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FMP/Free Music Production

2008-04-22T20:07:45Z

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'''Free Music Production (FMP)''' is a [[Germany|German]] [[record label]] founded by [[Jost Gebers]], [[Peter Brötzmann]], [[Peter Kowald]], and [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]] in [[1969 in music|1969]], specializing in free improvisation and free jazz, usually by European, often German musicians.

For most of its history, Jost Gebers was the principal figure at FMP. Starting in 2000, he was just the producer. In 2007 he became the owner of its legal successor, ''FMP-Publishing''.

The first release was ''European Echoes'' by [[Manfred Schoof]]. Among the best known musicians who have made records for FMP are [[Peter Brötzmann]] and [[Cecil Taylor]].

FMP has a large back catalog of LP's, all of which have been unavailable since 1992. Only a small fraction of these have ever been reissued on CD, though more and more are now coming out on CD through [[Atavistic Records]]' FMP Archive Edition subseries of the Unheard Music Series, curated by [[John Corbett (writer)|John Corbett]].
== See also ==
*[[List of record labels]]

==External links==
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/ Official site]
*[http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/elabels.html#FMP (nonsense) info on FMP at European Free Improvisation site]

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Gerd Dudek

2007-10-12T13:54:11Z

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[[Image:Gerd dudek.jpg|thumb|Gerd Dudek, ''Smatter'']]
'''Gerd Dudek''' (born Gerhard Rochus Dudek [[September 28]], [[1938]]) is a [[Germany|German]] [[Modern Creative]] [[Tenor saxophone|tenor saxophonist]], [[Soprano saxophone|soprano saxophonist]], [[clarinetist]] and [[flautist]].

Dudek was born in [[Germany]] and now lives in [[Poland]]. Dudek studied clarinet privately and attended music school in the 1950s before joining a big band led by his brother Ossi until 1958. During the early 1960s, Dudek played in the Berliner Jazz Quintet, in Karl Blume's group and in Kurt Edelhagen's orchestra until 1965. He then became interested in [[free music]] and joined [[Manfred Schoof]]'s quintet. Dudek took part in the first sessions of The [[Globe Unity Orchestra]] in 1966, and played with them at various time into the 1980s. He also worked with many other European free musicians and composers, including Alexander Schlippenbach, Loek Dikker and The Waterland Ensemble And European Jazz Quintet. <ref>Ron Wynn, All Music Guide</ref> He is best known for his work with [[Manfred Schoof]], [[Wolfgang Dauner]], the [[Globe Unity Orchestra]], [[Albert Mangelsdorff]], [[Don Cherry (jazz)|Don Cherry]] and [[George Russell]]. <ref>Ian Carr, [[Digby Fairweather]], [[Brian Priestley]], ''Jazz: The Rough Guide'', The Rough Guides, 1995, p. 181 (ISBN:1-8582-8137-7)</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

* [http://fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/dudek.html Dudeks FMP releases]

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FMP/Free Music Production

2007-10-12T13:50:21Z

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'''FMP''' is a [[Germany|German]] [[record label]] founded by [[Jost Gebers]], [[Peter Brötzmann]], [[Peter Kowald]], and [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]] in [[1969 in music|1969]], specializing in free improvisation and free jazz, usually by European, often German musicians.

For most of its history, Gebers was the principal figure at FMP; since 2000 he was just the producer. Since 2007 he is the owner again.
The first release was by [[Manfred Schoof]]. Among the best known musicians who have made records for FMP are [[Peter Brötzmann]] and [[Cecil Taylor]].

FMP has a large back catalog of LP's, all of which have been unavailable since 1992, and only a small fraction of which FMP has ever reissued on CD. Some of these are now available on CD through [[Atavistic Records]]' FMP Archive Edition subseries of the Unheard Music Series, curated by [[John Corbett (writer)|John Corbett]].

== See also ==
* [[List of record labels]]

==External links==
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/ Official site]
* [http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/elabels.html#FMP info on FMP at European Free Improvisation site]

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Paul Rutherford (trombonist)

2007-06-26T17:04:54Z

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'''Paul William Rutherford''' (born [[29 February]] [[1940]] in [[Greenwich]], [[South East London]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[free improvisation|free improvising]] [[trombone|trombonist]].

He initially played saxophone but switched to trombone. During the 1960s he taught at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]].

He is a major player in the British [[free improvisation]] scene and part of the [[European free jazz]] scene. He was one of the first to use unorthodox playing techniques for [[improvisation]]. Rutherford was one of the first to use trombone [[multiphonics]], i.e. he sings into the [[trombone]] and blows at the same time.

In 1970 Rutherford, guitarist [[Derek Bailey]] and bassist [[Barry Guy]] formed the improvising group ''Iskra 1903'', which lasted until 1973. (This formation was documented on a double-LP from [[Incus]], later reissued with much bonus material on the 3-CD set ''Chapter One'' (Emanem, 2000). A film soundtrack was separately released as ''Buzz Soundtrack''.) The group was later revived with [[Philipp Wachsmann]] replacing Bailey, a phase of the group's life that lasted from roughly 1977 to 1995; its earlier work is documented on ''Chapter Two'' (Emanem, 2006) and its final recordings were issued on Maya (''Iskra 1903'') and Emanem (''Frankfurt 1991''). Iskra 1903 was one of the earliest free improvising groups to omit a drummer/percussionist, permitting the players to explore a range of textures and dynamics which set it apart from other contemporary improvising ensembles like SME and AMM. The group's unusual name means "Spark" in Russian; it was the title of a revolutionary newspaper edited by [[Lenin]]. The "1903" designation means "20th century music for trio"; occasionally Evan Parker played with the group (Iskra 1904) and Rutherford also at one point assembled a 12-piece ensemble called, inevitably, Iskra 1912.

Rutherford has played with [[Globe Unity Orchestra]], [[Barry Guy|London Jazz Composer's Orchestra]], and the [[Mike Westbrook]] Orchestra. He is perhaps most famous for [[Solo (music)|solo]] [[trombone]] [[improvisation]]s. His [[album]] ''[[The Gentle harm of the bourgeoisie]]'' is a landmark recording in solo [[trombone]].

==External links==
* [http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mrutherf.html Discography]
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/rutherford.html FMP releases]

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Lê Quan Ninh

2007-06-18T15:50:16Z

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'''Le Quan Ninh''' (born Paris, 1961) is a [[French people|French]] [[percussionist]] active in [[contemporary music]] and [[free improvisation]].

He began studying piano at the age of 5, but turned towards percussion as a teenager. When he was 16, he entered the National Conservatory in [[Versailles]]. During this time he discovered [[free jazz]]. After graduating, he taught percussion for 3 years at a conservatory in [[Bondy]], France while performing with contemporary music, dance, and theater groups often using self-taught techniques and [[found objects]] in his improvisation.

In the 1980s Ninh collaborated with Daunik Lazro, [[Michel Doneda]], Serge Pey, [[Peter Kowald]], [[Butch Morris]], and Nicholas Peskine’s ''Compagnie du Hasard''.

In 1992 Ninh founded the ''Association La Flibuste'' which organized and presented improvisational artistic events across genres.
He is a member of the multi-media percussion ensemble ''Quatuor Helios'' and, along with cellist [[Martine Altenburger]] , a founder of the ''Hiatus Ensemble''.

==External links==
*[http://www.lequanninh.net Homepage]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/lequanninh.html FMP releases]

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John Butcher (musician)

2007-02-23T15:23:36Z

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'''John Butcher''' (born [[1954]] in [[Brighton]], England) is an English tenor and soprano saxophone player who has lived in London since the late 1970s. He began playing at the [[University of Surrey]] where he was studying physics. He received his PhD in theoretical physics with his thesis published as ''Spin effects in the production and weak decay of heavy Quarks.'' After that he left academia to focus on music. He began by playing conventional jazz (he has spoken of his initial skepticism concerning free improvisation), but quickly converted to a freer approach. He has taken the concern with the manipulation of multiphonics (split tones and false notes) bequeathed by earlier improvisers such as [[Evan Parker]] in new directions: though his earlier albums could be busy at times, he has come increasingly to focus on creating rich, slowly-changing strata of sounds (layers of hums, buzzes and brittle metallic noises). He has also experimented with the use of amplified saxophone and overdubbing (most notably on the solo album ''Invisible Ear''). That said, he is also capable of playing quite lyrically: on soprano, especially, he will sometimes leaven a passage of abstraction with bursts of pennywhistle-like melody.

Butcher worked with [[Elton Dean]], [[Chris Burn]], and [[Jon Corbett]] at first. Later he formed a trio with guitarist [[John Russell]] and violinist [[Phil Durrant]], which recorded three albums and also served as the nucleus of News from the Shed, a shorter-lived quintet with [[Paul Lovens]] and [[Radu Malfatti]]. Another key relationship has been with singer [[Phil Minton]], which included Butcher's participation in ''mouthfull of ecstacy'', Minton's setting of texts from [[James Joyce]]'s ''[[Finnegans Wake]]''. More recently he has become centrally involved in the form of rarefied, minimalist improvisation that has been dubbed "electroacoustic improvisation" or "lowercase", most notably as a member of the pioneering Austrian group [[Polwechsel]]. Other playing partners have included [[John Edwards]], [[Simon Fell]], [[Gino Robair]], [[Georg Gräwe]], [[Gerry Hemingway]], and [[Dylan van der Schyff]]. A recent, self-released album, ''Cavern with Nightlife'', included a duet with no-input-mixing-board specialist [[Toshimaru Nakamura]].

==External links==
*[http://www.johnbutcher.org.uk/Biog.html John Butcher's website]
*[http://www.jazzweekly.com/interviews/JBUTCHER.htm Jazz weekly interview]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/butcher.html FMP releases]

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Tristan Honsinger

2007-02-23T15:12:09Z

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'''Tristan Honsinger''' is a [[cello]] player active in [[free jazz]] and [[free improvisation]]. He is perhaps best known for his long-running collaboration with [[free jazz]] [[piano|pianist]] [[Cecil Taylor]] and [[guitar]]ist [[Derek Bailey]]. Tristan Honsinger's extremely energetic style of playing leads to the necessity to change [[bow (music)|bows]] at least once every few minutes.

Born in [[Vermont]] in [[1949]], Honsinger was given music lessons from a very early age on, as his mother had hopes of creating a chamber orchestra together with Tristan's brother and sister. At the age of 12, Tristan would give concerts on a nearly weekly basis. He studied classical cello at the prestigious [[New England Conservatory of Music|New England Conservatory]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] before moving to [[Montreal]] in 1969 to avoid the [[Conscription in the United States|draft]]. While in [[Canada]], he became interested in [[improvisational music]]. He moved to Europe in 1978 and was active throughout the continent. He currently operates from [[Amsterdam]] in the [[Netherlands]].

