Jazz Articles about ATZBE

ATZBE: Zone De Memoire

by Bruce Lindsay
August 16, 2012

ATZBE is the working title for a duo of master improvisers: German pianist, Hubert Bergmann, and UK-based reeds player, Gilad Atzmon. Zone De Memoire is the duo's first album, a set of seven improvisations recorded in a single afternoon, and Bergmann and Atzmon's first musical collaboration.Bergmann seems to relish the thrill of this first improvisational meeting. A similar collaboration with clarinetist, Lajos Dudas, produced the highly enjoyable What's Up Neighbor? (JazzSick Records, 2011). Atzmon leads the highly-regarded Orient ...