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Claudia Döffinger

Daniel Hersog, Jaimie Branch, Tyshawn Sorey and Others

by Jerome Wilson
December 13, 2023

This show features 2023 releases from the Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra, Jaimie Branch, and Tyshawn Sorey as well as older music from Herbie Nichols, Chet Baker, and others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Claudia ...

Monochrome

By Claudia Döffinger

Label: QFTF Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: White Note Exorcist; Monochrome; Foxes; Der Vierundzwanzigste Sommer; Choke On It!; Elephant; Mumpitz.

Jerome Wilson's Best Releases Of 2018

by Jerome Wilson
December 18, 2018

It may be unwieldy to keep a large jazz ensemble together for economic reasons but this year was still full of outstanding big band recordings, whether done through commissions, arrangers working with established orchestras or even actual working ensembles. Several of the releases on my list are examples of that. Also this year had the usual ...

Claudia Döffinger: Monochrome

by Jerome Wilson
October 4, 2018

There are a lot of very fine composers working with large jazz ensembles today, but what Claudia Doffinger does is in a class by itself. A native of Germany, here she leads the Austrian Graz Composers Orchestra in a program that mixes the colors and gestures of big band jazz with the language and rhythms of ...

Seven Women (Plus Three) 2018 – Part VIII

by C. Michael Bailey
August 29, 2018

Cheryl Bentyne (and Mark Winkler) Eastern Standard Time Café Pacific Records

Graz Composers Orchestra meets Claudia Döffinger: Monochrome

by Hrayr Attarian
July 16, 2018

The title of composer and pianist Claudia Döffinger's collaboration with Graz Composers Orchestra, Monochrome, is a bit of a misnomer. The seven pieces, five by Döffinger, are definitely not in shades of a single color. They are multitextured, vibrantly-hued and captivating, and often coalesce around one or two instruments like Kaleidoscopic patterns around light beams.

Claudia Döffinger: Monochrome

by Gareth Thompson
July 12, 2018

The turkey trot and tango became so popular by 1914 that the Vatican saw fit to denounce them. American ballrooms, once invaded by European dance steps, were now throbbing to these sexier moves. In his eminent book, The History Of Jazz, author Ted Gioia argues that such new currents in social dancing also forced a change ...