Alexander von Schlippenbach
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) is a German
Germany
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jazz
Jazz
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pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and composer
Composer
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Biography
Schlippenbach started to play piano from the age of 8 and went on to study composition at CologneCologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
under Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Bernd Alois Zimmermann was a post-WWII West German composer. He is perhaps best known for his opera Die Soldaten which is regarded as one of the most important operas of the 20th century...
. While studying he started to play with Manfred Schoof
Manfred Schoof
Manfred Schoof is a German jazz trumpet player.He studied music in Kassel and Cologne.He is a founder of European free jazz and collaborated with Albert Mangelsdorff, Peter Brötzmann, Mal Waldron, and Irène Schweizer...
. At the age of 28 he founded the Globe Unity Orchestra
Globe Unity Orchestra
The Globe Unity Orchestra is a free jazz ensemble.Globe Unity was formed in autumn 1966 with a commission received by Alexander von Schlippenbach from the Berlin Jazz Festival...
. In 1988, he founded the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra
Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra
The Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra is a large German jazz ensemble led by Alexander von Schlippenbach. The orchestra performs orchestral jazz and experimental big band music and has included in its ranks such musicians as Misha Mengelberg and Kenny Wheeler...
, a big band that has over the years comprised, among others, Willem Breuker
Willem Breuker
Willem Breuker was a Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, and bass clarinetist....
, Paul Lovens
Paul Lovens
Paul Lovens is a musician. He plays drums, percussion, singing saw and various selected and unselected cymbals. He has also performed with the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra and Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra....
, Misha Mengelberg
Misha Mengelberg
Misha Mengelberg is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. He won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in 1961.-Biography:...
, Evan Parker
Evan Parker
Evan Shaw Parker is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded...
, Schlippenbach's wife Aki Takase
Aki Takase
is a critically acclaimed, award-winning Japanese jazz pianist and composer.-Biography:Raised in Tokyo, she studied music at Tohogakuen Music University. Starting in 1978, she performed and recorded in the USA with Lester Bowie, David Liebman, John Zorn and others...
and Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s....
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In 1994 he was awarded the prestigious Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff was one of the most accredited and innovative trombonists of modern jazz who became famous for his distinctive technique of playing multiphonics.-Biography:...
prize.
He produced various recordings and worked for German radio
Radio
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channels. He played with many essential players of the European free jazz
European free jazz
European free jazz is a part of the global free jazz scene with its own development and characteristics. It is hard to establish who are the founders of European free jazz because of the different developments in different European countries...
community. In 1999 he recorded the complete works of Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...
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Discography
Alexander Von Schlippenbach Trio :- 1972, Pakistani pomade, FMP 110
- 1972, For example, FMP R123
- 1974/75, Three nails left, FMP 0210 Quartet with Peter KowaldPeter KowaldPeter Kowald was a German free jazz musician.A member of the Globe Unity Orchestra, and a touring double-bass player, Kowald collaborated with a large number of European free jazz and American free-jazz players during his career, including Peter Brötzmann, Irène Schweizer, Karl Berger, Fred...
- 1975, Hunting the snake, UMS/ALP213CD Quartet with Peter KowaldPeter KowaldPeter Kowald was a German free jazz musician.A member of the Globe Unity Orchestra, and a touring double-bass player, Kowald collaborated with a large number of European free jazz and American free-jazz players during his career, including Peter Brötzmann, Irène Schweizer, Karl Berger, Fred...
- 1977, The hidden peak, FMP 0410 Quartet with Peter KowaldPeter KowaldPeter Kowald was a German free jazz musician.A member of the Globe Unity Orchestra, and a touring double-bass player, Kowald collaborated with a large number of European free jazz and American free-jazz players during his career, including Peter Brötzmann, Irène Schweizer, Karl Berger, Fred...
- 1981 Detto fra di noi, Po Torch PTR/JWD 10&11
- 1981, Das hohe lied, Po Torch PTR/JWD 16&17 Quartet with Alan SilvaAlan SilvaAlan Silva is an American free jazz double bassist and keyboard player.-Biography:...
- 1982, Anticlockwise, FMP 1020 Quartet with Alan SilvaAlan SilvaAlan Silva is an American free jazz double bassist and keyboard player.-Biography:...
- 1990, Elf bagatellen, FMP CD 27
- 1991, Physics, FMP CD 50
- 1994, 50th birthday concert, Leo CD LR 212/213
- 1998, Complete combustion, FMP CD 106
- 1998, Swinging the BIM, FMP CD 114/15
- 1999, 2X3=5, Leo CD LR 305 Parker/Guy/Lytton + Schlippenbach Trio
- 2002, Compression: live at Total Music Meeting 2002, a/l/l 011
- 2003, America 2003, psi 04.06/7. Parker/Schlippenbach/Lytton
Globe Unity Orchestra
Globe Unity Orchestra
The Globe Unity Orchestra is a free jazz ensemble.Globe Unity was formed in autumn 1966 with a commission received by Alexander von Schlippenbach from the Berlin Jazz Festival...
