generation of new German jazz musicians. He studied at the Musikhochschule in Mannheim and is a much demanded musician involved in a great  variety of music projects. 

This group with its great variety of styles, proves that a group without a drummer can be rhythmically interesting and achieve an musical intensity that many internationally well-known groups would be envious of. 

Charles Davis & Captured Moments
live in the City Kino Hersbruck, Germany, 17.12.2011
The jazz flutist Charles Davis playing with his trio "Captured Moments" (with Sven Götz, guitar and Steffen Hollenweger, bass) his composition "Matar" in the City Kino Hersbruck, Germany, 17.12.2011.

Charles Davis & Captured Moments
live in the City Kino Hersbruck, Germany, 17.12.2011
The jazz flutist Charles Davis playing with his trio "Captured Moments" (with Sven Götz, guitar and Steffen Hollenweger, bass) his composition "La Begude" in the City Kino Hersbruck, Germany, 17.12.2011.

Charles Davis & Captured Moments
live in the City Kino Hersbruck, Germany, 17.12.2011
The jazz flutist Charles Davis playing with his trio "Captured Moments" (with Sven Götz, guitar and Steffen Hollenweger, bass) his composition "Devienne" in the City Kino Hersbruck, Germany, 17.12.2011.

Review about the newest Captured Moments CD "Pathways"

Rolf Thomas in the Jazzthetik from November 2008 to "Pathways"

"In the piece 'Blues for Saliba" Charles Davis really flips out; the wild overblowing on the flute, an earthy walking bass line from Steffen Hollenweger and Sven Götz's filigree sound on the acoustic guitar, create an impressive wild musical voyage."

Klaus Mümpfer in the Jazzpodium from December  2008 to "Pathways"

"The flutist's playing is as unmistakable as his compostions, that in spite of  all these years of  playing, still
keeps one enchanted."

Gerd Filtgen in Image HiFi from January 2009 to "Pathways" 

"One needs a magnifying glass to find such conceptional high quality of improvising music for the flute. In the last 50 years the standards set by Eric Dolphy, Jeremy Steig and James Newton are hard to fulfil, an exception to this is Charles Davis."