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Urs Leimgruber: Lausanne & Love Letters for the President
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Urs Leimgruber; Thomas Lehn. Lausanne For 4 Ears Records 2009 Hans Koch; Urs Leimgruber; Omri Ziegele. Love Letters to the President Intakt Records 2009 It may be grossly reductive to speak about an album in terms of how much audio space its five songs take up individually. And it may be a total coincidence ...
Continue ReadingUrs Leimgruber: Solo, 13 Pieces For Saxophone
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nelle note di copertina di Solo, 13 Pieces for Saxophone si sottolinea come la registrazione solitaria di Urs Leimbruger possa essere paragonata all’opera di uno scultore che, partendo dalla materia grezza e informe a disposizione, la modella, la plasma, la seleziona, la riduce fino ad ottenerne il capolavoro finale. Non mettiamo in dubbio il parallelismo citato, azzeccato e pertinente, semmai rimaniamo sconcertati dall’esito finale. L’esplorazione radicale di strumenti, in questo caso il sassofono, è ricerca espressiva da sempre praticata con ...
Continue ReadingUrs Leimgruber: 13 Pieces For Saxophone
by Glenn Astarita
Eminent Swiss saxophonist Urs Leimgruber has been a fixture, primarily within European jazz and improvisational dominions. Unlike many other free-wheeling solo saxophone ventures, the artist renders a cumulative discourse of enticing notions on 13 Pieces For Saxophone. He's an intense conversationalist, while frequently concentrating his improvisational output within a given register. Among other notions, this characteristic adds quite a bit of distinction to the sum of the intricately exercised parts, as he aims to excite one's neural network. ...
Continue ReadingUrs Leimgruber: Blue Log: Ten Pieces for Saxophone
by Alexander Vogel
Saxophonist Urs Leimgruber has explored styles of music ranging from contemporary composition to free improvisation. He was a member of the jazz/rock group Om in the late '70s. From there he would expand his aesthetic from jazz to complete free improvisation through associations with Swiss percussionist Fritz Hauser and French bassist Joëlle Leandre. Solo dates for Leimgruber are more or less common at this point, with three such releases prior to Blue Log (which was recorded in 1999 and released ...
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