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- 1966, Globe Unity, Saba 15 109 ST Issued under Schlippenbach's name
- 1967/70, Globe Unity 67 & 70, Atavistic/Unheard Music Series
- 1973, Live in Wuppertal, FMP 0160
- 1974, Hamburg '74, FMP 0650/Atavistic Unheard Music Series UMS/ALP248CD
- 1974, Der alte mann bricht … sein schweigen, FMP S4 (single)
- 1975, Rumbling, FMP CD 40
- 1975, Bavarian calypso/Good bye, FMP S6 (single)
- 1975/1976, Jahrmarkt/Local fair, Po Torch PTR/JWD 2
- 1977, Improvisations, JAPO 60021
- 1977, Pearls, FMP 0380
- 1979, Compositions, JAPO 60027
- 1982, Intergalactic blow, JAPO 60039
- 1986, 20th anniversary, FMP CD45
- 2002, Globe Unity 2002, Intakt CD 086
Schlippenbach/Johansson :
- 1976, Schlippenbach & Johansson live at the Quartier Latin, FMP 0310
- 1977, Kung Bore, FMP0520
- 1979, Drive, FMP0810
- 1979, Idylle und katastrophen, Po Torch PTR/JWD (Sextet)
- 1982, Kalfactor A. Falke, FMP0970
- 1984, Night and day FMP S13 (Schlippenbach/Johansson/Carl/Oliver)
- 1984, Blind aber hungrig - norddeutsche gesänge, FMP S15
- 1986, … über Ursache und Wirkung der Meinungsverschiedenheiten beim Turmbau zu Babel, FMP S20/21 (Septet)
- 1992, Night and Day plays them all, Edition Artelier Graz 6CD set
- 1994, Smack up again, Two Nineteen Records 2-19-002
Berlin Jazz Contemporary Orchestra :
- 1989, Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, ECM 1409
- 1993, The morlocks, FMP CD 61
- 1996, Live in Japan '96, DIW-922
Other groups :
- 1966, Heartplants, Saba 15 026. The Gunter Hampel group
- 1966, Voices, CBS 62621. Manfred Schoof group
- 1966/67, The early quintet, FMP 0540. Manfred SchoofManfred SchoofManfred Schoof is a German jazz trumpet player.He studied music in Kassel and Cologne.He is a founder of European free jazz and collaborated with Albert Mangelsdorff, Peter Brötzmann, Mal Waldron, and Irène Schweizer...
- 1967, Manfred Schoof Sextett, WERGOWERGOWERGO is a German record label focusing on contemporary classical music. It was founded in 1962 by the art historian Werner Goldschmidt and the musicologist Helmut Kirchmayer and is currently based in Mainz, Germany....
WER 80003 - 1969, The living music, FMP 0100/UMS/ALP231CD
- 1969, European echoes, FMP 0010/UMS/ALP232CD. Manfred SchoofManfred SchoofManfred Schoof is a German jazz trumpet player.He studied music in Kassel and Cologne.He is a founder of European free jazz and collaborated with Albert Mangelsdorff, Peter Brötzmann, Mal Waldron, and Irène Schweizer...
- 1973, Radio Recordings Hessischer Rundfunk, ECM with Peter KowaldPeter KowaldPeter Kowald was a German free jazz musician.A member of the Globe Unity Orchestra, and a touring double-bass player, Kowald collaborated with a large number of European free jazz and American free-jazz players during his career, including Peter Brötzmann, Irène Schweizer, Karl Berger, Fred...
, Theo JörgensmannTheo JörgensmannTheodor Franz Jörgensmann is a jazz and free-improvising Basset clarinet player and composer. He has been a professional musician since 1975.-Activities:... - 1980, Jelly roll, FMP SAJ-31. Seven pieces by Jelly Roll MortonJelly Roll MortonFerdinand Joseph LaMothe , known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer....
- 1981, Alarm, FMP 1030. Peter Brötzmann group
- 1982, Rondo brillante, FMP 1040. Piano duets with Martin Theurer
- 1984, ,stranger than love, Po Torch PTR/JWD 12. duet with Paul LovensPaul LovensPaul Lovens is a musician. He plays drums, percussion, singing saw and various selected and unselected cymbals. He has also performed with the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra and Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra....
- 1989, Smoke, FMP CD23. Duo with Sunny MurraySunny MurrayJames Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray is one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.-Biography:...
- 1990, Trend, Splasc(h) CD H 309.2 Mario SchianoMario SchianoMario Schiano was an Italian alto saxophonist and soprano saxophonist associated with avant-garde/free jazz.He was born in Naples...
- 1993/1994, Piano duets: live in Berlin 93/94, FMP OWN-90002. Aki TakaseAki Takaseis a critically acclaimed, award-winning Japanese jazz pianist and composer.-Biography:Raised in Tokyo, she studied music at Tohogakuen Music University. Starting in 1978, she performed and recorded in the USA with Lester Bowie, David Liebman, John Zorn and others...
- 1995, Backgrounds for improvisors, FMP CD 75.Improvisors Pool
- 1997, Tangens, FMP CD 99. Duo with Sam RiversSam RiversSamuel Carthorne Rivers , is an American jazz musician and composer. He performs on soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica and piano....
- 1997, Digger's harvest, FMP CD 103. Duo with Tony OxleyTony OxleyTony Oxley is an English free-jazz drummer and one of the founders of Incus Records.-Biography:Tony Oxley was born in Sheffield, England. A self-taught pianist by age eight, he first began playing the drums at seventeen. While in the Black Watch military band from 1957 to 1960 he studied music...
- 1997, Legendary: the 27th of May 1997, Birth 045 Gunter Hampel Quintet
- 2002, Broomriding, psi 03.05. Schlippenbach/Mahall/Honsinger/Lovens
- 2003, Open speech, Forward.rec 03. Duo with Carlos Bechegas
- 2003, The Bishop's move, Victo cd 093. Evan ParkerEvan ParkerEvan Shaw Parker is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded...
& Peter BrötzmannPeter BrötzmannPeter Brötzmann is a German artist and free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.Brötzmann is among the most important European free jazz musicians. His rough, lyrical timbre is easily recognized on his many recordings.-Early life:... - 2003/2004, Monk's casino: complete works of Thelonious Monk, Intakt CD 100
- 2004, Lok 03, Leo LR 427. Aki Takase/Alexander Von Schlippenbach/DJ Illvibe