Results for "Fridolin Blumer"

Fridolin Blumer

Switzerland bassist - free jazz/avant garde frameworks

Fridolin Blumer, Christopher Dell, Heinz Geisser, Robert Morgenthaler: Beyond Scope

by Alberto Bazzurro
March 3, 2026

Una seduta di libera improvvisazione (almeno nella sua sostanza primaria) fissata a Zurigo nell'ottobre 2024 è quanto ci giunge da questo album a quattro firme, le cui più addentro alla cosa sembrano Fridolin Blumer e, in seconda battuta, Heinz Geisser, anche se poi, nei fatti, ognuno dà il suo contributo in maniera assolutamente democratica, anzi, se ...

Beyond Scope

By Fridolin Blumer

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2025
Track listing: Beyond Scope; Spectra; Source; Matrix; Canvas; Out There; Beyond Scope - radio cut.

Fridolin Blumer: Beyond Scope

by Mark Corroto
November 7, 2025

Are there norms in free improvisation? A better question might be: are there rules? Free improvisation has been called many things--instant composing, non-idiomatic improvisation, spontaneous composition, intuitive music--but no matter the name, the question of structure remains. To explore this, let's look beyond music to another art form: film. Specifically, the 1998 cult classic The Big ...

Sophie Lüssi - Sandra Weiss - Fridolin Blumer - Andreas Wettstein: Atlantic Puffin

by Glenn Astarita
March 21, 2025

AllAboutBirds.org describes the Atlantic Puffin as “a sharply dressed black-and-white seabird with a huge, multicolored bill, the Atlantic Puffin is often called the clown of the sea." This album finds the foursome gleefully tossing classical precision, folk whispers and improvisational bravado into a blender, hitting pulse until it is a cohesive, if occasionally slippery, ...

Atlantic Puffin

By Sophie Lüssi

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2024
Track listing: Atlantic Puffin; Valse pour Ornette IX; Chimango; Valse pour Ornette IIX; Chiffchaff; Valse pour Ornette X; Waxwing; Valse pour Ornette XI; Orpheusspötter; Valse pour Ornette XIII; Cachalote castano; Valse pour Ornette XII.

Anklam

By Fridolin Blumer

Label: Carpe Diem Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Anklam I; Anklam II; Anklam III, Anklam IV; Anklam V; Anklam VI; Anklam VII; Anklam VIII; Anklam IX; Anklam X; Anklam XI; Anklam XII

The Human Factor

By Heinz Geisser

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2024
Track listing: Prelude; The End of Predictability; Stakes Are High; Rebirth Of The Singular; Interlude; The Human Factor; All That Jazz; Transcience.

Time Again

By Benjamin Koppel

Label: Cowbell Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Puerto Rican Rumble; If You Forget Me; Mavis; Bazaar Revisited; Time Again; Fall From Grace; Should Have Put A Ring On It; Blind Man.

Ensemble 5: The Human Factor

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. ...