Jazz Articles about Dieter Ilg

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Dieter Ilg & Charlie Mariano: Due

by John Kelman
July 5, 2005

You may not have heard of German bassist Dieter Ilg, but he's played with a number of known entities since his emergence in the early '90s, including trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, pianist Marc Copland, and trumpeter Randy Brecker. He also played on and produced Savannah Samurai, a '99 release by saxophonist Charlie Mariano, now in his 80s, who's considerably better known, having worked with Stan Kenton, Charles Mingus, Elvin Jones, and Eberhard Weber, not to mention releasing 35 albums under his ...