Meinrad Kneer / Albert van Veenendaal – The Munderkingen Sessions, Part 2

German, Berlin-based double bass player-composer Meinead Kneer and Dutch, Amsterdam-based pianist-composer-arranger-producer Albert van Veenendaal have played together for almost 25 years and collaborated in many musical endeavors. They founded the Evil Rabbit label, dedicated to contemporary improvised music rooted in the European culture, and collaborated in many projects, including the quintet President of the Globe, the trio Spoon 3, another trio with drummer Yunga Sun, and duo albums.

Kneer, who runs today alone the Evil Rabbit label, operates on the borders of modern jazz, free improvised, ethnic, and contemporary music. Van Veenendaal works with many national and international jazz, world, and classical musicians throughout Europe, and is considered a master of the prepared piano. He runs the Minimal Damage label, dedicated for adventurous music that doesn’t fit regular categories.

The Munderkingen Sessions, Part 1 was recorded at Kneer’s hometown, Munderkingen, in  Germany during a three-day session in September 2004 (Evil Rabbit, 2007). The follow-up, Part 2, was recorded almost twenty