Tristan has a very striking appearance, with body-language reminiscent of a [[slapstick]] actor. His theatrical side surfaces in every combo he has played with.

He has experimented with a combo of three string-players ([[violin]], [[cello]] and [[double bass]]) and drums in 1991, under the name [[Fields in Miniature]], and has worked in other musical fields, including collaboarations with UK [[post punk]] band [[The Pop Group]] in 1979, and [[The Ex]] during the early 1990s. More recently, his group [[This, That and The Other]] influences from Italian [[folk music]] are ever present.

According to Dutch ''[[Volkskrant]]'' journalist [[Erik van de Berg]] "Honsinger someone who hasn't lost his childhood fantasy entirely. His compositions are like a child's drawing, or even more like a story from [[Winnie The Pooh]]: awkward and touchingly simple, yet full of deeper meanings for those who want to see them."

In the same article, Tristan commented: "Simple things fascinate me, simple stories and simple characters. It's not that I write for children in particular, but I think they would understand it very well. I usually get the best reactions from an audience with a good mix of children and adults. I don't like to play for one particular age group. It is almost a necessity for me to compose in the form of stories and texts. It gives me ideas and it does help the musicians in their improvisation if they can think: this story is about a little man who takes a walk and experiences this, that and the other. It also helps the audience, it gives them something to hold on to."

== External links ==
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/honsinger.html Honsingers FMP releases]

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Paul Rutherford (trombonist)

2007-02-23T15:05:12Z

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'''Paul William Rutherford''' (born [[29 February]] [[1940]] in [[Greenwich]], [[South-east London]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[free improvisation|free improvising]] [[trombone|trombonist]].

He initially played saxophone but switched to trombone. During the 1960s he taught at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]].

He is a major player in the British [[free improvisation]] scene and part of the [[European free jazz]] scene. He was one of the first to use unorthodox playing techniques for [[improvisation]]. Rutherford was one of the first to use trombone [[multiphonics]], i.e. he sings into the [[trombone]] and blows at the same time.

In 1970 Rutherford, guitarist [[Derek Bailey]] and bassist [[Barry Guy]] formed the improvising group ''Iskra 1903'', which lasted until 1973. (This formation was documented on a double-LP from [[Incus]], later reissued with much bonus material on the 3-CD set ''Chapter One'' (Emanem, 2000). A film soundtrack was separately released as ''Buzz Soundtrack''.) The group was later revived with [[Philipp Wachsmann]] replacing Bailey, a phase of the group's life that lasted from roughly 1977 to 1995; its earlier work is documented on ''Chapter Two'' (Emanem, 2006) and its final recordings were issued on Maya (''Iskra 1903'') and Emanem (''Frankfurt 1991''). Iskra 1903 was one of the earliest free improvising groups to omit a drummer/percussionist, permitting the players to explore a range of textures and dynamics which set it apart from other contemporary improvising ensembles like SME and AMM. The group's unusual name means "Spark" in Russian; it was the title of a revolutionary newspaper edited by [[Lenin]]. The "1903" designation means "20th century music for trio"; occasionally Evan Parker played with the group (Iskra 1904) and Rutherford also at one point assembled a 12-piece ensemble called, inevitably, Iskra 1912.

Rutherford has played with [[Globe Unity Orchestra]], [[Barry Guy|London Jazz Composer's Orchestra]], and the [[Mike Westbrook]] Orchestra. He is perhaps most famous for [[Solo (music)|solo]] [[trombone]] [[improvisation]]s. His [[album]] ''[[The Gentle harm of the bourgeoisie]]'' is a landmark recording in solo [[trombone]].

==External links==
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/rutherford.html FMP releases]

[[Category:English jazz musicians|Rutherford, Paul]]
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Barre Phillips

2007-02-22T17:14:12Z

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'''Barre Phillips''' (born [[1934]] in [[San Francisco]]) is a [[jazz]] and [[free improvisation]] [[bassist]]. A professional musician since 1960, he migrated to New York City in 1962, then to Europe in 1967. Since 1972 he has been based in southern France.

During the 1960s he recorded with (among others) [[Eric Dolphy]], [[Jimmy Giuffre]], [[Archie Shepp]], [[Attila Zoller]], [[Lee Konitz]] and [[Marion Brown]].

Phillips' 1968 recording of solo bass improvisations, issued as ''Journal Violone'' in the USA, ''Unaccompanied Barre'' in England, and ''Basse Barre'' in France, is generally credited as the first solo bass record. A 1971 record with [[Dave Holland]], ''Music from Two Basses'', was probably the first record of bass duets.

In the 1970s he was a member of the well-regarded and influential group The Trio with saxophonist [[John Surman]] and drummer [[Stu Martin (drummer)|Stu Martin]]. In the 1980s and 1990s he played regularly with the London Jazz Composers Orchestra led by fellow bassist [[Barry Guy]]. In 1991 he worked with [[Ornette Coleman]] on the soundtrack of the motion picture ''[[Naked Lunch]]''.

As a free improviser he has worked with (among many others) bassists [[Peter Kowald]] and [[Joëlle Léandre]], guitarist [[Derek Bailey]], clarinetists
[[Theo Jörgensmann]] and [[Aurélien Besnard]], saxophonists [[Peter Brötzmann]], [[Evan Parker]] and [[Joe Maneri]], and pianist [[Paul Bley]].

==External links==
*[http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8f4kf/phillips.htm Discography]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/phillips.html FMP releases]
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John Tchicai

2007-02-17T16:32:19Z

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'''John Martin Tchicai''' (born [[April 28]], [[1936]]) is a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[jazz]] [[saxophonist]]. He was one of the earliest European [[free jazz]] musicians. He is of Danish and Congolese descent.

Tchicai studied [[violin]] in his youth, and in his mid-teens began playing clarinet and alto [[saxophone]], focusing on the latter. By the late 1950's he was travelling around northern [[Europe]], playing with many musicians.

After moving to [[New York City]] in 1963, Tchicai fell into the [[free jazz]] scene, co-forming the [[New York Contemporary Five]] and the [[New York Art Quartet]], and playing on [[John Coltrane]]'s epochal ''Ascension''.

He returned to Denmark in 1966, and shortly thereafter focused most of his time on music education.

Tchicai returned to a regular gigging and recording schedule in the late 1970's. In the early 1980's he switched to the tenor saxophone as his primary instrument. In 1990 he was awarded a lifetime grant from the Danish Ministry of Culture. Tchicai and his wife relocated to the [[San Francisco]] area in 1991, where he has led several ensembles. He was awarded a [[ National Endowment for the Arts]] fellowship in 1997. He is a member of [[Henry Kaiser (musician)|Henry Kaiser]] and [[Wadada Leo Smith]]'s "Yo Miles" band, a loose aggregation of musicians exploring [[Miles Davis]]'s post-''[[Bitches Brew]]'' electric music.

Since 2001 he has been living near Perpignan in southern France.
He is currently (2006) experimenting with electronic components in his music.

==External link==
*[http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~jomnamo/ Official Homepage]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/tchicai.html FMP releases]

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Harry Miller (jazz bassist)

2007-02-16T12:50:00Z

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'''Harold Simon 'Harry' Miller''' (born [[25 April]], [[1941]] in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]] - died [[16 May]] [[1983]], in the [[Netherlands]]) was a [[South Africa|South African]] jazz bass player.

Miller began his career as a bassist with [[Manfred Mann]], and came to settle in London. Was a central figure in the mixture of South-African township music and free-jazz which dynamised the scene in London at the end of the sixties and into the seventies. The record label, [[Ogun Records]] which he founded with his wife [[Hazel Miller]] was vital for documenting that period, and is still active today.
Miller recorded frequently with musicians such as [[Chris McGregor]], [[Louis Moholo]], [[Keith Tippett]] and [[Elton Dean]].

==External links==

* [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/millerharry.html FMP releases]

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Irène Schweizer

2007-02-15T17:36:30Z

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'''Irène Schweizer''' is a notable [[Swiss]] [[jazz]] and free improvising [[pianist]]. She was born in [[Schaffhausen]], in 1941.
She has performed and recorded numerous solo piano performances as well as performing as part of the Feminist Improvising Group, whose members include Lindsay Cooper, Maggie Nichols and Sally Potter. She has also performed a series of duos with drummers Pierre Favre, [[Louis Moholo]], [[Andrew Cyrille]], Günther Sommer, [[Han Bennink]], Hamid Drake, as well as in trio and quartet sessions with others, including Evan Parker. One of her most enduring collaborations is with the improvising musician Rüdiger Carl.

==External links==

* [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/schweizer.html FMP releases]

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Manfred Schoof

2007-02-15T17:34:16Z

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'''Manfred Schoof''' ([[6 April]] [[1936]] [[Magdeburg]]) is a [[Germany|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]]. He is an interpreter of the works of the [[contemporary]] [[composer]] [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann]].

Schoof won various jazz prices and is involved in the German musical rights association. He is professor in [[Cologne]] since [[1990]].

==External links==
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/schoof.html FMP releases]

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Alexander von Schlippenbach

2007-02-15T17:32:33Z

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'''Alexander von Schlippenbach''' (* 1938 in [[Berlin]]) is a [[Germany|German]] [[jazz]] [[pianist]] and [[composer]].

In [[1994]] he was awarded the prestigious [[Albert Mangelsdorff]] prize.

Schlippenbach started to play piano from the age of 8 and went on to study composition at [[Cologne]] under [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann]]. While studying he started to play with [[Manfred Schoof]]. At the age of 28 he founded the [[Globe Unity Orchestra]].

He produced various recordings and worked for German [[radio]] channels. He played with many essential players of the [[European free jazz]] community. In 1999 he recorded the complete works of [[Thelonious Monk]].

==External links==
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/schlippenbach.html FMP releases]

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Louis Sclavis

2007-02-15T16:26:43Z

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'''Louis Sclavis''' (b. [[Lyon]]s, [[France]], [[February 2]], [[1953]]) is a [[France|French]] [[jazz]] musician. He performs on [[clarinet]], [[bass clarinet]], and [[soprano saxophone]] in a variety of contexts, including [[jazz]] and [[free jazz]]. His music shows great creativity and a lively sense of humor.

Sclavis began his musical education at the ''conservatoire de [[Lyon]]'' at age 9, where he studied clarinet. He began performing with the Lyon Workshop, where he met [[Michel Portal]] and [[Bernard Lubat]]. He then joined the [[Brotherhood of Breath]] of [[Chris McGregor]], and later the [[Henri Texier]] quartet.

He began his work as a leader in 1987, with his first album ''Chine''. The track ''Duguesclin'' has actually been a hit in France, due to its lively, middle-age inspiration. In 1995, he created, along with [[Henri texier]] and [[Aldo Romano]], a trio named the ''African trio'' which achieved considerable success, even outside of the french jazz community.

He frequently performs with the cellist [[Ernst Reijseger]] and was one of the first to combine jazz with French folk music, working most prominently with the [[hurdy-gurdy]] player [[Valentin Clastrier]].

