Results for "Improvised Music"

Victor Chorobik

Jimmy Bennington

Born: May 22, 1970

Jimmy Bennington (born May 22, 1970; Columbus, Ohio) is a self-taught artist who began playing professionally in Texas, 1990. Mentored by late John Coltrane drummer Elvin Jones during the last decade of his life, Bennington was eventually hired as Jones' band manager/drum tech, touring the world as part of the Elvin Jones Jazz Machine (2000-2002). Since then, Bennington lived on the West Coast for several years (1997-2006), and has made Chicago his home base (2006-Present). Jimmy has performed and recorded with artists such as Julian Priester, Perry Robinson, John Stowell, Ed Schuller, Bert Wilson, Ken Filiano, Steve Cohn, John Blum, John Gross, Daniel Carter, and French bassist Benjamin Duboc

Eric Pan

Born: January 13, 1994

Eric Pan creates novel and transportive experiences for audiences, incorporating musical performance, improvisation, collaboration, and immersive storytelling. This year, he releases a three-volume album titled Travel Poems. It's an unconventional debut. In the rainforests of Costa Rica, what began as a series of song-postcards based on stories of people and places soon blossomed a recording tour, leading to pianos across four continents. The resulting 30-track sonic kaleidoscope boasts solo, duo, and trio performances, threaded through soundscape narratives also curated from around the world. Live performances of Travel Poems feature its expansive repertoire, and additionally explore a complementary idea: how music is itself a means of travel

Matthew Dievendorf

Born: July 8, 1979

Georg Wissel

Born: February 27, 1964

Georg Wissel, (prepared) saxophones, clarinetrefers to himself also as Sculptor of compressed air via (prepared) saxophonesHe made his first important experiences in Improvised music recording and touring in the late 80ies in Germany, France and Southamerica as guest musician of 'Pöhlmusik' along with Jon Rose.Inspired by collaborations with electronic musicians, he began also (beside working on instrumental playing-technics) searching for new sounds by preparations, which by the time has become an integral part of his playing. He is working internationally, performing solo under the title 'The Arte Of Navigation' and together with numerous exponents in Improvised music whilst he maintains long term collaborations with his duos along with Paul Lytton, D i G (Dušica Cajlan-GW) and Tim O'Dwyer, 'trio OWG (Rieko Okuda GW Jonas Gerigk), 'Broken Ghost Consort' with Matthew Goodheart and George Cremaschi, and quartet 'Canaries on the Pole'.

Andrea Claburn

Born: December 14

Born in Baltimore, Maryland to a classical pianist mother and a jazz aficionado father, Andrea Claburn knew what she wanted to do by the age of four. “I started begging my mother to let me to take piano lessons. She would play Chopin and Beethoven, and I would go to the piano when she was done and try to recreate what I’d heard. I wanted to play so badly.” Her mother finally relented when Andrea reached the ripe old age of six. “My mom was very smart. She said, ‘you’re not ready’ when I was in preschool. She was the opposite of a pushy stage mom. By making me wait to study piano, she made it clear that it was a privilege and I should treat it accordingly.” Meanwhile, her father introduced her to his favorite jazz artists: Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, the MJQ, Bill Evans

Noah Rott

Born: March 8, 1991

Noah Rott is an internationally performing pianist, keyboardist, composer, bandleader, electronic artist & music educator who fuses modern jazz with electronic soundscapes.

As part of a new generation of jazz innovators, Noah Rott's virtuosic and versatile use of analog synthesizers and sound effects paired with his picturesque approach to the acoustic piano have garnered him attention and acclaim.
Noah Rott gained early recognition by winning first prize in the 'Jugend Jazzt Hamburg' competition in 2008 and 2010. He went on to study at the Hamburg Conservatory of Music and Theatre, graduating in 2015 with a Bachelor’s degree in Jazz Instrumental Performance. During this time he became a well-established pianist and driving force of Hamburg's local jazz scene and started to perform nationally and internationally. He performed with several ensembles in the US, Europe, China, South Korea, Nepal, and Costa Rica.
Noah Rott was featured at world-renowned festivals and venues, such as European Parliament, Jewish Museum New York, Lincoln Center, Firehouse12, Nublu, Joe's Pub, Jazzmandu festival, Sultan Room, Club Evans Seoul, LOFT Köln, Clifford Brown Festival, Elbjazz festival, Ueberjazz festival, Jazz Open festival, and many more. Furthermore he recorded twelve critically acclaimed albums as a bandleader or sideman.
Besides his musical activities, Noah Rott worked as a cultural manager. In 2015 he founded the music label, artist collective and event series JAZZLAB with the objective to make improvised music accessible to a new and young audience. In 2017 he was a founding member and host of the feel.jazz festival.


In 2017 Noah Rott was rewarded with the internationally renowned Fulbright scholarship to represent German culture in the US and further the mutual and cultural understanding of both countries.
In 2019 he graduated from the New York University with a Master of Music in Jazz Instrumental Performance. In this time he studied with some of the most innovative jazz artists of our time, such as Peter Bernstein, Kevin Hays, Alan Ferber, Billy Drewes, Adam Rogers, Brad Shepik and Lenny White.
 Additionally Noah Rott taught courses for undergraduate students at NYU in the fields 'Jazz/Pop Piano & Composition'.

Jeff Swanson

Born: February 27, 1988

Guitarist Jeff Swanson has made his unique voice and open mind a valued part of Chicago’s diverse music scene. A strong player in many disciplines, he has been featured at the Chicago Jazz Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Iowa City Jazz Festival, Chicago Gospel Festival. Case-fitter, is Swanson’s first original full-length release. It was recorded over four weeks in April 2017 during a residency at The Whistler in Chicago. Each week the group used a set repertoire and added members to its core trio, exploring a different experience each week and concluding with the final recorded performance as an octet. Swanson brings a fresh lyrical approach to meshing jazz, improvisation, electronic and post-rock music together on this release