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Urs Leimgruber — AIR Vol. 1 (Creative Works)

When confronted with a four CD set of freely improvised music, basic may not be the first word that comes to mind. But check out the title. What’s more essential to a saxophonist than air? It’s what they project through a horn. If they can’t gather it and blow it through that metal tube in sufficient volume and with enough control, no sound comes out. Urs Leimgruber has been making records using different members of the saxophone family for fifty years, and been playing longer than that. Originally known outside of Switzerland as a member of Om, which recorded for ECM back in the 1970s, he’s operated in completely composed and totally free settings, as well as many creative nodal points on the line between them.

In recent years, he seems to have narrowed his focus to the soprano saxophone. Each disc of AIR Vol. 1 presents an improvisation with a long-term collaborator in The Space, the rehearsal-performance-recording room where Leimgruber works when he’s at home in Lucerne. Hans-Peter Pfammatter plays a prepared upright piano; Jacques Demmierre, an amplified spinet (an antique keyboard that sounds like a harpsichord); Thomas Lehn, analogue synthesizer; and Gerry Hemingway, drums. The accompanists differ in instrument and aesthetic, but each has an individual and deeply considered approach to his instrument. By performing with each in a sequence, Leimgruber invites one to listen for his essential character as a player and improviser.

Certain musical rudiments do not make the grade. While melody and rhythm can be handy, neither is essential. One might expect one or the other to assert their necessity when playing with a drummer, but while occasionally present, both players abstract them into expressions of line, sometimes drawn quite faintly, and other times with force. Likewise, one might look for harmony in encounters with keyboards, but shape and space seem to be more important. With Lehn, mercurial shifts between proximate and distant timbres come into play. But with all of his partners, Leimgruber sounds absolutely like himself. He alternates exquisitely pure tones with bold, lacerating ones, fashioning them into shapes that complement what his partners play, but could be complete on their own.

Bill Meyer

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Diez de... agosto de 2022 (I) Por Pachi Tapiz [Grabaciones de jazz]

Diez de… agosto de 2022 (I) Por Pachi Tapiz [Grabaciones de jazz]

Inauguramos la sección Diez de… de Pachi Tapiz con el repaso a diez grabaciones (más o menos) de lo más variado. Ken Vandermark, Perico Sambeat, Dave Rempis, Manuel Mengis, Juan Vinuesa, Wadada Leo Smith, Günter Baby Sommer, Moisés P. Sánchez, otok o Count Basie acompañado de cuatro vocalistas de primera son los protagonistas de las primeras grabaciones que pasan por la sección. Cada día diez del…

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Die Gruppe Le Pot des Schweizer Trompeters und Bergführers Manuel Mengis am Dienstag, den 30.01.2018 in der Cavete, Steinweg 12, 35037 Marburg, Beginn 20.30 Uhr, Eintritt 12 Euro. Mit dabei Hans-Peter Pfammatter - Tasten, Manuel Troller - Gitarre und Lionel Friedli - Schlagzeug. Da, wie der Name schon sagt, die Cavete ein Gewölbekeller ist und keine Kirche, ist für ausreichende Erwärmung sicher gesorgt. Die famosen CDs der Gruppe sind erschienen auf dem ebenfalls famosen Schweizer Label Everest Records. Die Jazz-Zeit von Radio Unerhört Marburg spielt sie am Sonntag als Konzertvorschau zwischen 20 und 24 Uhr in der Sendung, die sich ansonsten um Aktuelles aus Polen dreht (hier: Jazzinitiative Marburg e.V.)

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Touren Frieswil und Mülenen vom 03.Juni

Es sind mitgefahren: Aepli Marie-France, Bandy Freddy, Fankhauser Corina, Gilot Myriam, Gyger Bernhard, Hegglin Andrea, Herberger Ines C., Iseli Peter, Jelk Jennifer, Leuenberger Markus, Lüthi Lilian, Martinez Adrian, Masci Daniela, Mathys Joachim, Riedo  Hugo, Salomon Corinne, Salomon Roger, Stucki Bea, Bützberger Fritz, Hofer Heinz, Lüpold Felix, Mascio Valerio, Müller Jens, Tomasini Matteo, Weber Heinz, Zimmermann Jörg, Beifuss Johannes, Bolliger Rita, Burri David, Fischer Heinz, Gaard Karen, Schaller René, Schumacher Gerhard, Wyler Markus, Wyss Markus, Brugger Patrick, Cosendai Pierre, Kool Sander, Scherz Matthias

Zum ersten Mal dabei und herzlich willkommen: Staub Yvonne, Staub Erich, Kiener Claude, Pfammatter Phillipp, Gruber Patrick, Wellig René