Jazz Articles about Albert Mangelsdorff

Albert Mangelsdorff/Arild Andersen/Pierre Favre: Triplicity

by Andrey Henkin
September 14, 2005

A musical innovator's sound is unmistakable. For example, listen to any thick slap by Mingus and you know it's him. From the opening moments of Triplicity, there is no question that the trombone is Albert Mangelsdorff's. Mangelsdorff, Germany's most famous musician, participated in many performances under the auspices of the NordDeutscher Rundfunk (German Radio) either as part of its big band or at its many workshops, opportunities for European musicians and Americans either traveling or living abroad to ...

Albert Mangelsdorff: A Legend at 75

by Andrey Henkin
October 28, 2003

In the center of Frankfurt, Germany is the stately Old Opera House, Die Alte Oper. Its dignified classical fa'ade houses a remarkably modern interior. The same can be said for trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff, German jazz star who celebrated his 75th Birthday at the Opera House on Sept. 12th, 2003. A resident of Frankfurt for most of his life, it has been said that he is the only musician in Germany that, in Miles-ian fashion, needs only to ...

Albert Mangelsdorff & Reto Weber Percussion Orchestra: Live At Montreux

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 2000

German trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff splits notes by overblowing and humming into his mouthpiece while also crossing octaves with relative ease as he is one of the very few trombonists capable of employing this difficult technique known as – multiphonics. With that and his noted brilliance as an improviser, Mangelsdorff tries his hand at working with a small percussion unit under the leadership of Swiss born Reto Weber and his “Percussion Orchestra” Live At Montreux.

The results are somewhat uneven. With ...