Jazz Articles about Urs Leimgruber

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Axel Dörner, Roger Turner, Urs Leimgruber, and Ribo Flesh: Untitled (London Leipzig Luzern)

Read "Untitled (London Leipzig Luzern)" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
March 17, 2022

With a lineup comprising some of the leading figures in free improvisation, fans of the genre will surely want to give Untitled (London Leipzig Luzern) a close listen. Trumpeter Axel Dörner, saxophonist Urs Leimgruber and percussionist Roger Turner have made their mark on hundreds of recordings featuring all of the household names: Evan Parker, Sam Rivers, John Butcher, Joëlle Léandre, and many others. Indeed, all three musicians arguably belong in the pantheon themselves, and there's something to be said for ...

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The Workers: Altbüron

by John Eyles
March 27, 2021

Altbüron is the first album release from The Workers, a newly-formed quartet of experienced Swiss improvisers, each of whom had previously collaborated with at least one other member; the quartet comprises soprano saxophonist Urs Leimgruber (born 1952), alto saxophonist, flautist and voice Omri Ziegele (born 1959), bassist Christian Weber (born 1972) and drummer Alex Huber (born 1982), those dates illustrating the range of ages--and, hence, influences— within the group. This album was recorded live at bau 4 in Altbüron, in ...

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OM: It's About Time

Read "It's About Time" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
October 31, 2020

In 1982, after five albums in ten years, Swiss free-jazz quartet OM called it a day—its four members, Christy Doran, Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgruber and Bobby Burri going their separate ways. A supposed one-off reunion in 2007 to open an exhibition on the youth movement of the 1960s and 1970s led to a successful series of festivals appearances on home turf. Those concerts resulted in the live album Willisau (Intakt Records, 2010), a return to OM's improvisational heartland, and signalled ...

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Christy Doran: In The Corner Of The Eye

Read "In The Corner Of The Eye" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 10, 2016

Celebrated Irish guitarist Christy Doran's penchant to keep reinventing his musical self is quite evident due to the disparate bands and solo projects he's undertaken for several decades. Whether imparting a jazz fusion spin on Jimi Hendrix with the band Call Me Helium Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (Double Moon, 2005) or experimental jazz and improvisational efforts with keyboardist John Wolf Brennan and other notables, Doran's hefty discography yields a kaleidoscopic perspective. The program on In The ...

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Urs Leimgruber - Alex Huber: Lightnings

Read "Lightnings" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
January 4, 2016

Wide Ear Records is a nascent Swiss experimental jazz label, co- founded by drummer Alex Huber who performs here, in a duo setting with his fellow countryman and eminent improviser, saxophonist Urs Leimgruber. Hence, the musicians generate some cerebral merry-making on this set via the saxophonist's gyrating and stunted battle cries and the customary call and response processes, integrated with Huber's highly musical approach. The 4 tracks spawn a hodgepodge of torrential downpours and quieter parts, constructed on menacing flows ...

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Urs Leimgruber / Roger Turner: The Pancake Tour

Read "The Pancake Tour" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
February 5, 2013

The Pancake Tour finds Swiss saxophonist Urs Leimgruber and British drummer Roger Turner together as a twosome (sometimes referred to as The Pancake Duo), recorded in concert at The Loft in Cologne in October 2011. The sax-drums duo is a varied and demanding format which exposes each player to equal scrutiny, allowing no hiding place or time out. Instead, each member has to be full-on constantly, giving and receiving, and listening and responding; if either of them is not, it ...

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Urs Leimgruber: Chicago Solo

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 30, 2010

Non è la prima volta che il sassofonista svizzero Urs Leimgruber si avvicina all'esibizione in completa solitudine (si pensi a 13 Pieces for Saxophone uscito sempre per la Leo Records nel 2007). Questa sessione, incisa in studio a Chicago, lo vede impegnato ai sax soprano e tenore in lunghe escursioni utilizzando tecniche estese, come la respirazione circolare. Non c'è alcuna intenzione di distruggere le caratteristiche degli strumenti usati, tuttavia la vicinanza di stile con Evan Parker o John Butcher è ...