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Susanne Abbuehl

Swiss/Dutch singer and composer Susanne Abbuehl was born in Bern, Switzerland, on July 30, 1970. Drawn to music and language early on, composing songs and writing words in her own language, she started studying the harpsichord as a child. At age seventeen, she moved to Los Angeles where she graduated from high school and started taking lessons in classical singing. She was a member of a high school jazz group that toured the U.S. and Canada. Back in Europe, she took up professional education in jazz and classical voice at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, where she studied with Rachel Gould and the late Jeanne Lee

Jazz & Poetry

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

The best of jazz is aural poetry. The best of poetry swings and grooves. So it's not surprising that jazz and poetry have had a long and fruitful synergy. We decided to explore intriguing collaborations between jazz musicians and poets, from the icons of the Beat Generation to Amiri Baraka, from Federico Garcia ...

Stephan Oliva, Susanne Abbuehl, Øyvind Hegg-Lunde: Princess

By NERI POLLASTRI

Princess è il primo album di un trio europeo multinazionale, dedicato alla figura di Jimmy Giuffre, dal quale provengono anche cinque delle undici composizioni (una delle quali completa di sue liriche). La formazione è composta dal francese Stephan Oliva, eclettico pianista che si muove tra la contemporanea e il jazz, dalla cantante svizzera Susanne Abbuehl, ben ...

ECM e le voci: Theo Bleckmann e Sinikka Langeland

By MARIO CALVITTI

Con gli anni, le voci hanno acquistato un carattere sempre più rilevante nel catalogo ECM rispetto ai tempi della sua fondazione, quando l'etichetta bavarese era rivolta alla pubblicazione di musica di carattere prevalentemente jazzistico e quasi esclusivamente strumentale. I primi nomi di cantanti a trovar spazio nel catalogo dell'etichetta sono stati quelli di Norma Winstone, Aina ...

Michel Benita Ethics: River Silver

By JOHN KELMAN

It's no secret that music is something that can dissolve borders, transcend cultures, and speak with a language understood by all. That the decreasing size of the world has made it possible for artists from disparate countries to collaborate and create music that is truly greater than the sum of its parts--imbued not just with the ...

Parma Jazz Frontiere 2015

By ALBERTO BAZZURRO

Casa della Musica 27-29.11.2015 La penultima tranche di una rassegna più che mai “spezzatino" partita il 25 ottobre con gli Oregon e che ha visto poi alternarsi sui vari palchi un doppio omaggio a Giorgio Gaslini, una solo performance di Roberto Bonati, direttore artistico del festival (giunto, sarà il caso di ...

Manu Katche: Touchstone for Manu

By JOHN KELMAN

With only four records released as a leader on ECM, it may seem a little early to release a “best of" disc for drummer Manu Katché. But having since moved on to fellow German label ACT for Live in Concert, while Touchstone for Manu is only being released in North America in the summer of 2015, ...

The Gift

By SUSANNE ABBUEHL

Label: Evoke Prod.
Released: 2013

Susanne Abbuehl: The Gift

By SUSANNE ABBUEHL

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: The Cloud; This And My Heart; If Bees Are Few; My River Runs To You; Ashore At Last; Forbidden Fruit; By Day, By Night; A Slash Of Blue; Wild Nights; In My Room; Bind Me; Soon (Five Years Ago); Fall, Leaves, Fall; Sepal; Shadows On Shadows; This And My Heart, var.

Susanne Abbuehl: The Gift

By JOHN KELMAN

There was a time when artists were expected to release a record every year--sometimes a very good thing, as there was so much development going on that there was plenty to document; other times a less-than-ideal situation, as some artists simply didn't have that much music in them, so releasing albums too frequently often worked against--rather ...