The quintet Pilgrim, founded by Zurich based tenor saxophonist Christoph Irniger, has become over the years one of the most exciting ensembles in young European Jazz. After the highly praised group’s latest vibrant live album Big Wheel, Pilgrim presents now their fourth recording Crosswinds. On this gorgeously considered, but luxuriantly open new recording the quintet uses ambiguity as a tool. Some compositions are freely improvised, while others are completely notated, yet most lie in between, with an elasticity that reflects a life of freedom, where informed choices are made spontaneously. The accompanying soundtrack oscillates between enigmatic reflection and wild eruptions, although the band creates a dense, all-round sound which is hard to categorise.
P&J Music ()
P&J Music organizes concerts of jazz, world music and ethnic music.
Since the beginning of its activity, it has been mainly engaged in the distribution of sound recordings, to which in later years was added the production activity for various festivals. To these activities was later added the actual organisation of concerts. Since 1996, P&J Music has organised more than 500 concerts.
The concert series [Jazz Meets World](http://www.jmw.cz/) has become the company's flagship project. It is a festival that is a year-round presentation of world jazz music and world music. Concerts organized within the framework of this festival have brought and are bringing to the Czech stages, both in large halls and jazz clubs, performers of world names, as well as young talents who are just beginning their careers.
