Jazz Articles about Christian Ramond

About Christian Ramond

Album Review

Yamabiko Quintet: Yamabiko Quintet

Read "Yamabiko Quintet" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 18, 2024

Yamabiko Quintet, the group's self-titled album, is a sonic adventure through the labyrinth of free jazz, where improvisation is the guiding star and the unexpected lurks around every corner. This quintet, featuring Frank Paul Schubert on saxophones, Michel Pilz on bass clarinet, Reiner Winterschladen on trumpet, Christian Ramond on bass and Klaus Kugel on drums, delivers a performance that is both intricate and accessible, a feat in a genre often labeled as esoteric. The album's structure is an ...

Album Review

Glod / Ramond / Kugel: No ToXiC

Read "No ToXiC" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 9, 2024

The collaborative marvel that is No ToXiC, hatched in the fertile grounds of NEMU Records, is less an album and more of a dare--a sonic gauntlet thrown at the feet of free jazz and improvisation. Roby Glod (who flirts with both alto and soprano saxophones), double bassist Christian Ramond and drummer Klaus Kugel take us on a journey that laughs in the face of convention. Right out of the gate, “Unconscious Superglitzer" demands attention, not politely but like ...

Album Review

Transatlantic Five: Transitions

Read "Transitions" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 20, 2023

There is an expression in meditation for when an individual is concentrating on their breath, “it's a simple practice, but not easy." A similar statement might be made about Transitions by the Transatlantic Five. The music is not simple, but it is easy. Easy, at least for this quintet. The American duo of Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone, clarinet) and trumpeter Nate Wooley crossed an ocean (thus the name) to perform and record with the German trio of vibraphonist ...