Jazz Articles about Eberhard Weber

Eberhard Weber: Résumé

by Karl Ackermann
February 1, 2013

Composer/bassist Eberhard Weber has been one of the heritage artists to define and exemplify the standards of Manfred Eicher's ECM Records. Résumé continues the tradition of both the label and Weber with an unusually structured collection of live performances culled from more extended pieces. This global collection of bass solos, culled from live Jan Garbarek Group performances between 1990 and 2007, has been edited and engineered into a natural and flawless flow; each track takes its title from the host ...

Eberhard Weber: Resume

by John Kelman
January 7, 2013

You've got to admire German-born, France-resident bassist Eberhard Weber. Suffering a major stroke while on tour with Jan Garbarek in 2007--an association that went back more than 30 years, the two first collaborating on American guitarist/pianist Ralph Towner's Solstice (ECM, 1975) and Weber becoming the Norwegian saxophonist's bassist of choice beginning with Photo With Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows And A Red Roof (ECM, 1978)--to this day Weber's left side remains too weak for him to play his unique, ...

Eberhard Weber: Colours

by John Kelman
January 14, 2010

As the jazz-rock fusion movement gained ground from its early years in the late 1960s through its glory days in the early-to-mid-1970s—blending the more sophisticated harmonies of jazz with rock music's rhythmic power and high volume—all too often it was about muscular chops and complex writing for the sake of it. Little attention was paid to nuance and understatement. While guitarist John McLaughlin's high octane Mahavishnu Orchestra and keyboard player Chick Corea's guitar-centric incarnation of Return to Forever were tearing ...

Eberhard Weber: Please Don't Play Jazz

by Paul Olson
December 3, 2007

It's impossible to tell the story of European jazz without mentioning bassist/composer Eberhard Weber. One of the true virtuosos of the bass, the German-born Weber has an immediately recognizable, singing tone—even when he's not performing on his trademark, self-designed electrobass. Like his American counterpart Jaco Pastorius, Weber wasn't shy about making his instrument heard—his round, supple lines didn't tend to disappear into the background, nor was their role exclusively rhythmic or supportive.Weber made his name in Europe performing ...

Eberhard Weber: Stages of A Long Journey

by Michael P. Gladstone
September 16, 2007

Bassist Eberhard Weber has had a long recording career with ECM Records, dating back to 1970. His first album as a leader, The Colours of Chloe (ECM, 1974), helped to define the sound and essence of the ECM persona. His series of absorbing and innovative albums has continued through to Endless Days (ECM, 2001).

In 2005, upon reaching his 65th birthday, Weber used the occasion to perform twice with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR). Weber ...

Eberhard Weber: Surveying A Musical Life

by Jason Crane
September 6, 2007

Jason Crane interviews bassist Eberhard Weber. Weber's name is synonymous with the “ECM sound, because he's been the bassist of choice on classic ECM recordings dating back to the label's founding three decades ago. Since the early 1980s, Weber has played in saxophonist Jan Garbarek's band. To celebrate his 65th birthday, the city of Stuttgart, Germany, threw Weber a two-night concert party. He was joined on stage by an orchestra, Garbarek, vibraphonist Gary Burton, and others from his ...

Eberhard Weber: Stages of a Long Journey

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 6, 2007

In passato, sin dai Settanta e per molto tempo da allora, ho sempre fortemente amato l'arte musicale di Eberhard Weber. Il suo inconfondibile suono, la sua straordinaria tecnica, il suo approccio musicale, il suo essere fondamentalmente “tedesco", forse nel migliore senso del termine, la sua solarità senza confini, la sua totale e completa unicità nel panorama del bassismo più vicino al jazz senza mai esserlo del tutto. Ricordo serate d'ascolto infinite, con gli occhi persi dentro alle bellissime copertine naif ...