Results for "Florian Egli"

Florian Egli

Weird Beard: Orientation

by Troy Dostert
February 18, 2018

On a recording that exemplifies the “less is more" approach to music-making, Orientation finds Florian Egli's Weird Beard quartet crafting dreamy soundscapes that derive their appeal from the interstices between the notes. With disarmingly simple tunes that seem at times to float on a delicate ether, alto saxophonist/clarinetist Egli, guitarist Dave Gisler, bassist Martina Berther and ...

2018 New Releases and upcoming concerts

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 30, 2018

In this episode of Mondo Jazz we preview unreleased music as well as interesting releases that will be published in the coming months. We also look into Swiss, Finnish, and French approaches to quintessentially United Statesian music genres like Hip-Hop, Jazz and Americana, which travelled to Europe and got local. We also feature Darrell Grant's and ...

Still Now

By Florian Egli

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: 01. Unser Einziges Lied; 02. Rated X; 03. Lord of the Night; 04. Geht Einzig der Ostwind; 05. The Zone; 06. Still Now; 07. Final Thoughts; 08. The Junior President.

Away

By Florian Egli

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: 01. Pegasus; 02. Meaning Of...; 03. Rough n' Tough; 04. Away; 05. Feeling Weird; 06. Wild Bear; 07. Shadow.

Weird Beard: Away

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 11, 2013

Questo quartetto svizzero è guidato sapientemente dal saxofonista Florian Egli e si avvale della preziosa collaborazione dell'ottimo chitarrista Dave Gisler che ricordiamo già autore di prove convincenti, sempre in progetti targati Unit Records, meritoria etichetta che andrebbe presa ad esempio anche dalle nostre parti. Completano l'organico il bassista Valentin Dietrich e il batterista Rico Baumann, sempre ...

Lucerne Jazz Orchestra: Still Now

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 24, 2013

Questa bella orchestra svizzera non sfugge alle influenze ormai dominanti nel mondo delle larghe formazioni jazzistiche contemporanee. I riferimenti sono a Gil Evans filtrati dalla sensibilità tutta femminile di Maria Schneider (che a sua volta è stata debitamente influenzata anche da Bob Brookmeyer). Non manca una spruzzatina di musica mitteleuropea, certamente portata dal direttore tedesco David ...