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Ensemble 5: The Summary Of 4

Read "The Summary Of 4" reviewed by Mark Corroto


It is refreshing to hear a free jazz improvising group that doesn't abandon meter and melody for the goal of spontaneous music making. For percussionist Heinz Geisser, performing improvised music doesn't require he throw the figurative baby out with the bath water. The dude abides.Like the Collective 4tet he established in the 1990s with ...

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Ensemble 5: Solstice

Read "Solstice" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Drummer Heinz Geisser's robust discography for Leo Records implies an active mind on the loose via his firm footing in the avant spectrum. He now expands his Collective 4tet to Ensemble 5, offering a combination of youth and experience coalescing into an idea factory of sorts. No two pieces sound distinctly alike, which is not always ...

Article: Album Review

Ensemble 5: Solstice

Read "Solstice" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Ensemble 5 nasce da un jam session avvenuta a Zurigo nel 2010 come incrocio di differenti percorsi musicali con origine nel lontano 1992 dal Collective 4tet, formazione profondamente ancorata alla tradizione del free jazz e della libera improvvisazione tout- court che il batterista svizzero Heinz Geisser mise in piedi durante un lungo soggiorno a New York. ...


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