Composer Wolfgang-Michael Bauer, who lives in Baden near Vienna, blends classical music and jazz into a natural and elegant synthesis: precisely crafted using classical compositional techniques, driven by jazzy rhythms and harmonic vitality—always formally accomplished, never drifting into arbitrariness. The music often gives the impression of spontaneous improvisation, although every note is meticulously notated: the result of a masterful balance between structure and freedom.

“3 Pieces” (20...