Results for "Gunter Baby Sommer"

Gunter Baby Sommer

Born: August 25, 1943

Fucking Ballads

By Oliver Schwerdt

Label: Euphorium Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Fucking Ballads; In the Vein of Beauty.

Oliver Schwerdt: Fucking Ballads

by Glenn Astarita
May 6, 2024

Pianist Oliver Schwerdt's Fucking Ballads is not just an album title; it is a declaration of sonic defiance, a rallying cry for those who dare to challenge the status quo. The juxtaposition of the genteel term “ballads" with the bold expletive “fucking" sets the stage for a musical escapade that is as cheeky as it is ...

ARTACTS '24

by Luciano Rossetti
April 14, 2024

Euphorium_freakestra: Free Acoustic Supergroup

by Mark Corroto
July 5, 2023

Thanks to pianist and director Oliver Schwerdt, the Euphorium_freakestra is and always has been a glorious experiment in organized disorganization. The double CD Free Acoustic Supergroup is the ensemble's seventh release. Schwerdt's experiments began with the single disc Ðal Ngai (Euphorium Records, 2004) and eventually the group's 3-CD Grande Casino (Euphorium Records, 2018). Ðal Ngai included ...

Feel Good Music Show

by David Brown
January 3, 2023

It's New Year's Eve here on the Jazz Continuum. Weather you're getting gussied up to go out, or laying low for the evening, we're here to present an evening of Feel-Good Music to keep you company. Playlist Thelonious Monk “Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 00:30 Terry Pollard “Scrapple From ...

Karawane

By Gunter Baby Sommer

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Dunkle Wolken; Unter Jedem Dach Ein Ach; Zeitwandlerin; Dialogue; Impressions of Little Bird; MKK 103 Brevarium; Karawane; Aether; Zustände; Pan; Samba Pastouron; Hymnus.

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2022

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 29, 2022

The depth and range of the music that jazz players have put on record in 2022 are so big that summarizing this “year in jazz" by selecting only ten albums feels akin to taking the photo of a breath-taking landscape with an ultra-low resolution camera... Ten years from now, how is one supposed to understand how ...

Avram Fefer, Tell No Lies, Tru Cargo Service & Pia Hernandez

by Maurice Hogue
December 5, 2022

The flood of new releases continues unabated and this episode jumps right into the deep end, sampling new works from a pair of European bands, Tru Cargo Service from Germany and Tell No Lies from Italy, German drumming legend Gunter Baby Sommer in a duo with Scottish saxophonist Raymond McDonald, Buenos Aires pianist Pia Hernandez, Dave ...

Günter Baby Sommer & the Lucaciu 3: Karawane

by Troy Dostert
August 4, 2022

Long recognized as one of the most important exponents of European free jazz, drummer Günter Baby Sommer has refused to rest on his laurels, as he continues to do his part to maintain the legacy of free improvisation and creative jazz in a host of contexts, defying the aging process rather insouciantly while doing so. His ...