== Discography ==
* ''Chine'' ([[Label Bleu]], 1987)
* ''Chamber Music'' ([[Label Bleu]], 1990)
* ''Ellington on the air'' ([[Label Bleu]], 1991)
* ''Acoustic Quartet'' ([[ECM (record label)|ECM]], 1994)
* ''Carnets de Route'' ([[Label Bleu]], 1995)
* ''Ceux qui veillent la nuit'' ([[Label Bleu]], 1996)
* ''Les violences de Rameau'' ([[ECM (record label)|ECM]], 1996)
* ''Suite africaine'' ([[Label Bleu ]], 1999)
* ''L'affrontement des prétendants'' ([[ECM (record label)|ECM]], 2001)
* ''Napoli's Walls'' ([[ECM (record label)|ECM]], 2003)
* ''African Flashback'' ([[Label Bleu]], 2005)

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*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/sclavis.html FMP releases]

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Albert Mangelsdorff

2007-02-09T15:09:59Z

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'''Albert Mangelsdorff''' ([[September 5]], [[1928]] – [[July 25]], [[2005]]) was one of the most accredited and innovative [[trombonist]]s of modern [[jazz]] who became famous for his distinctive technique of playing [[multiphonics]].

==Life and career==
Mangelsdorff was born in [[Frankfurt]] and had violin lessons as a child and was self-taught on guitar. His brother, alto saxofonist [[Emil Mangelsdorff]], introduced him to jazz (which was nearly forbidden in Germany during Nazi time). After war Mangelsdorff was working as a guitarist and took up trombone in 1948.

In the 1950s Mangelsdorff played with the bands of Joe Klimm (1950-53), [[Hans Koller]] (1953-54) (featuring [[Attila Zoller]]), [[Jutta Hipp]] (1954-55), as well as with the Frankfurt All Stars (1955-56). In 1957 he led a hardbop quintet together with Joki Freund which was the nucleus of the Jazz-Ensemble of Hessian Broadcasting (with Mangelsdorff as its musical director until 2005). In 1958 he represented Germany in the International Youth Band appearing at the [[Newport Jazz Festival]]. In 1961 he recorded with the European All Stars (further recording in 1969). In the same year he formed a quintet with the saxofonists Heinz Sauer, Günter Kronberg, and bassplayer Günter Lenz and drummer Ralf Hübner which became one of the most celebrated European bands of the 1960s. In 1962 he also recorded with [[John Lewis]] ("Animal Dance"). After touring Asia on behalf of the Goethe Institut in 1964 his quintet recorded the album "New Jazz Ramwong" later that year which made use of Eastern themes. He also toured the USA and South America with the quintet. After Mangelsdorff's involvement in the [[European free jazz]] movement Kronberg left and the quartet remained (1969-71). During the early seventies the quartet was revived with Sauer, Buschi Niebergall and Peter Giger (1973-76). At the same time Mangelsdorff was exploring the new idiom with [[Globe Unity Orchestra]], but also with many other groups (e.g. the trio of [[Peter Brötzmann]]). At that time he discovered multiphonics, long solistic playing and experimental sounds.

At a festival on the occasion of the 1972 [[Olympic Games]] in [[Munich]] Mangelsdorff performed as unaccompanied tromboniist in a convincing concert set. In the 1970s he made first solo recordings and collaborated with [[Elvin Jones]] (1975, 1978), [[Jaco Pastorius]] and [[Alphonse Mouson]] (1976), [[John Surman]], [[Barre Phillips]] and [[Stu Martin]] (1977) and others. In 1975 he was co-founder of the [[United Jazz and Rock Ensemble]] that existed for more than 30 years, and recorded duo albums with [[Wolfgang Dauner]] (from 1981). In the 1980s and 1990s Mangelsdorff continued to perform in solo and small settings, also playing with the Reto Weber Percussion Ensemble and [[Chico Freeman]]. In the 1990s he was also touring and recording with pianist [[Eric Watson]], bassplayer [[John Lindberg]] and drummer [[Ed Thigpen]] and a second quartet with Swiss and Dutch musicians. In 1995 he replaced [[George Gruntz]] as musical director for the JazzFest Berlin. Since 1994 the [[Union of German Jazz-Musicians]] awards a regular prize in Mangelsdorff's honor, the Albert-Mangelsdorff-Preis.

==External links==
* [http://www.jazzpages.com/Mangelsdorff/ Jazz pages article on Mangelsdorff]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:z7xvad4kv8w1~T1 Allmusic.com profile on Mangelsdorff]
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/mangelsdorff.html FMP releases]

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Toshinori Kondo

2007-02-09T14:23:35Z

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'''Toshinori Kondo''' ([[December 15]], [[1948]] in [[Ehime Prefecture]]) is an [[avant-garde]] and jazz [[trumpet]]er. He has lived in Japan, [[New York City]], and [[Amsterdam]]. In college he was a member of the band "Funky Beaters" and by [[1976]] he was a member of an ensemble which gained some notice in his native Japan. His early influences were [[Charlie Parker]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], and [[Miles Davis]]. That said, his style is quite distinct from theirs and influenced by his religious studies, among other things. In the mid-1970s his career gained new momentum on moving to NYC, where he worked with members of the 'Downtown' scene, including Bill Laswell and John Zorn; his first solo album coming out in [[1979]]. Later he returned to Japan and after that moved to the [[Netherlands]] where he lives today. He has kept a comparatively low profile in the Netherlands and has little to no connections to the Dutch jazz scene.
In [[2002]] he worked on an international peace festival in [[Hiroshima]] after being approached by the [[Dalai Lama]] about organizing one. He has also done musical, and possibly acting, work for Japanese crime films.

He is currently known for [[Free jazz]] and [[electronica]] music. In these, or related, capacities he has worked with [[DJ Krush]] and [[Tom Cora]]. He is also known for being [[avant-garde]] and was a former member of [[Praxis (band)|Praxis]].

==External links==
*[http://www.scaruffi.com/avant/kondo.html Scaruffi.com]
*[http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,454526,00.html#bio Eugene Chadbourne All Music Guide]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1210072/ IMDB]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/kondo.html FMP releases]

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Misha Mengelberg

2007-02-08T18:12:57Z

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'''Misha Mengelberg''' (born [[June 5]], [[1935]]) is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[jazz]] [[pianist]] and [[composer]].

[[Image:Mengelbergaustinapril06.jpg|thumb|Misha Mengelberg in Austin, Texas April 2006]]

He was born in [[Kiev]] in [[Ukraine]], the son of the conductor [[Karel Mengelberg]], who was himself the nephew of the conductor [[Willem Mengelberg]]. He briefly studied [[architecture]] before entering the Royal Conservatory in [[The Hague]] where he studied music from 1958 to 1964. While there he won first prize at a jazz festival in [[Loosdrecht]] and became associated with [[Fluxus]]. His early influences included [[Thelonious Monk]], [[Duke Ellington]] and [[John Cage]], whom he heard lecture at [[Darmstadt]]. He was also one of the earliest exponents of the work of the once-neglected pianist [[Herbie Nichols]].

His first appearance on record was on [[Eric Dolphy]]'s last album, ''Last Date'' (1964). Also on that record was the drummer [[Han Bennink]], and the two of them, together with [[Piet Noordijk]] formed a quartet which had a number of different bassists, and which played at the [[Newport Jazz Festival]] in 1966. In 1967 he co-founded the [[Instant Composers Pool]], an organisation which promoted avant garde Dutch jazz performances and recordings, with Bennink and [[Willem Breuker]].

Mengelberg has played with a large variety of musicians. He has often performed in a duo with fellow Dutchman Bennink, with other collaborators including [[Derek Bailey]], [[Peter Brötzmann]], [[Evan Parker]], [[Anthony Braxton]], and (on the flip side of a live recording with Dolphy) his pet [[parrot]]. He has also written music for others to perform (generally leaving some room for improvisation) and has overseen a number of music [[theatre]] productions, which usually include a large element of [[absurdism|absurdist]] humour.

A 2006 DVD release, ''Afijn'' (ICP/Data) is a useful primer on Mengelberg's life and work, containing an 80-minute documentary and additional concert footage.

==External links==
*[http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/mengelberg.html 1996 Mengelberg interview conducted by Dan Warburton]
*[http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/musician/mmengel.html Discography from the European Free Improvisation Pages]
*[http://www.icporchestra.com/ ICP Orchestra Homepage]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/mengelberg.html FMP releases]

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Barry Guy

2007-01-28T12:17:55Z

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'''Barry John Guy''' (born [[April 22]], [[1947]]) is a British [[composer]] and [[double bass]] player. His range of interests encompasses [[early music]], contemporary composition, jazz and improvisation, and he has worked with a wide variety of orchestras in the UK and Europe. He also taught at [[Guildhall School of Music]].

Born in [[London]], Guy came to the fore as an improvising bassist as a member of a trio with pianist [[Howard Riley]] and drummer [[Tony Oxley]]. He also became an occasional member of [[John Stevens]]' ensembles in the 1960s and 1970s, including the [[Spontaneous Music Ensemble]]. In the early 1970s, he was a member of the influential free improvisation group Iskra 1903 with [[Derek Bailey]] and trombonist [[Paul Rutherford (trombone player)|Paul Rutherford]] (a project revived in the late 1970s, with violinist [[Philipp Wachsmann]] replacing Bailey). He also formed a long-standing partnership with saxophonist [[Evan Parker]], which led to a trio with drummer [[Paul Lytton]] which became one of the best-known and most widely-travelled free-improvising groups of the 1980s and 1990s. He was briefly a member of the [[Michael Nyman Band]] in the 1980s, performing on the soundtrack of ''[[The Draughtsman's Contract]]''.

==London Jazz Composers Orchestra==
Guy's interests in improvisation and formal composition received their grandest form in the London Jazz Composers Orchestra. Originally formed to perform Guy's composition ''Ode'' in 1974 (released as a 2-LP set on Incus and later, in expanded form, as a 2-CD set on Intakt), it became one of the great large-scale European improvising ensembles. Early documentation is spotty – the only other recording from its early years is ''Stringer'' (FMP, now available on Intakt paired with the later "Study II") – but beginning in the late 1980s the Swiss label Intakt set out to document the band more thoroughly. The result was a series of ambitious, album-length compositions designed to give all the players in the band maximum opportunity for expression while still preserving a rigorous sense of form: ''Zurich Concerts'', ''Harmos'', ''Double Trouble'' (originally written for an encounter with [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]]'s [[Globe Unity Orchestra]], though the eventual CD was just for the LJCO), ''Theoria'' (a concerto for guest pianist [[Irène Schweizer]], ''Three Pieces'', and ''Double Trouble Two''. The group's activities subsided in the mid-1990s (it has not reconvened since then, though apparently Guy does not consider it "disbanded"). Guy has since then created a smaller ensemble, the Barry Guy New Orchestra.

