Jazz Articles about Florian Arbenz

About Florian Arbenz

Live Review

Florian Arbenz Trio all'Atelier Musicale di Milano

by Paolo Peviani
November 14, 2025

Florian Arbenz Trio Camera del Lavoro Atelier Musicale--XXXI Edizione Milano 8 novembre 2025 Il batterista svizzero Florian Arbenz è musicista che ama muoversi su terreni trasversali tra jazz, musiche popolari e tradizione eurocolta. I suoi progetti più rilevanti sono il trio Vein (con il fratello Michael al pianoforte e Thomas Lähns al contrabbasso) e le Conversations, raccolta di dodici album nei quali il nostro incontra musicisti con visioni musicali differenti. In questo ...

Album Review

Florian Arbenz: Convergence: Moon

by Neil Duggan
November 4, 2025

For over 30 years drummer Florian Arbenz has taken his drumming style into new genres. His Conversation series produced 12 albums with 12 different ensembles and as part of the VEIN trio, he recorded eight albums, collaborating with Dave Liebman, Marc Johnson and Andy Sheppard. Classically trained, he has also worked as a percussionist in numerous concerts and festivals. Florian Arbenz: Convergence is a series of cross-continental collaborations, Moon being the second album in the series. He initially ...

Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Arbenz, Olivier, Shorter & More

by Bob Osborne
April 3, 2025

This time around a fascinating selection of recent releases including a sublime performance from the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald from a previously unreleased live recording. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Florian Arbenz, Michael Arbenz, Ron Carter “Old Shaman" from The Alpine Session (Self Produced) 00:27 Isabelle Olivier “Impressions" from Impressions (Rewound Echoes) 10:36 Eric Shorter “Our Brother of Bethany" from Shorter Bendian Shields (577 Records) 15:16 Ivo Perelman, Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark “Sulfur" from Oxygen (Mahalaka Music) 24:31 Posi-tone Swingtet ...

Album Review

Florian Arbenz, Michael Arbenz, Ron Carter: The Alpine Session: Arbenz vs. Arbenz Meets Ron Carter

Read "The Alpine Session: Arbenz vs. Arbenz Meets Ron Carter" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
February 18, 2025

1937 was a landmark year: the Golden Gate Bridge opened and Edward VIII abdicated the British throne. In jazz, Billie Holiday made her debut with Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie began his recording career. It was also the year Ron Carter, the most-recorded jazz bassist in history, was born. With over 2000 recording sessions to his name, many of them on iconic albums, he could be forgiven for putting his feet up and reflecting on past glories, but that is ...

Album Review

Arbenz / Krijger / Osby: Conversation #9: Targeted

Read "Conversation #9: Targeted" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
March 22, 2023

This mind-bending album skewers any notion that modern-day organ trios are all unimaginative bores churning out reheated cliches lifted from Blue Note and Prestige albums of the 1950s and '60s. With that stereotype in mind, one would hesitate to apply the term “organ trio" to the collaborative group on Targeted. But its instigator, the Swiss drummer Florian Arbenz, uses the description in his liner notes when introducing Hammond organist Arno Krijger. Arbenz actually calls the band a ...

Album Review

Arbenz X Vistel / Moutin: Conversation #4 (Vulcanized)

Read "Conversation #4 (Vulcanized)" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
February 28, 2022

Prompted by the pandemic, drummer and percussionist Florian Arbenz has set out to document 12 Conversations with musicians invited into his Basel, Switzerland recording studio. Conversation #1: Condensed was a trio with Brazilian guitarist Nelson Veras and American trumpeter Hermon Mehari. Conversation #2 & #3 found Arbenz with British vibraphonist Jim Hart and Swiss bassist Jim Hart. Here we have the drummer teaming up with French bassist François Moutin and Cuban also saxophonist Maikel Vistel, who collaborates with the drummer ...

Album Review

Arbenz, Hart, Känzig: Conversation #2: Oracle / Conversation #3: Neologism

Read "Conversation #2: Oracle / Conversation #3: Neologism" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler
October 3, 2021

While much of the world was in lockdown and many musicians didn't have a chance to play live, Swiss drummer Florian Arbenz found a way to keep his creative juices flowing. He envisioned a series of twelve albums, each featuring musical conversations between a different group of musicians. Conversation #1: Condensed (Hammer 2021) featured guitar, trumpet, and drums. Conversation # 2: Oracle and Conversation # 3: Neologism presents different musical lineups together in a two-album package. Arbenz is ...