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Ohne 4 gespielt drei: Time Trial
by Jerry D'Souza
Ohne 4 gespielt drei is a trio of improvisers active on the improvised jazz scene in Köln and Berlin. All three lived in the Ruhr area before saxophonists Katrin Scherer and Sven Decker moved to Köln, while drummer Bernd Oezsevim took up residence in Berlin. They make for perfect cohorts through an intuitive understanding that processes the inner workings of a composition for a satisfying resolution.Scherer and Decker complement each other as they kindle a composition through a ...
read moreKatrin Scherer: The Bliss
by Jerry D'Souza
Saxophonist/flautist Katrin Scherer brings an impressive presence in her roles as composer and musician on The Bliss. Her writing underpins an ease, not only in assimilating different styles into an artful whole, but in transposing and setting up panels of sound to give the band an organic structure to manipulate and develop.
Scherer, a German, studied the flute for 11 years before taking on the alto saxophone and then the baritone sax. She played with the Peter Herbolzheimer's ...
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