==Other activities==
Guy has also written for other large improvising ensembles, such as the NOW Orchestra and ROVA (the piece ''Witch Gong Game'' inspired by images by the visual artist [[Alan Davie]]).

His current improvising activities include piano trios with [[Marilyn Crispell]] and [[Agusti Fernandez]]. He has also recorded several albums for ECM, which often focus on the interface between improvisers and electronics, including his work in Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble and his own ''Ceremony''.

Guy's session work in the pop field includes playing double bass on the song "Nightporter", from the [[Japan (band)|Japan]] album ''[[Gentlemen Take Polaroids]]''.

He is married to the early music violinist [[Maya Homburger]]. After spending some years in Ireland, they now live in [[Switzerland]]. They run the small label Maya, which releases a variety of records in the genres of free improvisation, baroque music and contemporary composition.

==Sources==
* [http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mguy.html EFI]

==External links==
*[http://www.mayarecordings.com/ensembles/ljco/index.html London Jazz Composers Orchestra] The website of Maya Recordings, Maya Homburger and Barry Guy. Featuring articles, biographies, discographies, news & diary, reviews and photogallery.
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/guy.html Barry Guys FMP releases]

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Daxophone

2007-01-28T12:10:15Z

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The '''daxophone''', invented by [[Hans Reichel]], is a musical instrument of the friction [[idiophone]] category. It consists of a thin wooden blade fixed in a wooden block (often attached to a tripod), which holds one or more [[contact microphone]]s. Normally, it is played by bowing the free end, but it can also be struck or plucked, which propagates sound in the same way a ruler halfway off a table does. These vibrations then continue to the wooden-block bass, which in turn is amplified by the contact microphone(s) therein. A wide range of voice-like [[timbre]]s can be produced, depending on the shape of the instrument, the type of wood, where it is bowed, and where along its length it is stopped with a separate block of wood ([[fret]]ted on one side) called the "dax."

Reichel has documented the construction of the instrument in a way that a skilled woodworker could build his own. Plans are downloadable from his website, with the nice twist that a collection of proven shapes for the blade is delivered in the file format of a font, thus playing on Reichel's other profession as a typeface designer.

==External links==
*http://www.daxo.de/download/DaxInfo.pdf - Some information on the Daxophone by [[Hans Reichel]]
*http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/reichel.html - Hans Reichel's FMP releases
*http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/photos/idax.html - EFI daxophone information page

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Alan Silva

2007-01-27T13:03:18Z

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'''Alan Silva''' (born '''Alan Treadwell DaSilva''', [[Bermuda]], [[January 22]], [[1939]]) is an [[United States of America|American]] [[free jazz]] [[double bass]]ist and keyboard player.

Born a British subject to an [[Azores|Azorean]] [[Portugal|Portuguese]] woman (Irene Silva) and a black Bermudian man known only as "Ruby" at the very height of segregation, Silva emigrated to the United States at the age of five with his mother, eventually acquiring U.S. citizenship by the age of 18 or 19. He adopted the professional name Alan Silva in his twenties.

He was quoted in a Bermuda newspaper in 1988 as saying that although he left the island at a young age, he always considered himself Bermudian. He grew up in [[Harlem]], [[New York City]], first taking up the trumpet.

Silva is known as one of the most inventive bass players in jazz and has performed with many of the great names in the world of avant-garde jazz, including [[Cecil Taylor]], [[Sun Ra]], [[Albert Ayler]], [[Sunny Murray]], and [[Archie Shepp]].

Silva performed in 1964's October Revolution in Jazz and for Ayler's ''Live in Greenwich Village'' album. He has lived mainly in [[Paris]] since the early 1970s, where he formed the Celestial Communication Orchestra, a group dedicated to the performance of free jazz with various instrumental combinations. In the 1990s he picked up the [[electronic keyboard]], declaring that his bass playing no longer surprised him. He has also used the [[electric violin]] and electric [[sarangi]] on his recordings.

Since around 2000 he has performed more frequently as a bassist and bandleader, notably at New York City's annual Vision Festivals.

==Film==
*''Inside Out in the Open'' (2001). Directed by Alan Roth. Asymmetric Pictures. Distributed by Third World Newsreel.

==External links==
* [http://www.center-of-the-world.de/Page/DiscAlan.html Alan Silva discography from Center of the World site]
* [http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/silva.html Alan Silva interviews by Dan Warburton, from Paris Transatlantic site]
*[http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/giantsteps/documents/02720647.htm "Free Man: Alan Silva’s 'Conductions'"], by Jon Garelick (Boston Phoenix, February 27-March 6, 2003
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/silva.html FMP releases]

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Tony Oxley

2007-01-27T12:54:55Z

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'''Tony Oxley''' (born [[15 June]] [[1938]] in [[Sheffield]], [[England]]) is a [[drum set|drummer]] active in [[free jazz]] and [[free improvisation]]. Oxley's playing has been described (in the ''Penguin Guide to Jazz'') as "a unique blend of lumpen momentum and detailed percussive colour". He often augments the traditional drum kit with nonstandard/homemade percussion and electronics.

Oxley, along with drummers such as [[Han Bennink]] and [[John Stevens (drummer)|John Stevens]], was one of the first and most important free-improvising drummers in Europe. He was a member of two key free-improvising ensembles in the 1960s, [[Joseph Holbrooke (band)|Joseph Holbrooke]] (with [[Derek Bailey]] and [[Gavin Bryars]]) and the [[Howard Riley]] Trio (with [[Barry Guy]]); he was also a key member of Guy's [[London Jazz Composers' Orchestra]] in its earlier incarnations. In the 1980s he became a regular partner of the American free pianist [[Cecil Taylor]]; Taylor's group with Oxley and bassist [[William Parker]] became known as The Feel Trio, recording albums for [http://www.fmp-label.de/ Free Music Production] and a mammoth 10-CD set, ''Two T's For a Lovely T'' (Codanza). Oxley has also become a regular partner of the trumpeter [[Bill Dixon]], and has worked with [[Anthony Braxton]], [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]] and many other free jazz musicians.

Oxley is also an accomplished "straight" jazz drummer. He is still perhaps best known in this capacity for his work on [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin's]] debut album, ''Extrapolation'' ([[1969]]); he was also briefly a member of the [[Bill Evans]] trio, and has also worked extensively with [[Tomasz Stanko]] and [[Paul Bley]]. His early conventional playing can be heard to good effect on his collaborations with Gordon Beck ''Experiments with Pops'' and ''Gyroscope''. He also made a substantial contribution to John Surman's second album ''How Many Clouds Can You See?''. He was house drummer at Ronnie Scott's club for some time and can be heard on Ronnie Scott's live album ''Ronnie Scott and the Band''. He also collaborated briefly with [[Vangelis]] in the early [[1970s]].

Oxley's first albums as a leader – ''The Baptised Traveller'' and ''Four Compositions for Sextet'' – were released in the late 1960s on the CBS (Columbia) label, but quickly deleted; they were later reissued on CD but a followup album on RCA Victor, ''Ichnos'', remains an elusive collector's item. These unfortunate experiences with major labels prompted Oxley to join with Bailey and [[Evan Parker]] to create [[Incus Records]], the first musician-owned label in the UK (though Oxley left the label early on). Recent recordings have been for the labels FMP, Sofa, a/l/l and Incus, among others.

==External links==

*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/oxley.html Oxleys FMP releases]

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Globe Unity Orchestra

2007-01-16T11:56:56Z

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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. It had its debut at the [[Berliner Philharmonie]] on [[3 November]] combining [[Gunter Hampel]]'s quartet with [[Manfred Schoof]]' s quintet and [[Peter Brötzmann]]'s trio: Hampel (bcl,fl); [[Willem Breuker]] (bs,ss); Schoof (tp) with [[Gerd Dudek]] (ts); [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]] (p); [[Buschi Niebergall]] (b) and [[Jaki Liebezeit]] (d) on one side, Brötzmann (saxophones), [[Peter Kowald]] (b, tuba), [[Sven-Åke Johansson]] (d) on the other. During the next years this core group was completed by other European and American musicians: [[Johannes Bauer]] (tb), [[Anthony Braxton]] (as, cl), [[Willem Breuker]] (ts), [[Rüdiger Carl]] (as, ts), [[Günter Christmann]] (tb), [[Gunter Hampel]] (bcl), [[Toshinori Kondo]] (tp), [[Steve Lacy]] (ss), [[Paul Lovens]] (drums), [[Paul Lytton]] (drums), [[Albert Mangelsdorff]] (tb), [[Evan Parker]] (ss, ts), [[Michel Pilz]] (bcl, cl, bars), [[Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky]] (as, cl, fl), [[Enrico Rava]] (tp), [[Paul Rutherford]] (tb), [[Heinz Sauer]] (ss, ts), [[Bob Stewart]] (tuba), and [[Kenny Wheeler]] (tp).

The 40th anniversary line-up are the saxophone players Evan Parker, E.-L. Petrowsky, G. Dudek, [[Rudi Mahall]] (bcl)), the trumpets Kenny Wheeler, M. Schoof, [[Axel Dörner]], [[Jean-Luc Cappozzo]] and trombonists P. Rutherford, [[George Lewis (trombonist)|George Lewis]], [[Jeb Bishop]], J. Bauer) with Alexander von Schlippenbach (p), and drummers P. Lovens und P. Lytton.

== Discography ==
* 1966: Alexander Schlippenbach: Globe Unity, Saba/MPS
* 1967/70: Globe Unity 67 & 70, Atavistic/Unheard Music Series
* 1973: Live in Wuppertal, [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/labelscatalog/fmp0160.html FMP 0160]
* 1973: For example, [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/labelscatalog/xfmpse1978_3.html FMP R123] (one track)
* 1974: Der alte Mann bricht ... sein Schweigen, [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/labelscatalog/fmps4.html FMP S4] (single)
* 1974: Hamburg '74, [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/labelscatalog/fmp0650.html FMP 0650]
* 1975: Bavarian Calypso/Good bye, [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/labelscatalog/fmps6.html FMP S6] (single)
* 1975: Rumbling, [http://www.fmp-label.de/fmplabel/catalog2/fmpcd040.html FMP CD 40]
* 1975/1976: Jahrmarkt/Local Fair, Po Torch PTR/JWD 2
* 1977: Improvisations, JAPO 60021
* 1977: Pearls, [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/labelscatalog/fmp0380.html FMP 0380]
* 1979: Compositions, JAPO 60027
* 1982: Intergalactic blow, JAPO 60039
* 1986: 20th anniversary, [http://www.fmp-label.de/fmplabel/catalog2/fmpcd45.html FMP CD45]
* 2002: Globe Unity 2002, Intakt CD 086

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Tristan Honsinger

2007-01-13T16:34:33Z

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'''Tristan Honsinger''' is a [[cello]] player active in [[free jazz]] and [[free improvisation]]. He is perhaps best known for his long-running collaboration with [[free jazz]] [[piano|pianist]] [[Cecil Taylor]] and [[guitar]]ist [[Derek Bailey]]. Tristan Honsinger's extremely energetic style of playing leads to the necessity to change [[bow (music)|bows]] at least once every few minutes.

