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Schlippenbach Trio: Warsaw Concert

Read "Warsaw Concert" reviewed by John Sharpe


There can't be too many outfits still going strong after 44 years, especially with an unchanged roster. But that's exactly the situation German pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach faces with his trio of countryman Paul Lovens on the drum stool and the legendary Evan Parker on tenor saxophone, give or take an occasional bassist. As a consequence they travel in uncharted territory, tasked with finding their own solutions to the challenge of keeping the music fresh and meaningful. While there are ...

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Paul Hubweber, Frank Paul Schubert, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Clayton Thomas, Willi Kellers: Intricacies

Read "Intricacies" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Questo concerto del 24 febbraio 2014 al B-Flat Club di Berlino, vede la luce in un doppio CD dal titolo rappresentativo. I lunghi brani sviluppati dal quintetto evidenziano quell'intreccio di voci che è proprio della musica liberamente improvvisata, che qui si ripropone nelle forme caratteristiche dell'avanguardia europea degli anni settanta. Il quintetto è formato da tre generazioni di improvvisatori: i veterani Alexander von Schlippenbach, Paul Hubweber e Willi Kellers rispettivamente al pianoforte, al trombone e alla batteria, il ...

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Schlippenbach Trio al Centro d'Arte Padova

Read "Schlippenbach Trio al Centro d'Arte Padova" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Schlippenbach Trio Cinema Torresino Padova 29.04.2016 Poteva far esplodere i fuochi d'artificio, navigare sulle ali dell'effetto nostalgia, piazzarti sul muso i suoi quarant'anni di storia, e che storia, come forse nessun'altra formazione al mondo può vantare, e via pedalare. Invece lo Schlippenbach Trio ha regalato un concerto di rara misura, rigore e intensità, un'ora di prelibatezze, di invenzioni somministrate con tale nonchalance da risultare quasi dovute, la libera improvvisazione sublimata in understatement, pacatezza e controllo ...

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Metastasio Jazz 2016

Read "Metastasio Jazz 2016" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Metastasio Jazz 2016 Prato Varie sedi 5-29.2.2016 Appuntamento tra i più prestigiosi e attesi della Toscana centrale, Metastasio Jazz anche quest'anno ha proposto un cartellone di tutto rispetto, affiancando agli spettacoli principali -quattro date nei lunedì di febbraio -anche Met Jazz Off, concerti e conferenze la domenica mattina, oltre a due prologhi: il primo venerdì 5 febbraio, con il solo di Piero Delle Monache a sax tenore ed elettronica, il secondo il giorno successivo, ...

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Paul Hubweber / Frank Paul Schubert / Alexander von Schlippenbach / Clayton Thomas / Willi Kellers: Intricacies

Read "Intricacies" reviewed by John Sharpe


As titles go, Intricacies stands as one of the more appropriate. Not so much in the sense of obscurity or being difficult to understand, but rather with reference to the entanglements engendered by the ear stretching five way interplay. Recorded in the German capital's B-Flat club in early 2014 the 2 CD set captures a multi-generational crew of Berlin-based improvisers on two lengthy spontaneously generated tracks and a shorter encore. What they create is recognizably free jazz, in that rhythmic ...

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Schlippenbach Trio: Features

Read "Features" reviewed by John Sharpe


In a change of pace from their previous outing--the superb long form concert recording Bauhaus Dessau (Intakt, 2010) -the longstanding Schlippenbach Trio has created a program of 15 concise improvisations, captured during a two day stopover in Zurich during their customary winter tour schedule. Such practice stands as far from unprecedented in the unit's 43 year history. Inevitably they have mellowed since their early days (after all both pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach and saxophonist Evan Parker are over 70 now) ...

Album Review

Alexander Von Schlippenbach: Schlippenbach Plays Monk

Read "Schlippenbach Plays Monk" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Certo non è la prima volta, su disco come dal vivo, che il pianista tedesco ha interpretato brani monkiani; anzi è nutrita la sua produzione in tal senso, mettendo in esplicita evidenza il suo amore per il maestro americano e la sua filiazione da esso. Da ricordare in particolare il triplo CD Monk's Casino. The Complete Works of Thelonious Monk, edito nel 2005 sempre dalla Intakt Records, ed ancor prima il forse dimenticato CD Enja del 1996 Schlippenbach Plays Monk. ...


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