Results for "Donat Fisch"

Donat Fisch

Instrumental Duos

by Karl Ackermann
April 20, 2021

The early days of jazz were not always harmonious. Converted dance orchestras often sounded like unbalanced acoustic junkyards; a single violin, cornet, trombone, clarinet, tuba, drums, banjo, and piano, all fighting for attention. The piano was meant to be the glue holding the shrill and boisterous elements together. In 1921 a prodigy pianist named Zez Confrey ...

Schlitten

By Donat Fisch

Label: QFTF
Released: 2017
Track listing: Jitterbug Waltz; Sweet Lorraine; I'm Getting Sentimental Over You; Day Dream; Misterioso; Bemsha Swing; I Want To Be Happy; Bill.

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 ...

William Evans/Donat Fisch/Banz Oester/Jorge Rossy/Andy Scherrer: Schlitten

by Dan McClenaghan
October 24, 2017

The Swiss CD release, Schlitten, tips a hat to the undersung record producer, Don Schlitten. The quintet doing the hat-tipping is mostly Swiss musicians. Drummer Jorge Rossy, formerly of the Brad Mehldau Trio, is Spanish-born. Schlitten got his start working the music business with several of the small but prestigious record companies--Muse and Prestige, ...

MORE FUFU!

By Dominic Egli

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2016

UNTITLED YET

By Dominic Egli

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2012

Circle & Line 2

By Donat Fisch

Label: Leo Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Stalo; Marias Blues; Merlodie; Fur Christian; 15; Desmond; Staika; Besen Besen; Elva.

Donat Fisch - Christian Wolfarth: Circle & Line 2

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 4, 2010

Gli svizzeri Donat Fisch e Chistian Wolfarth sono ormai da diversi anni un elemento centrale di quella nuova avanguardia europea legata al nome della Leo Records. Questo Circle & Line 2 riprende un discorso iniziato insieme dieci anni fa: ora come allora obiettivo è indagare il rapporto tra sassofoni e batteria (Coltrane e Rashed Ali docent, ...

Donat Fisch / Christian Wolfarth: Circle & Line 2

by Karl Ackermann
March 30, 2010

Drummer Christian Wolfarth and saxophonist Donat Fisch first recorded in this formation more than ten years ago. Circle & Line 2 is the Swiss duo's reunion and an unique free jazz achievement. Saxophone and drum duos rarely become an artist's defining work. It is a difficult format, requiring extraordinary creative effort to maintain variety and interest. ...