Results for "Tobias Schirmer"

Tobias Schirmer

Broede Schirmer Unit: Berlin, Germany

by Troy Dostert
February 17, 2022

Listeners continually on the search for new instrumental configurations in jazz would be well-advised to check out the Broede Schirmer Unit. On the one hand, these four Berlin-based musicians walk in well-trodden territory, with a commitment to working within both composed and free musical forms; bassist Jan Roder and drummer Bernd Oezsevim have extensive experience in ...

Berlin, Germany

By Matthias Broede

Label: FMR Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Prominent Promenade on Planufer; Two im Monbijou; Viktoria Goes Parking; Sommerfrische Humboldt; Please Cross at Kaisersteg!; West Ending.

Kokotob: Flying Heart

by Troy Dostert
January 23, 2018

Back in 2006, vibraphonist Taiko Saito teamed up with pianist Niko Meinhold for a duet album entitled Koko (Pirouet), on which they forged a synthesis of classical and improvised jazz music. Here they've added another member, clarinetist Tobias Schirmer, and the trio (now dubbed Kokotob) has produced a deeply pensive, compelling album that relies as heavily ...