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Ensemble 5: The Human Factor

Read "The Human Factor" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
October 11, 2024

Un camerismo increspato che non di rado si fa decisamente nervoso è ciò che troviamo in questo nuovo album--l'ottavo, con i precedenti sette usciti su Leo fra il 2012 e il 2020--del quintetto svizzero (ma Dell è tedesco, di Darmstadt), inciso a Zurigo nell'ottobre 2022. Il lavoro svolto dai cinque procede generalmente facendo ...

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Ensemble 5: The Human Factor

Read "The Human Factor" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
June 26, 2024

Ensemble 5, a forward-thinking jazz quintet hailing from Switzerland, has been making waves in the avant-garde jazz scene since its inception. The group, consisting of percussionist Heinz Geisser, bassist Fridolin Blumer, pianist Reto Staub, trombonist Robert Morgenthaler, and guest vibraphonist Christopher Dell, brings a fresh perspective to improvised music with their latest release, The Human Factor. ...

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Ensemble 5: The Summary Of 4

Read "The Summary Of 4" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
April 21, 2014

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

by Glenn Astarita
April 6, 2013

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 ...

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Ensemble 5: Solstice

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 18, 2013

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. ...