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Alexander von Schlippenbach: Piano Solo '77

Read "Piano Solo '77" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
April 28, 2009

Pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach hasn't so much refined his art over the course of his decades-long career as he has redefined his musical personality according to the demands of the setting he's working in and the musical company he's keeping. While that suggests adaptability, that tendency is tempered by the simultaneous singularity of his musical personality. ...

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Five Piano Duos

by Ken Dryden
April 4, 2009

Chick Corea & Hiromi Duet Concord 2009 Joachim Kühn & Michael Wollny Live at Schloss Elmau ACT Music 2009 Aki Takase & Alexander Von Schlippenbach Iron Wedding: Piano Duets

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Han Bennink: Monk Volume One

Read "Monk Volume One" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
March 28, 2009

Pity the straight man that has to play alongside the comedic drummer Han Bennink. In his 50+ years of music making, no gesture, tap, thump, or strike has gone unnoticed. And while he has covered the music of Thelonious Monk before, never has Monk, as interpreted by Bennink, sounded better.On paper this recording, a ...

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Alexander Von Schlippenbach: Friulian Sketches

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 19, 2009

Sono anime ricche di asperità e di imprevedibile dolcezza quelle di Alexander von Schlippenbach, Daniele D'Agaro e Tristan Honsinger, che sorprendiamo qui a triangolare in una serie di brevi Friulian Sketches che ne mettono in luce tutta la loro straordinaria sapienza di compositori istantanei. È petrosa e apparentemente diffidente - il riferimento friulano, che ovviamente è ...

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Aki Takase / Alexander Von Schlippenbach: Iron Wedding

Read "Iron Wedding" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
January 15, 2009

If there was ever anything predictable about these two pianists coming together on record, the results are anything but. Alexander von Schlippenbach is the senior figure by some decades, but this is still such a meeting of minds that the difference of time pales into insignificance. This is their first meeting on record in fifteen years. ...

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Alexander von Schlippenbach's 70th Birthday Year

by John Eyles
January 6, 2009

In the year which saw him turn seventy (on April 7th 2008), pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach released these three very different recordings which amply demonstrate that he is still at the peak of his powers whatever the context. The year also saw Schlippenbach tour the UK with drummer and percussionist Eddie Prevost, and a record of ...

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Alexander von Schlippenbach: Piano Solo '77

Read "Piano Solo '77" reviewed by Henry Smith

by Henry Smith
January 5, 2009

Pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach has been a mainstay of the European free jazz scene for nearly as long as it has existed, playing with Gunther Hampel and Manfred Schoof in the mid-'60s while forming the still active Globe Unity Orchestra in 1966. His trio with Paul Lovens and Evan Parker has been active since the early ...

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