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Andreas Willers

Born: December 5, 1957

Andreas Willers has gained a reputation as an exceptional guitar player withan incredibly rich stylistic background reaching from blues and jazz toimprovised and New Music. The impressive technical and tonaloptions at his disposal are carried by a great feeling for form and tremenuosemotionalpower. His debut release was a solo recording for the famous FMP label inthe 1980's. He has worked with Paul Bley, Louis Sclavis, David Murray a.m.m.on stage and in the studio. He also works on different forms of improvisedand composed music.

Studied guitar and improvisation with Joe Diorio (at GIT, Los Angeles), JohnAbercrombie and Dave Holland(at Bannf School of Fine Arts, Alberta, Canada) among others

Christian Marien Quartett: How Long Is Now

by Troy Dostert
April 23, 2024

Drummer Christian Marien represents the kind of omnivorous musical sensibility that is so valuable in an age in which conventional musical categories seem increasingly irrelevant. His undeniable reverence for the jazz tradition is evident through his work with I Am Three, in which he has teamed with saxophonist Silke Eberhard and trumpeter Nikolaus Neuser to offer ...

Julie Sassoon: Inside Colours Live

by Mike Jurkovic
March 17, 2024

Shedding warm illuminations on all our fragile, secretive, sensuous moments, is the underlying axiom behind British pianist/composer Julie Sassoon 's vulnerable and telling music. A classicist at heart who, whether she is aware of it or not, comes at her music in much the manner as Marilyn Crispell--visceral, personal, labyrinthine, yet ultimately accessible--Sassoon's sense of the ...

Jonas Kullhammar, Alistair Payne and Rich Halley Trio

by Maurice Hogue
January 22, 2024

This episode has a definite tilt to artists from Northern Europe with music from several different countries. Sweden's Moserobie Music catalog is featured in several tracks, particularly label founder and multi-reedist Jonas Kullhammar, while from the neighbouring Norway you'll hear music by saxophonist Andre Roligheten, bassist Dan Peter Sundland and the Bliss Quintet. Bassist Meinrad Kneer ...

Mars Williams, Bro / Danielsson / Mazur & Andreas Willers

by Maurice Hogue
January 10, 2024

There's a noticeable tilt towards new European releases in this episode, highlighted by Danish guitarist Jakob Bro with two of his idols, trumpeter Palle Danielsson & percussionist Marilyn Mazur for a new album, Strands; German guitarist Andreas Willers and his trio Derek Plays Eric, ratchet up the heat on their latest; Aut Records sent along new ...

Derek Plays Eric - A Suite Of Soaps

By Andreas Willers

Label: Jazzwerkstatt
Released: 2023
Track listing: Tuesday Ends Saturday (Paul Motion), A Suite Of Soaps Part 1 - 7 (Andreas Willers), Cogs In Cogs (Shulman, Minnear), Space Captain (M. Moore), May Dance (Dave Holland), I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Lennon/McCartney)

Search & Rescue

By Andreas Willers

Label: JazzHausMusik
Released: 2022

haerae

By Andreas Willers

Label: Evil Rabbit Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: 1 so.low 2 both single 3 langh's arm 3-5 4 Memo 5 langh's arm 6-8 6 falten 7 s ging 8 langh's arm 2

Andreas Willers 7 of 8: The Goldman Variations

by Alberto Bazzurro
March 19, 2021

Disco composito, felicemente irregolare, questo del sestetto (in un caso settetto) diretto dal sessantatreenne chitarrista tedesco Andreas Willers, con le stimmate dell'opera largamente meditata, fortemente intenzionale, nella concezione così come nel gesto che ne accompagna la messa in pratica. Partenza al fulmicotone nel breve “Case of Need" e poi momenti più riflessivi, quasi sfuggenti, ma sempre ...

Andreas Willers 7 of 8 - The Goldman Variations

By Andreas Willers

Label: Jazzwerkstatt
Released: 2020
Track listing: 1 Case Of Need 2 Süßes Holz 3 Friede Den Hüten 4 Quorum 5 Goldman's Sack 6 Emma Goldman 7 Always Never 8 Clean Profits Trilemma A 9 Clean Profits Trilemma B 10 Clean Profits Trilemma C 11 Grau Normal Ja 12 Modified Princess