Born in [[Vermont]] in [[1949]], Honsinger was given music lessons from a very early age on, as his mother had hopes of creating a chamber orchestra together with Tristan's brother and sister. At the age of 12, Tristan would give concerts on a nearly weekly basis. He studied classical cello at the prestigious [[New England Conservatory of Music|New England Conservatory]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] before moving to [[Montreal]] in 1969 to avoid the [[Conscription in the United States|draft]]. While in [[Canada]], he became interested in [[improvisational music]]. He moved to Europe in 1978 and was active throughout the continent. He currently operates from [[Amsterdam]] in the [[Netherlands]].

Tristan has a very striking appearance, with body-language reminiscent of a [[slapstick]] actor. His theatrical side surfaces in every combo he has played with.

He has experimented with a combo of three string-players ([[violin]], [[cello]] and [[double bass]]) and drums in 1991, under the name [[Fields in Miniature]], and has worked in other musical fields, including collaboarations with UK [[post punk]] band [[The Pop Group]] in 1979, and [[The Ex]] during the early 1990s. More recently, his group [[This, That and The Other]] influences from Italian [[folk music]] are ever present.

According to Dutch ''[[Volkskrant]]'' journalist [[Erik van de Berg]] "Honsinger someone who hasn't lost his childhood fantasy entirely. His compositions are like a child's drawing, or even more like a story from [[Winnie The Pooh]]: awkward and touchingly simple, yet full of deeper meanings for those who want to see them."

In the same article, Tristan commented: "Simple things fascinate me, simple stories and simple characters. It's not that I write for children in particular, but I think they would understand it very well. I usually get the best reactions from an audience with a good mix of children and adults. I don't like to play for one particular age group. It is almost a necessity for me to compose in the form of stories and texts. It gives me ideas and it does help the musicians in their improvisation if they can think: this story is about a little man who takes a walk and experiences this, that and the other. It also helps the audience, it gives them something to hold on to."

== Weblinks ==
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/honsinger.html Honsingers FMP releases]

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Willem Breuker

2007-01-08T10:56:00Z

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'''Willem Breuker''' (b. [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]], [[November 4]], [[1944]]) is a Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, [[saxophone|saxophonist]], and [[bass clarinet]]ist.

In 1967, with percussionist [[Han Bennink]] and pianist [[Misha Mengelberg]], he co-founded the [[Instant Composers Pool]] (ICP), with whom he regularly performed until 1973.

Since 1974 he has led the 10-piece Willem Breuker Kollektief, which performs jazz in a theatrical and often unconventional manner, drawing elements from theater and vaudeville. With the group, he has toured Western Europe, Russia, Australia, India, China, and Japan, the United States, and Canada.

He is also known as an authority on the music of [[Kurt Weill]]. In 1997 he produced, with Carrie de Swaan, a 48-hour, 12-part radio documentary on the life of Weill entitled ''Componist Kurt Weill''.

In 1974 he founded the record label [[BVHaast]]. Since 1977 he has organized the annual Klap op de Vuurpijl (Top It All) festival in Amsterdam. His scores are published by Haast Music Publishers, which he also operates.

In 1992, the book ''Willem Breuker'', by J. and F. Buzelin, was published in France by Editions de Limon. A Dutch translation was published in 1994 by Uitgeverij Walburg Pers. The book ''Willem Breuker Kollektief: Celebrating 25 Years on the Road'' was published by BVHaast in 1999 and includes two CDs

In 1998, Breuker was named Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw (Knight of the [[Order of the Dutch Lion]]).

==External links==
*[http://www.xs4all.nl/~wbk/BioBreuker.html Willem Breuker biography]
*[http://www.xs4all.nl/~wbk/ Willem Breuker Kollektief site]
*[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=14612 Willem Breuker interview]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/breuker.html FMP releases]

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Machine Gun (Peter Brötzmann album)

2006-12-31T14:49:04Z

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| Name = Machine Gun
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = Peter Brötzmann
| Cover = Machinegunbrotz.jpg
| Released =
| Recorded = May 1968
| Genre = [[Free Jazz]]
| Length =
| Label = [http://www.fmp-label.de FMP]
| Producer = Jost Gebers
| Reviews = *[[All Music Guide]] {{Rating-5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:21jqeae14xh7~T0 link]
| Last album = ''[[For Adolphe Sax]]'' (1967)
| This album = ''[[Machine Gun]]'' (1968)
| Next album = ''[[Nipples (album)|Nipples]]'' (1969)
}}

'''''Machine Gun''''' is the second album by [[jazz]] saxophonist [[Peter Brötzmann]], released on the [[FMP-Records|FMP]] label in 1968. The album was reissued on CD by the [[FMP-Records|FMP]] label in 2001.

===Personnel===
*[[Peter Brötzmann]] (tenor and baritone saxophones)
*[[Evan Parker]] (saxophone)
*[[Willem Breuker]] (reeds)
*[[Peter Kowald]] (bass)
*[[Buschi Niebergall]] (bass)
*[[Sven-Ake Johansson]] (drums)
*[[Han Bennink]] (drums)
*[[Fred Van Hove]] (piano)

===Track listing===
#"Machine Gun" (Second Take)
#"Machine Gun" (Third Take)
#"Responsible" (First Take)
#"Responsible" (Second Take)
#"Music For Han Bennink"

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Sam Rivers (jazz musician)

2006-12-29T15:29:46Z

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{{dablink|For the bass guitarist named Sam Rivers, see [[Sam Rivers (bass guitarist)]] or [[Limp Bizkit]].}}

'''Samuel Carthorne Rivers''' (born [[September 25]], [[1923]], [[El Reno, Oklahoma]]) is a [[jazz]] musician and [[composer]]. He performs on soprano and tenor [[saxophone]]s, bass [[clarinet]], [[flute]], and [[piano]]. Rivers was previously thought to have been born in 1930.

Rivers's father was a [[gospel music|gospel]] musician who had sung with the [[Fisk Jubilee Singers]] and the Silverstone Quartet, exposing Rivers to music from an early age.

Rivers moved to [[Boston, Massachusetts]] in 1947, where he studied at the [[Boston Conservatory]] with [[Alan Hovhaness]]. He performed with [[Quincy Jones]], [[Herb Pomeroy]], [[Tadd Dameron]] and others.

In 1959 Rivers began performing with 13-year-old [[drummer]] [[Tony Williams]], who later went on to have an impressive career. Rivers did a brief stint with [[Miles Davis]]'s quintet in 1964, partly at Williams's recommendation. This quintet was recorded on a single album, ''Miles in Tokyo.'' Unfortunately, Rivers' playing style was too free to be compatible with Davis's music at this point, and he was soon replaced by [[Wayne Shorter]]. Rivers was signed by [[Blue Note Records]], for whom he recorded four albums as leader and made several sideman appearances. Among noted sidemen on his own Blue Note Records were [[Jaki Byard]] who appears on ''Fuschia Swing Song'', [[Herbie Hancock]] and [[Freddie Hubbard]]. He appeared on Blue Note recordings of Tony Williams, [[Andrew Hill]] and [[Larry Young]].

Rivers's music is rooted in [[bebop]], but he is an adventurous player, adept at [[free jazz]]. The first of his Blue Note albums, ''Fuchsia Swing Song'', is widely regarded as a masterpiece of an approach sometimes called "inside-outside". The performer frequently obliterates the explicit harmonic framework ("going outside") but retains a hidden link so as to be able to return to it in a seamless fashion. Rivers brought the conceptual tools of bebop harmony to a new level in this process, united at all times with the ability to "tell a story" which [[Lester Young]] had laid down as a benchmark for the jazz improviser.

His powers as a composer were also in evidence in this period: the ballad "Beatrice" from ''Fuchsia Swing Song'' has become an important standard, particularly for tenor saxophonists. It is analysed in detail in ''The Jazz Theory Book'' by Mark Levine who notes how each of its four eight-bar elements has a distinct emotional identity.

During the 1970s, Rivers and his wife, Bea, ran a noted jazz performance loft called [[Studio Rivbea]] in [[New York City]]'s [[NoHo]] district. He continued to record for a variety of labels, including two albums for Impulse! (''Trio Live'' and his first big-band disc, ''Crystals''); perhaps his best-known work from this period, though, is his sideman appearance on [[Dave Holland]]'s ''Conference of the Birds'', in the company of [[Anthony Braxton]] and [[Barry Altschul]].

Rivers currently lives near [[Orlando, Florida]]. He performs regularly with his trio (with Anthony Cole and Doug Matthews). In 1998 he recorded two big-band albums for RCA Victor with the RivBea All-Star Orchestra, ''Culmination'' and ''Inspiration'' (the title-track is an elaborate reworking of [[Dizzy Gillespie]]'s "Tanga": Rivers was in Gillespie's band near the end of the trumpeter's life). Other recent albums of note include ''Portrait'', a solo recording for FMP, and ''Vista'', a trio with drummers Adam Rudolph and Harris Eisenstadt for Meta.

In 2006, he released ''Aurora'', a third CD featuring compositions for his Rivbea Orchestra and the first CD featuring members of his working orchestra in Orlando.

==Notable recordings==
===As Leader===
*''Fuchsia Swing Song'', [[Blue Note Records]] 1964.
*''[[Miles in Tokyo]]'' --under leadership of Miles Davis, Columbia, 1964.
*''Contours'', [[Blue Note Records]] 1965.
*''Crystals'', a large ensemble work, [[Impulse!]], 1974
*''Waves'', Tomato, 1978.
*''Inspiration'', RCA Victor, 1999.
*''Culmination'', RCA Victor, 2000.
===With Others===
*''Conference Of The Birds'', with the [[Dave Holland]] Quartet, [[ECM Records]], 1973.
*''[[Dialogue (Bobby Hutcherson)|Dialogue]]'' with [[Bobby Hutcherson]], [[Blue Note Records]], 1965

==External links==
*[http://bb10k.com/RIVERS.disc.html The Sam Rivers Sessionography and Gigography]
*[http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/jalc/chats/rivers2.html Jazz at Lincoln Center - Chat With Sam Rivers]
*[http://www.rivbea.com/ Sam Rivers Web Site]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/rivers.html FMP Releases]

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Paul Plimley

2006-12-29T15:20:51Z

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'''Paul (Horace) Plimley''' (b. Vancouver, 16 March 1953) is a [[free jazz]] [[piano|pianist]] and [[vibraphone|vibraphonist]]. He is one of the doyens of the Canadian jazz avant-garde, the founder of the [[NOW Orchestra]] and frequent collaborator with the bassist [[Lisle Ellis]]. He is well versed in classical music and in all styles of jazz; he was one of the first and most convincing interpreters of [[Ornette Coleman]]'s music on the piano (an instrument usually seen as antithetical to Coleman's music).

