"Guitarist Peter Eigenman is what you could call a Swiss answer to Austrian guitar great Karl Ratzer. His elegant, sophisticated playing is of the same effortlessness, while at the same time, Eigenmann distinguishes himself through his cool, relaxed and wonderfully swinging sound. "The musicians are convinced in their work and display an "object lesson" about the significance of the interaction in jazz." I completely agree with that: Brilliant!"
"Eigenmann is a Swiss post-bop guitarist and he's really very good, and what might be called his general competence is improved at least a couple of notches by an evident appreciation of the great Jim Hall. This means that, at his best, he goes for the meaningful notes and ignores the others."
"What a fine guitarist he is. How independently he plays his instrument, how effortlessly he swings, how elegantly and skillfully he traces the melodies and harmonies of his 10 tunes. Here, you won't find sound experiments and technique tricks. Everything is played genuine; the guitarist, accompanied by the wonderful support of bass player Isla Eckinger and Peter Schmidlin on drums."
"Peter Eigenmann confesses himself to the straight-forward, elegant guitar tradition with emphasis on a melody driven, fluidly played instrument. He convinces with a solid technique, coherent feel for the melody and a subtle understanding of harmonics. There's nothing left to say about the qualities of his fellow musicians Isla Eckinger on bass and Peter Schmidlin on drums - as always, they're playing is great."
"Peter Eigenmann is a guitar player from Switzerland who's able to handle the Jazz repertoire in a fresh and straightforward way. No flashy highspeed licks, but feel, finesse and swing are what distinguish him and his playing. Effortlessly and with ease, Eigenmann, Isla Eckinger on bass and Peter Schmidlin on drums move through the repertoire (also Ratzer's "Jazztune"). The Peter Eigenmann Trio is so skillful to be able to do that - unobtrusive, but never tedious."
The presentation of this trio is coherent, musically and rhythmically flawless and, inspite of intricate harmonical textures, accessible and very interesting to listen to. In short, this is as far as the format can possibly go without stretching out too far into a free concept, And, not to be forgotten: No sound experiments, familiar licks or rhythmical extravaganzas - just great, straight ahead and exquisitely well played jazz by a true jazz musician, disclosing an extraordinary mastery of his instrument: The Guitar."
"In fact, Peter Eigenmann, like many other prominent fellow guitarists, is influenced by the "Godfather" of the modern jazz guitar, Jim Hall. And the admirably dense interplay of Eigenmann, Eckinger and Schmidlin inevitably reminds of Hall's great trio work. Nevertheless: Peter Eigenmann is, as he proves with his new CD, much more than a talented copyist - he's developed his own musical language which he convincingly showcases in the wonderfully relaxed ballads as well as in the swinging up-tempo tunes. Great job, guys!"
