Results for "Christian Weber"

Erika Dohi, Moby, Wildflower, Hasan Ibn Ali & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 5, 2021

Tributes, pianists, and tributes to pianists are the core of this show, from homages to Paul Jackson by John Patitucci, Ennio Morricone by Stefano Di Battista, Alice Coltrane by Il Sogno, and Hasan Ibn Ali by Brian Marsella to available-at-last music by Ali himself and by British pianist Mike Taylor, both as leader and composer for ...

The Workers: Altbüron

by John Eyles
March 27, 2021

Altbüron is the first album release from The Workers, a newly-formed quartet of experienced Swiss improvisers, each of whom had previously collaborated with at least one other member; the quartet comprises soprano saxophonist Urs Leimgruber (born 1952), alto saxophonist, flautist and voice Omri Ziegele (born 1959), bassist Christian Weber (born 1972) and drummer Alex Huber (born ...

A Mixed Bag of New Releases

by Bob Osborne
March 18, 2021

A mixed bag of great new sounds. After last year's successful big band outing, Blue Soul, guitarist Dave Stryker is back with his hard-driving, deep grooving B3 organ group on his new recording—Baker's Circle. The Tania Giannouli Trio's unique sounds have been described as Manfred Eicher's dream of a Mediterranean holiday. Tom Swafford and Zachary Swanson ...

Alexander Hawkins, Michael Gregory Jackson & Cowboys & Frenchmen

by Maurice Hogue
March 10, 2021

New releases galore this edition to sift through and that's always enjoyable. Pianist Alexander Hawkins goes large ensemble on his new Togetherness Music and which is graced by the presence of the great Evan Parker; the Finnish duo of Timo Lassy and Teppo Makynen tear things down on the opening track; the trio of Brian Jones, ...

Aki Takase: Auge

by John Sharpe
February 27, 2021

While it might be Aki Takase's name which grabs the attention thanks to her illustrious track record, the trio on Auge represents a true co-operative, as the Berlin-based Japanese pianist joins forces with Swiss bassist Christian Weber and German drummer Michael Griener in a perfectly balanced triumvirate. Takase draws on an ouevre which ...

Aki Takase / Christian Weber / Michael Griener: Auge

by Dan McClenaghan
January 23, 2021

Pianist Aki Takase had a hand in the creation of one of 2020's top jazz CDs: Slow Pieces For Aki (Intakt Records), by her husband and fellow pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach. She suggested a set less involved in the speed, volume and intensity that was Schlippenvach's customary avant-garde approach. He answered with a twenty-one tune recording ...

All Those Yesterdays

By Omri Ziegele

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Line For A Friend Of Mine; O. My God; All Those Yesterdays; Donders Wonders; Saw That Smile; When The Rivers Spoke.

Altbüron

By Urs Leimgruber

Label: Wide Ear Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Altbüron

Omri Ziegele Tomorrow Trio: All Those Yesterdays

by Mark Corroto
July 9, 2020

It's been more than twenty years since the world lost saxophonist Thomas Chapin. If you were to conduct a search like Tibetan Buddhists looking for the next incarnation of the Dalai Lama, the signs and symbols you would sift through are of course recordings. All Those Yesterdays may be all the proof one needs to adjudge ...

Christian Weber

Christian Weber, currently living in Zürich, contributes his ideas and his wonderful instrument to many projects all over the world. Regular appearances
with Day & Taxi, Sudden Infant, Günter Müller, Norbert Möslang, Die Welttraumforscher, Collegium Novum, Stefan Heckel Group, Gegenklang ... Festival concerts
Druga Godba Ljubliana, Jazzfestival Zagreb, Jazz Meeting TelAviv, Jazz-Meeting Jerusalem, Jazzfest Wiesen, Jazz over Villach, Hörgänge Wien, Jazzfestival Schaffhausen, AMR Genf, Ice On Fire (Kuwait), Festival de Jazz Grenoble, Jazzfest Wien, unerhört!, Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon, Uncool Poschiavo, Wien Modern, Moers Festival, LEM Barcelona, Jazzherbst Konstanz, Taktlos... Toured in
Switzerland, Austria, Germany, England, Ireland, Poland, Israel, China, Taiwan, Belgium, Italy, Slovenia, Kuwait, Croatia, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Spain, Japan, Russia, USA Has worked with
Peter Kowald, Irène Schweizer, Werner Lüdi, Charles Gayle, Robert Dick, Boris Hauf, Bertrand Denzler, Peter K Frey, Lol Coxhill, Olaf Rupp, Ludwig Bekic, Jacques Demierre, Franz Hautzinger, Gerhard Herrmann, Co Streiff, Elliott Sharp, Wolfgang Reisinger, Gene Coleman, Stephan Wittwer, Nils Wogram, Steamboat Switzerland, Phil Minton, Willem Schulz, Andres Bosshard, Ben Jeger, Tom Varner, Joachim Kühn, Wolfgang Puschnig, Julian Argüelles, Charlotte Hug, Jason Kahn, John Butcher, Roger Rotor, Antoine Chessex, Kai Fagaschinski, Dave Phillips, Otomo Yoshihide, Johannes Bauer, Simon Nabatov, Bo Wiget, Evan Parker ...