Plimley studied classical piano under [[Kum-Sing Lee]] at the University of British Columbia (1971-1973). In 1978-1979 he studied with [[Karl Berger]] and [[Cecil Taylor]] at the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, NY. In 1977 he founded the New Orchestra Workshop, and he has been active in many of the ensembles associated with NOW, including the NOW Orchestra.

His work with Lisle Ellis is extensive, and includes the duo CD ''Both Sides of the Same Mirror'' (Nine Winds, 1989); ''When Silence Pulls'', with [[Andrew Cyrille]] (Music & Arts, 1990); ''Noir'', with Bruce Freedman and [[Gregg Bendian]] (Victo, 1992); ''Density of the Lovestruck Demons'' with Donald Robinson (Music & Arts, 1994); and ''Safecrackers'' with Scott Amendola (Victo, 1999). Most notable, perhaps, are two recordings for Hat Art: the collection of Ornette Coleman interpretations, ''Kaleidoscopes'' (1992), and (under [[Joe McPhee]]'s leadership), a revisiting of [[Max Roach]]'s ''[[Freedom Now Suite]]'' called ''Sweet Freedom, Now What?'' (1994).

==External links==
*[http://www.paulplimley.com Official Site]
*[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:26jueaw04xs7~T1 All Music]

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User talk:SethTisue

2006-12-26T14:11:49Z

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FMP/Free Music Production

2006-12-26T14:02:38Z

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'''FMP''' is a [[Germany|German]] [[record label]] founded by [[Jost Gebers]], [[Peter Brötzmann]], [[Peter Kowald]], and [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]] in [[1969 in music|1969]], specializing in free improvisation and free jazz, usually by European, often German musicians.

For most of its history, Gebers was the principal figure at FMP; since 2000 he is just the producer.
The first release was by [[Manfred Schoof]]. Among the best known musicians who have made records for FMP are [[Peter Brötzmann]] and [[Cecil Taylor]].

FMP has a large back catalog of since 1992 unavailable LP's, only a small fraction of which FMP has ever reissued on CD. Some of these are now available on CD through [[Atavistic Records]]' FMP Archive Edition subseries of the Unheard Music Series, curated by [[John Corbett (writer)|John Corbett]].

== See also ==
* [[List of record labels]]

==External links==
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/ Official site]
* [http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/elabels.html#FMP info on FMP at European Free Improvisation site]

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Günter Sommer

2006-12-26T11:56:13Z

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'''Günter ''Baby'' Sommer''' ([[1943]] [[Dresden]]) is a [[Germany|German]] [[jazz]] [[drummer]].

He studied music in [[Dresden]]. He rose to fame in the [[GDR]]. He is part of the [[European free jazz]] [[avantgarde]]. He was part of the [[trio (music)|trio]] with [[Conny Bauer]] and [[Peter Kowald]]. He is now professor for [[drums]] and [[percussion]] in [[Dresden]].

== Discography ==
*''G.Sommer'' solo '''Hörmusik''' FMP records (1979)
*''Peter Brötzmann / Albert Mangelsdorff / Günter "Baby" Sommer'' '''PICA PICA''' ''FMP Records'' (1984)
*''G.Sommer'' with [[Günter Grass]] '''Es war eimal ein Land''' (1987)
*''Hans Günther Wauer [[Theo Jörgensmann]] Günter "Baby" Sommer'' '''Merseburger Begegnung''' kip records (1994)
*''G.Sommer'' '''Sächsische Schatulle''' Intakt records (1998)

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*[http://www.günterbabysommer.de Official Website and Complete Discography]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/sommerg.html FMP releases]

Harri Sjöström

2006-12-20T16:21:42Z

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'''Harri Sjöström''' (born [[February 29]], [[1952]] in [[Turku]], [[Finland]]) is a [[soprano]]-[[saxaphone]] player.

==Life and career==
Harri studied [[saxophone]] with Harry Mann with [[Leo Wright]] and Steve Lacy. He also studied photography and film at the Lone Mountain College in [[San Francisco]] Art Institute from [[1974]] - [[1978]]. He attended the special class for [[improvisation]] at the L.M.C. led by trombonist Johannes Mager.

After leaving the U.S., Harri moved to [[Vienna]], [[Austria]], which became his doorway to the European [[improvised music]] scene. Harri formed his first improvising groups and organised numerous projects in [[Finland]] and elsewhere. Brought many of the most notable innovators on the international [[improvisation]] scene to [[Finland]]. One of his early projects included a tour with Derek Bailey's "Company" which was their first in [[Finland]]. Harri moved to [[Berlin]] in [[1985]].

In [[1990]], Harri met [[Cecil Taylor]] in [[Berlin]] and has been involved in a large number of projects with the legendary pianist and composer since.

Harri founded the international "QUINTET MODERNE" and co-founded the "THE PLAYER IS" trio with [[Teppo Hauta-Aho]] and [[Philipp Wachsmann]]. There's also the Bernhard Arndt / Harri Sjöström duo, which goes back to [[1986]]. His newely formed group is called "THREE METER DOG" with, among others, drummer and percussionist [[Tony Buck]] and [[pianist]] Bernhard Arndt. The very latest formation "Wait" is formed in [[2005]].

Harri also performs solo and is involved with making film-music.

Sjöström has recorded and performed with many musicians, including [[Cecil Taylor]], [[Evan Parker]], [[Paul Lovens]], [[Tristan Honsinger]] and [[Teppo Hauta-Aho]].

==Discographie==
*''[[Cecil Taylor]] Quartet "Qu'a Yuba" Live at Irridium vol 2. Cadence Records CD- CJR 1098. Recorded 1998.Available on CADENCE RECORDS. USA

*''[[Cecil Taylor]] Quartet "QUA" Live at Irridium vol 1. Cadence Records CD - CJR 1092. Recorded 1998. ([[Cecil Taylor]], Harri Sjöström, Dominic Duval, Jackson Krall). Available on CADENCE RECORDS.USA

*''[[Cecil Taylor]] "ALMEDA" The Ensemble, FMP CD 126. (orchestra as above in "Light Of Corona"). Available on FMP RECORDS.

*''[[Cecil Taylor]] "The Light of Corona" The Ensemble, FMP CD 120. ([[Cecil Taylor]], Chris Matthay, Chris Jonas, Harri Sjöström, Elliot Levin, Jeff Hoyer, [[Tristan Honsinger]], Dominic Duval, Jackson Krall).Available on FMP RECORDS

*''[[Cecil Taylor]]-Ensemble "Allways a Pleasure" FMP-CD 69. Recorded 1996. ([[Cecil Taylor]], Longineu Parsons, Harri Sjöström, Charles Gayle, [[Tristan Honsinger]], Sirone, Rashid Bakr). Available on FMP RECORDS.

*''[[Cecil Taylor]]-Ensemble "Melancholy" FMP- CD 104, Recorded 1991. ([[Cecil Taylor]], Tony Oxley, Tobias Netta, Wolfgang Fuchs, Harri Sjöström, Volker Schlott, Evan Parker, Thomas Klemm, Jörg Huke, Thomas Wiedermann, Barry Guy). Available on FMP RECORDS.

*''"Sax Syntax" Duo Harri Sjöström/ Etienne Rolin. Released on EROL RECORDS (Erol 7015), France in 1992. Available on EROL RECORDS.

*''"Nicht Rot Nicht Grün" PO TORCH Rec (PO Torch 21). LP was recorded 1988/89. (Wolfgang Fuchs, Karri Koivukoski, Harri Sjöström, [[Paul Lovens]]). In preparation.

*''Quintet Moderne "The strange and the common place" released on PO TORCH Rec. 1991. ([[Teppo Hauta-Aho]], Paul Rutherford, [[Paul Lovens]], Harri Sjöström, [[Philipp Wachsmann]]). Singlesided-LP available on PO TORCH RECORDS.

*''Quintet Moderne "Ikkunan Takana" Recorded 1987. ([[Teppo Hauta-Aho]], Jari Hongisto, [[Paul Lovens]], Harri Sjöström, [[Philipp Wachsmann]]) LP was Released on BEAD Records (BEAD 26), London 1987. Available on BEAD Records.

*''Quintet Moderne "Wellsprings" Recorded Live in November 25. 2001 in Praque Castle, Praque, Czech Republic. Cadence Records CD- CGR 1176. (Harri Sjöström, [[Philipp Wachsmann]], Paul Rutherford, [[Teppo Hauta-Aho]], [[Paul Lovens]]) Available on CADENCE RECORDS,USA.

==External Links==
*[http://www.harrisjostrom.com
*[http://www.finnkultur.de/harri-sjoestroem
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/sjoestroem.html

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Tony Oxley

2006-12-15T16:47:22Z

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'''Tony Oxley''' (born [[15 June]] [[1938]] in [[Sheffield]], [[England]]) is a [[drum set|drummer]] active in [[free jazz]] and [[free improvisation]]. Oxley's playing has been described (in the ''Penguin Guide to Jazz'') as "a unique blend of lumpen momentum and detailed percussive colour". He often augments the traditional drum kit with nonstandard/homemade percussion and electronics.

Oxley, along with drummers such as [[Han Bennink]] and [[John Stevens (drummer)|John Stevens]], was one of the first and most important free-improvising drummers in Europe. He was a member of two key free-improvising ensembles in the 1960s, [[Joseph Holbrooke (band)|Joseph Holbrooke]] (with [[Derek Bailey]] and [[Gavin Bryars]]) and the [[Howard Riley]] Trio (with [[Barry Guy]]); he was also a key member of Guy's [[London Jazz Composers' Orchestra]] in its earlier incarnations. In the 1980s he became a regular partner of the American free pianist [[Cecil Taylor]]; Taylor's group with Oxley and bassist [[William Parker]] became known as The Feel Trio, recording albums for [http://www.fmp-label.de/ Free Music Production] and a mammoth 10-CD set, ''Two T's For a Lovely T'' (Codanza). Oxley has also become a regular partner of the trumpeter [[Bill Dixon]], and has worked with [[Anthony Braxton]], [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]] and many other free jazz musicians.

Oxley is also an accomplished "straight" jazz drummer. He is still perhaps best known in this capacity for his work on [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin's]] debut album, ''Extrapolation'' ([[1969]]); he was also briefly a member of the [[Bill Evans]] trio, and has also worked extensively with [[Tomasz Stanko]] and [[Paul Bley]]. His early conventional playing can be heard to good effect on his collaborations with Gordon Beck ''Experiments with Pops'' and ''Gyroscope''. He also made a substantial contribution to John Surman's second album ''How Many Clouds Can You See?''. He was house drummer at Ronnie Scott's club for some time and can be heard on Ronnie Scott's live album ''Ronnie Scott and the Band''. He also collaborated briefly with [[Vangelis]] in the early [[1970s]].

