Klaus Gesing

Martin Iaies, featuring Klaus Gesing: People, Places

Read "People, Places" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 27, 2026

As though being a spendid jazz guitarist, composer and arranger were not enough, Argentina-born, Austria-based bass guitarist Martin Iaies was savvy enough to invite renowned woodwind artist Klaus Gesing to sit in on three numbers on Iaies' 2026 recording, People, Places. Iaies ushers an 11-member ensemble--not quite a big band, but fairly close--through its paces on eight of his engaging and lyrical compositions, neatly tailored to suit a group of that size and makeup. Gesing plays alto sax ...

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Johannes Berauer: Vienna Chamber Diaries plus Strings

Read "Vienna Chamber Diaries plus Strings" reviewed by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton

by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
March 21, 2022

Johannes Berauer's album, Vienna Chamber Diaries plus Strings on Basho Records, is a jewel of emotional weathering to illuminate hearts after an unexpected and extended era of sadness. Berauer is a modern thinking, cross-over, chamber jazz Jedi. Perfecting the placement of elegant, exciting, heart easing, and harmonising in nine arrangements of exacting and uplifting joy, The Vienna Chamber Diaries plus Strings are a rollercoaster of gentle impulses and elation. The assembly of soloists is prescient, assured and propulsive. ...

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Klaus Gesing: reaLTime

Read "reaLTime" reviewed by Tyran Grillo

by Tyran Grillo
June 14, 2015

Klaus Gesing is best known stateside for his collaborations with Norma Winstone and Anouar Brahem, both documented to wide acclaim on ECM Records. The German multi-reedist's work with these honed ensembles polishes only a few of his diverse facets, which reflect his equal footing in classical and jazz training, as well as beyond. Whether in the soulfulness of Jan Garbarek or the genius of Herbie Hancock, the grandiosity of Gustav Mahler or the prodigy of Michael Jackson, he has taken ...

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Klaus Gesing: Heartluggage

Read "Heartluggage" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
January 29, 2010

Sometimes a musician's associations are so high profile that it's easy to overlook his own work as a leader. Seeming to appear out of nowhere on British vocal legend Norma Winstone's sublime Distances (ECM, 2008) and Tunisian oudist Anouar Brahem's equally chamber-centric The Astounding Eyes of Rita (ECM, 2009), Klaus Gesing is, in fact, an established and active player. Heartluggage isn't the saxophonist/clarinetist's first album as a leader, but it's as good a place as any to discover how, while ...