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Schlippenbach Quartet: Hunting the Snake

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by AAJ Staff
November 1, 2000

The '70s were a banner decade for free improvisation in Europe. Much of the free jazz of today--especially recent material from the New York avant/free scene--owes huge debts to early European improvisers. Pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach made great leaps at both the compositional level and the performance level, integrating a high level of structure into a setting fully embodying musical democracy. Schlippenbach's playing per se spans the range from focused harmonic concentration to all-out glissando/clustering abandon. While the obvious comparisons ...

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Album Review

Schlippenbach Quartet: Hunting the Snake

Read "Hunting the Snake" reviewed by Derek Taylor

by Derek Taylor
October 1, 2000

The Schlippenbach Trio remains one of the most redoubtable ensembles in creative improvised music due in no small measure to the sum of its formidable parts. Schlippenbach, Parker and Lovens need no introduction to those the least bit familiar with free jazz. The seemingly unsurpassable stature of their union was forged over the course of sporadic meetings and recordings and though the group has been in existence for decades only a handful of albums are represented in its discography. Several ...