Oxley's first albums as a leader – ''The Baptised Traveller'' and ''Four Compositions for Sextet'' – were released in the late 1960s on the CBS (Columbia) label, but quickly deleted; they were later reissued on CD but a followup album on RCA Victor, ''Ichnos'', remains an elusive collector's item. These unfortunate experiences with major labels prompted Oxley to join with Bailey and [[Evan Parker]] to create [[Incus Records]], the first musician-owned label in the UK (though Oxley left the label early on). Recent recordings have been for the labels FMP, Sofa, a/l/l and Incus, among others.

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Louis Moholo

2006-12-09T11:31:47Z

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'''Louis Tebugo Moholo''' (born [[10 March]] [[1940]], in [[Cape Town]]), is a [[South Africa]]n [[jazz]] [[drummer]].

He formed [[The Blue Notes]] with [[Chris McGregor]], and emigrated to [[Europe]] with them in [[1964]], eventually settling in [[London]], where he formed part of a South African exile community that made an important contribution to British jazz. He was a member of the [[Brotherhood of Breath]], a big band comprising several South African exiles and leading musicians of the British free jazz scene in the seventies and is the founder of "Viva-La-Black" and the "Dedication Orchestra." His first album under his own name '''Spirits Rejoice''' on [[Ogun Records]] is considered a classic example of the combination of British and South-African players. In the early 1970's, Moholo was also member of the [[afro-rock]] band [[Assagai]].

Moholo has played with many musicians, including [[Derek Bailey]], [[Steve Lacy]], [[Evan Parker]], [[Enrico Rava]], [[Roswell Rudd]], [[Irène Schweizer]], [[Cecil Taylor]], [[John Tchicai]], [[Archie Shepp]], [[Peter Brötzmann]], [[Keith Tippett]], [[Elton Dean]] and [[Harry Miller (jazz bassist)|
Harry Miller]].

Moholo returned to South Africa in September 2005, performing with [[George Lewis (trombonist)|George Lewis]] at the UNYAZI Festival of Electronic Music in [[Johannesburg]]. He now goes under the name Louis Moholo-Moholo.

==References==
*Philippe Carles, André Clergeat, and Jean-Louis Comolli, ''Dictionnaire du jazz'', Paris, 1994.

==External link==
*Peter Stubley's site on Improvised Music includes an article on Moholo-Moholo
[http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/fulltext/ftmoholo.html When free jazz means freedom]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/moholo.html FMP releases]
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FMP/Free Music Production

2006-11-22T11:37:55Z

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'''FMP''' is a German [[record label]] founded by [[Jost Gebers]], [[Peter Brötzmann]], [[Peter Kowald]], and [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]] in [[1969 in music|1969]], specializing in free improvisation and free jazz, usually by European, often German musicians.

For most of its history, Gebers was the principal figure at FMP; since 2000 he is just the producer.
The first release was by [[Manfred Schoof]]. Among the best known musicians who have made records for FMP are [[Peter Brötzmann]] and [[Cecil Taylor]].

FMP has a large back catalog of since 1992 unavailable LP's, only a small fraction of which FMP has ever reissued on CD. Some of these are now available on CD through [[Atavistic Records]]' FMP Archive Edition subseries of the Unheard Music Series, curated by [[John Corbett (writer)|John Corbett]].

== See also ==
* [[List of record labels]]

==External links==
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/ Official site]
* [http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/elabels.html#FMP info on FMP at European Free Improvisation site]

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Sainkho Namtchylak

2006-09-03T17:33:36Z

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[[Image:Sainkho-Namtchylak-2004.jpg|thumb|Sainkho Namtchylak at [[Moers Festival]] 2004, Germany]]
'''Sainkho Namtchylak''' is a singer originally from [[Tuva]], a small autonomous Russian republic just north of [[Mongolia]]. She is known for her Tuvan [[throat singing]] or [[Khöömei]].

Sainkho Namtchylak is an experimental singer, born in 1957 in a secluded village in the south of Tuva, an autonomous Russian state bordering Mongolia. She has an exceptional voice, spanning seven octaves and proficient in overtone singing; her music enmeshes avant-jazz, electronica, modern composition and Tuvan influences. In Tuva numerous cultural influences collide: the Turkic roots it shares with Mongolia, Xinjiang Uighur and the Central Asian states; various Siberian nomadic ethnic groups, principally those of the Tungus-Manchu group; Russian colonial government; migrant and resettled populations from the Ukraine, Tatarstan and other minority groups west of the Urals. All of these, to extents, impact on Sainkho's voice, although the Siberian influences dominate: her thesis produced while studying voice, first at the University of Kyzyl, then in the Gnesinsky Institute in Moscow during the 1980s focussed on Lamaistic and cult musics of minority groups across Siberia, and her music frequently shows tendencies towards Tungus-style imitative singing.
After graduating, Sainkho worked with several ensembles: the Moscow State Orchestra; the St. Petersburg- based jazz ensemble 'Tri-O'; various orchestras in Kyzyl although (incongruously) as far as I am aware she has not worked with the Sayaan Ensemble, the Tuvan 'folkloric orchestra'- a far less sanitised example of folk baroque than, say, existed in pre-independence Kazakhstan- that has housed many of Tuva's other important singers. However, for several years Sainkho annually invited foreign musicians to Tuva to promote Tuvan culture.
In 1997, Sainkho was horifically attacked- possibly by A Russian neo-Nazi group- which left her in a coma for two weeks. Again, sources regarding this contradict- others maintain that she underwent surgery for a severe malignant brain tumour; regardless, 1997 marked an appreciable change in her life. Since then, she has been resident in exile in Vienna, and has also recorded more prolifically as a solo artist- although she has released over thirty albums in the past twenty years, only seven have been entirely solo.
Recordings follow:
* Lost Rivers (1987): Her most traditional recordings
* Out Of Tuva (1993): Mapping the interim time from 1987 to 1993; some folk, some baroque, some examples of ethno-pop and trans-Siberian songs pertaining to her thesis
* Time Out (1997): A personal album, given only to a handful of fnas, musically detailing the aftermath of the attack
* Letters (1997): Experimental voice pieces based on letters sent home to her parents while studying from 1980-1993
* Naked Spirit (1998), Stepmother City (2001), Who Stole The Sky (2003): albums produced while in Vienna, showing a greater tendency towards both multicultural influences and electronica. Naked Spirit features a beautiful duet with Armenian duduk player Djivan Gasparyan; Stepmother City features several songs in English, as well as other Siberian influences- one track features prominent Tungus-style imitational singing, another the Bashkortori kurai; Who Stole The Sky further culturally diversifies with a band incorporating bansuri and kora players.

==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20050304140637/http://www.sainkho.com/ http://www.sainkho.com/ (archived copy)]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/namtchylak.html FMP releases]

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Charles Gayle

2006-08-22T17:08:30Z

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'''Charles Gayle''' (born [[February 28]], [[1939]]) is a [[free jazz]] [[saxophone|saxophonist]], [[piano|pianist]] [[bass clarinet]]ist, and percussionist. He lives in [[New York]].

Some of Gayle's history is unclear. He was apparently homeless for roughly 20 years, playing saxophone on street corners and [[metro|subway]] platforms around [[New York City]]. In [[1988]], he gained fame through a trio of albums recorded by a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[record label|label]], Silkheart. Since then he has become a major figure in free jazz, recording for labels including Knitting Factory Records and FMP.[http://www.freemusicproduction.de] He has also taught music theory at [[Bennington College]].

Gayle's music is spiritual, and heavily inspired by the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament|New Testaments]]. He has explicitly dedicated several albums to [[God]]. His childhood was influenced by religion, and his musical roots trace to black [[gospel music]]. After his church experiences, Gayle credits among his influences [[John Coltrane]], [[Albert Ayler]], [[Thelonious Monk]], and [[Art Tatum]]. He has performed and recorded with [[Cecil Taylor]], [[William Parker]], and [[Rashied Ali]].

In [[2001]], Gayle recorded an album titled ''Jazz Solo Piano.'' This disc consisted mostly of straightforward jazz standards, and is considered a response to critics who charge that free jazz musicians cannot play bebop. In [[2006]], Gayle followed up with a second album of solo piano, this time featuring original material, titled ''Time Zones''.

==External links==
*[http://www.furious.com/perfect/charlesgayle.html Charles Gayle interview]
*[http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/02.22.96/gayle-9608.html Charles Gayle interview]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/gayle.html The FMP releases]

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Andrew Cyrille

2006-08-21T09:51:15Z

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'''Andrew Charles Cyrille''' is a [[jazz]] [[drummer]].

==Biography==
'''Andrew Cyrille''' was born on [[November 10]], [[1939]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. He joined the [[Cecil Taylor]] unit in the mid-sixties for about 10 years and eventually went on to do drum duos with [[Milford Graves]]. In addition to recording as a [[bandleader]], he has recorded and/or performed with musicians like [[David Murray (jazz musician)|David Murray]], [[Irene Schweizer]], [[Marilyn Crispell]], [[Carla Bley]], [[Butch Morris]] and [[Reggie Workman]] among others.

==Discography==
* T R I O 3/Open Ideas - Palmetto Records
* T R I O 3/Encounter - Passinthru Records
* T R I O 3/Live In Wallisau - dizim Records
* My Friend Louis Andrew Cyrille Quintet - DIW Records
* What About/Andrew Cyrille - Affinity Records (England)
* Dialogue of the Drums, Andrew Cyrille/Milford Graves/ IPS ST003
* Junction- Andrew Cyrille & MAONO/IPS Records ST003
* Celebration, Andrew Cyrille & MAONO/IPS Records ST002
* Metamusicians' Stomp-Cyrille & MAONO - Black Saint CD 120025-2
* The Loop, Andrew Cyrille (Solo) - lctus Records ST0009
* Nuba/ A.Cyrille/Jeanne Lee/J.Lyons - Black Saint CD 120030-2
* Special People, Andrew Cyrille - Soul Note SN1 01 2
* The Navigator, A. Cyrille - Soul Note Records - CD 121062-2
* Rejoicing with the Light, Muhal Abrams - Black Saint BSR0071
* Andrew Cyrille Meets Peter Brotzmann in Berlin, FMP 1000
* Pieces of Time/Clarke,Cyrille,Graves,Famoudou-Soul Note SN1078
* Irene Schweizer/Andrew Cyrille, INTAKT 008 (Switzerland) 120125-2
* Galaxies, Andrew Cyrille & Vladimir Tarasov, Music & Arts CD-672
* My Friend Louis, Andrew Cyrille Quintet, DIW/Columbia - CK 52957 (CD)
* Burnt Offering, Andrew Cyrille and Jimmy Lyons, Black Saint - (CD) 120130-2
* X ManA. Cyrille/W J. Newton, A. Pascal, A. Cox, Soul Note - 121262-2 (CD)
* Ode To The Living Tree- Andrew Cyrille Quintet, - Venus TKCV-79098
* Double Clutch, Andrew Cyrille/Richard Teitelbaum Duo Silk Heart SHCD 146
* Good To Go/A Tribute To BuAndrew Cyrille Trio/W J.Newton- L. Atkinson - SoulNote <ref>http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/9273/disc.html</ref>

==External links==
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/andrew-cyrille Andrew Cyrille at Answers.Com]
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/cyrille.html The FMP releases]

==References==
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FMP/Free Music Production

2006-07-18T16:01:52Z

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'''FMP''' is a German [[record label]] founded by [[Jost Gebers]], [[Peter Brötzmann]], [[Peter Kowald]], and [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]] in 1969, specializing in free improvisation and free jazz, usually by European, often German musicians.

