Results for "Jan Roder"

Keys and Screws: Some More Jazz

by John Eyles
August 2, 2020

In Berlin, in June 2010, a trio calling themselves Boom Box recorded the album Jazz (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011) which was released to considerable acclaim; that group comprised Thomas Borgmann on tenor, soprano and sopranino saxophones plus harmonica, Akira Ando on double-bass and Willi Kellers on drums and percussion, each of whom penned two of the album's six ...

Jan Roder

Big in Japan, Part 3: Satoko Fujii’s Year of Living Dangerously

by Karl Ackermann
January 4, 2019

In the first two parts of this series we looked at the origins of jazz in Japan and its adherence to the American style of composing, arranging and playing. Though jazz has been popular in Japan from the earliest days, it was--as in the United States--hardly met with unanimous approval in a country that prized classical ...

Squakk: Willisau & Berlin

by John Sharpe
November 16, 2015

Four Germans combine for a set that recalls some of the classic Anthony Braxton quartet sides with George Lewis or Ray Anderson from the 1970s. Common ground abounds in their free-bop structures and the delightful interplay as between reeds and trombone as they slip in and out of both tunes and time. There are also other ...

Satoko Fujii with her various ensembles: Ichicgo Icihie, Yamiyo Ni Karasu and Kaze's Uminari

by Hrayr Attarian
September 13, 2015

Words like superb, outstanding or splendid are redundant when writing about pianist, accordionist and composer Satoko Fujii. With an average of five releases per year over the past decade, she is indeed one of the most prolific musicians. The abundance of her output though is never at the expense of its quality or originality. As the ...

Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin: Ichigo Ichie

by Karl Ackermann
August 2, 2015

If there is any doubt that a Satoko Fujii orchestra is an ensemble of a different color, one simply needs to look at the bleeding-edge personnel that have played a part in her New York, Chicago and several Japan based versions. Now a Berlin variety of her troupe presents Ichigo Ichie, the pianist's first European player ...

Live in Zurich

By Jan Roder

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Part 1A; 02. B; 03. C; 04. D; 05. Part 2 A; 06. B. Musica composta da Gallio/Roder/Steidle.

Rosen Fur Alle: Live in Zurich

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 13, 2012

Rosen Fur Alle (Rose per tutti) è il nome del trio svizzero-tedesco protagonista di questo Live in Zurich, messaggio beneaugurante, di fraterna distensione quanto mai auspicabile in un clima tutt'altro che sereno. Ma già le prime note alimentano il sospetto che le rose in questione abbiano spine ben acuminate, aculei velenosi conficcati nel molle ventre delle ...

Double Bass

By Jan Roder

Label: Megafon
Released: 2008