Results for "Banz Oester"

Banz Oester

New Sounds and Archive Nuggets

by Bob Osborne
May 20, 2021

A mixture of old and new this time. Featured albums are from Behn Gillece, Devin Gray, Camila Nebbia & Axel Filip, Damon Locks and Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp. There's also a couple of albums from 2020 that I have only just gotten around to, plus some archive specials from Hugh Hopper, Marc Ducret and Miles ...

Dan Willis, Paul Dunmall, Amok Amor & Treesearch

by Maurice Hogue
May 5, 2021

Many jazz musicians in Poland consider playing and/or recording the music of Poland's father of jazz, Krzysztof Komeda, a rite of passage. A similar feeling exists with most jazz musicians anywhere about the music of Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and more. This episode features some recordings that follow that path. Saxophonist Dan Willis tackles ...

Strell - The Music of Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington

By The WHO Trio

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Mooche; Fleurette Africaine; In a Sentimental Mood; Black & Tan Fantasy; Take the A Train; In a Mellow Tone; Passion Flower; Angelica; A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing.

Old, Borrowed and Just a Little Blue

by Geno Thackara
December 11, 2017

How many collections of standards does the jazz world really need? The answer, of course, is that there's always room for more as long as the players and listeners can find something relevant and fresh. Every piece on offer in this batch has been around for several decades at least, but these old things never fail ...

Andreas Schaerer, Bänz Oester: Shibboleth

by Luca Muchetti
December 9, 2014

In quanti modi si può usare la voce facendo musica, ma senza cantare? Ce lo insegnano Andreas Schaerer e Bänz Oester in Shibboleth, un CD che definire atipico è sicuramente poco. Una voce di un cantante-performer e un basso jazz. Poche e sporadiche percussioni. “Corde À Linge" inizia su melodie felpate che ...

The WHO Trio: The WHO Zoo

by Mark Corroto
October 26, 2014

American drummer/percussionist Gerry Hemingway has made his home in Switzerland since 2009. Besides his teaching and solo performances, currently, his most accomplished working band is The WHO Trio. 'WHO' stands for Wintsch/Hemingway/Oester. It's Hemingway's unconventional piano trio with Swiss partners pianist Michel Wintsch and bassist Bänz Oester.The WHO Zoo is their fifth release, beginning ...

Samuel Blaser Quartet: As the Sea

by Dave Wayne
September 19, 2013

Since bursting on the the international jazz scene in the mid-2000s, Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser has established himself as one of his instrument's foremost practitioners. His playing combines the precision and detail of a top-flight classical instrumentalist with the unfettered, emotionally direct and rhythmically rich approach that characterizes the best jazz players. Blaser--still in his early ...

Jazzdor Berlin 2013: Berlin, Germany, June 5-8, 2013

by Henning Bolte
June 21, 2013

Jazzdor Berlin 2013Kesselhaus in der KulturbrauereiBerlin, GermanyJune 5-8, 2013The Jazzdor festival is part of Berlin's still highly attractive cultural and artistic climate of the post- wall era. The seventh edition of this four-day festival took place during the first week of June, 2013 at the Kesselhaus of a former brewery in ...

Samuel Blaser Quartet: As The Sea

by Eyal Hareuveni
March 14, 2013

The whole of some musical outfits is greater than its separate parts. The Berlin-based, Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser's Quartet is one of these outfits, comprised of resourceful musicians with strong personalities, distinct approaches that together complement the strengths of this band but also pushes it into newer terrains. Blaser is conservatory trained and ...