Symposium For Jazzcats: OVERSÁEZ – Abstract emotions (Boomslang Records – 2025)

We’re excited to welcome you to the third edition of the Symposium for Jazzcats this year, where we continue our exploration of this years central question: What does “free” mean in the context of jazz?

This time, we’re thrilled to host Sandro Sáez from the trio OVERSÁEZ, as we also celebrate the release of their debut album, Abstract Emotions, on Boomslang Records. OVERSÁEZ — a Berlin-based piano trio featuring Sáez, Westergaard, and Ott — recorded the album in January 2025 at the legendary MPS Studio in Villingen.

Their music blends elements of European classical traditions, jazz, and open improvisation. The result is a sound that moves seamlessly between carefully structured compositions and spontaneous, intuitive freedom — a perfect fit for our ongoing theme.

Our previous sessions touched on different facets of “freedom” in jazz:

In the first session, we hosted Joe Hertenstein with his Core Trio + Matthew Shipp, where we discussed the democratic nature of group improvisation.

In the second session, we explored Ornette Coleman’s “Free Jazz”, a radical concept that pushed the idea of freedom beyond composition and improvisation, even into the recording process itself, by placing the two simultaneously playing quartets in separate stereo channels: one on the left, the other on the right.

Now, with OVERSÁEZ, we continue the conversation. We’re eager to hear their music — and their thoughts — on what it means to play and create freely within jazz today.

We look forward to seeing you on Monday!