For most of its history, Gebers was the principal figure at FMP; since 2000 he is just the producer.
The first release was by [[Manfred Schoof]]. Among the best known musicians who have made records for FMP are [[Peter Brötzmann]] and [[Cecil Taylor]].

FMP has a large back catalog of since 1992 unavailable LP's, only a small fraction of which FMP has ever reissued on CD. Some of these are now available on CD through [[Atavistic Records]]' FMP Archive Edition subseries of the Unheard Music Series, curated by [[John Corbett (writer)|John Corbett]].

== See also ==
* [[List of record labels]]

==External links==
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/ Official site]
* [http://www.fmp-online.de/ FMP-distribution]
* [http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/elabels.html#FMP info on FMP at European Free Improvisation site]

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Peter Kowald

2006-07-17T15:24:44Z

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'''Peter Kowald''' (born [[April 21]], [[1944]], died [[September 21]], [[2002]]) was a German [[free jazz]] musician.

A member of the [[Globe Unity Orchestra]], and touring double-bass player, Kowald collaborated with a large number of European and American [[free-jazz]] players during his career, including [[Peter Brötzmann]], [[Irène Schweizer]], [[Karl Berger]], [[Conny Bauer]], [[Wadada Leo Smith]], [[Günter Sommer]], [[William Parker (musician)|William Parker]], [[Barre Phillips]], [[Joëlle Léandre]], and [[Evan Parker]]. He also recorded a number of solo double-bass albums and was a member of the [[London Jazz Composer's Orchestra]] until [[1985]]. He also recorded a number of pioneering double bass duets
with [[Maarten Altena]], [[Barry Guy]], Joëlle Léandre, Barre Phillips, William Parker, Damon Smith and Peter Jacquemyn.

In addition, Peter Kowald collaborated extensively with poets and artists and with the dancers Gerlinde Lambeck, Anne Martin (formerly [[Pina Bausch]] Ensemble), Tadashi Endo, Patricia Parker (founder of the [[Vision Festival]]), Maria Mitchell, Sally Silvers, Cheryl Banks (formerly [[Sun Ra]]'s Arkestra), Arnette de Mille, Sayonara Pereira, and Kazuo Ohno. Specific works included Die Klage der Kaiserin (1989) with Pina Bausch, Short pieces (since 1989) with Jean Sasportes, The spirit of adventure (1990) with Anastasia Lyra, Wasser in der Hand (1990/91) with Christine Brunel, and Futan no sentaku/The burden of choice (1990/91) with Min Tanaka and [[Butch Morris]].
Beside of his duo work with singers as [[Jeanne Lee]], [[Diamanda Galás]] or [[Sainkho Namtchylak]], Peter was especially interested in his international improvising ensemble "Global Village" with musicians from different cultural regions of the world, like China, Japan, Near East, South Europe, North and South America. He died of a heart attack in [[New York City]] in [[2002]].

==Selected discography==
*1966 Alexander Schlippenbach: Globe Unity
*1967: Peter Brotzmann: For Adolphe Sax
*1973: Globe Unity Orchestra - Live in Wuppertal
*1979: Leo Smith/Kowald/Sommer: Touch the Earth
*1986: Global Village Suite
*1996/2003: Duos 1 / Duos 2
*1998: Fred Anderson Trio - Live at The Velvet Lounge
*2003: Global Village

==References==

*[http://kowald.de/indexe.htm Official Site]

*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/kowald.html Kowalds FMP releases]

http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/ (for full discography)

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Peter Kowald

2006-07-17T15:23:21Z

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'''Peter Kowald''' (born [[April 21]], [[1944]], died [[September 21]], [[2002]]) was a German [[free jazz]] musician.

A member of the [[Globe Unity Orchestra]], and touring double-bass player, Kowald collaborated with a large number of European and American [[free-jazz]] players during his career, including [[Peter Brötzmann]], [[Irène Schweizer]], [[Karl Berger]], [[Conny Bauer]], [[Wadada Leo Smith]], [[Günter Sommer]], [[William Parker (musician)|William Parker]], [[Barre Phillips]], [[Joëlle Léandre]], and [[Evan Parker]]. He also recorded a number of solo double-bass albums and was a member of the [[London Jazz Composer's Orchestra]] until [[1985]]. He also recorded a number of pioneering double bass duets
with [[Maarten Altena]], [[Barry Guy]], Joëlle Léandre, Barre Phillips, William Parker, Damon Smith and Peter Jacquemyn.

In addition, Peter Kowald collaborated extensively with poets and artists and with the dancers Gerlinde Lambeck, Anne Martin (formerly [[Pina Bausch]] Ensemble), Tadashi Endo, Patricia Parker (founder of the [[Vision Festival]]), Maria Mitchell, Sally Silvers, Cheryl Banks (formerly [[Sun Ra]]'s Arkestra), Arnette de Mille, Sayonara Pereira, and Kazuo Ohno. Specific works included Die Klage der Kaiserin (1989) with Pina Bausch, Short pieces (since 1989) with Jean Sasportes, The spirit of adventure (1990) with Anastasia Lyra, Wasser in der Hand (1990/91) with Christine Brunel, and Futan no sentaku/The burden of choice (1990/91) with Min Tanaka and [[Butch Morris]].
Beside of his duo work with singers as [[Jeanne Lee]], [[Diamanda Galás]] or [[Sainkho Namtchylak]], Peter was especially interested in his international improvising ensemble "Global Village" with musicians from different cultural regions of the world, like China, Japan, Near East, South Europe, North and South America. He died of a heart attack in [[New York City]] in [[2002]].

==Selected discography==
*1966 Alexander Schlippenbach: Globe Unity
*1967: Peter Brotzmann: For Adolphe Sax
*1973: Globe Unity Orchestra - Live in Wuppertal
*1979: Leo Smith/Kowald/Sommer: Touch the Earth
*1986: Global Village Suite
*1996/2003: Duos 1 / Duos 2
*1998: Fred Anderson Trio - Live at The Velvet Lounge
*2003: Global Village

==References==

http://kowald.de/indexe.htm

*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/kowald.html Kowalds FMP releases]

http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/ (for full discography)

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FMP/Free Music Production

2006-07-16T09:44:07Z

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'''FMP''' is a German [[record label]] founded by [[Jost Gebers]], [[Peter Brötzmann]], [[Peter Kowald]], and [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]] in 1969, specializing in free improvisation and free jazz, usually by European, often German musicians.

For most of its history, Gebers was the principal figure at FMP; he retired in 2000.
The first release was by [[Manfred Schoof]]. Among the best known musicians who have made records for FMP are [[Peter Brötzmann]] and [[Cecil Taylor]].

FMP has a large back catalog of since 1992 unavailable LP's, only a small fraction of which FMP has ever reissued on CD. Some of these are now available on CD through [[Atavistic Records]]' FMP Archive Edition subseries of the Unheard Music Series, curated by [[John Corbett (writer)|John Corbett]].

== See also ==
* [[List of record labels]]

==External links==
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/ Official site]
* [http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/elabels.html#FMP info on FMP at European Free Improvisation site]

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FMP/Free Music Production

2006-07-16T09:41:47Z

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'''FMP''' is a German [[record label]] founded by [[Jost Gebers]], [[Peter Brötzmann]], [[Peter Kowald]], and [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]] in 1969, specializing in free improvisation and free jazz, usually by European, often German musicians.

For most of its history, Gebers was the principal figure at FMP; he retired in 2000.
The first release was by [[Manfred Schoof]]. Among the best known musicians who have made records for FMP are [[Peter Brötzmann]] and [[Cecil Taylor]].

FMP has a large back catalog of since 1992 unavailable LP's, only a small fraction of which FMP has ever reissued on CD. Some of these are now available on CD through [[Atavistic Records]]' FMP Archive Edition subseries of the Unheard Music Series, curated by [[John Corbett (writer)|John Corbett]].

== See also ==
* [[List of record labels]]

==External links==
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/ Official site]
* [http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/elabels.html#FMP info on FMP at European Free Improvisation site]
* [http://www.jazzweekly.com/interviews/HSCHLEIF.htm interview with Helma Schleif]

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Barry Guy

2006-06-23T17:24:44Z

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'''Barry Guy''' (born [[1947]] in [[London]]) is a British [[composer]] and [[double bass]] player. His range of interests encompasses [[Early music|early music]], contemporary composition, jazz and improvisation, and he has worked with a wide variety of orchestras in the UK and Europe. He also taught at [[Guildhall School of Music]].

Guy came to the fore as an improvising bassist as a member of a trio with pianist [[Howard Riley]] and drummer [[Tony Oxley]]. He also became an occasional member of [[John Stevens]]' ensembles in the 1960s and 1970s, including the [[Spontaneous Music Ensemble]]. In the early 1970s, he was a member of the influential free improvisation group ''Iskra 1903'' with [[Derek Bailey]] and trombonist [[Paul Rutherford (trombone player)|Paul Rutherford]] (a project later revived in the 1990s, with violinist [[Phil Wachsmann]] replacing Bailey). He also formed a long-standing partnership with saxophonist [[Evan Parker]], which led to a trio with drummer [[Paul Lytton]] which became one of the best-known and widely-travelled free-improvising groups of the 1980s and 1990s.

Guy's interests in improvisation and formal composition recievd their grandest form in the [[London Jazz Composers Orchestra]]. Originally formed to perform Guy's composition ''Ode'' in 1974 (released as a 2-LP set on Incus and later, in expanded form, as a 2-CD set on Intakt), it became one of the great large-scale European improvising ensembles. Early documentation is spotty – the only other recording from its early years is ''Stringer'' (FMP[http://www.fmp-label.de]) – but beginning in the late 1980s the Swiss label Intakt set out to document the band more thoroughly. The result was a series of ambitious, album-length compositions designed to give all the players in the band maximum opportunity for expression while still preserving a rigorous sense of form: ''Zurich Concerts'', ''Harmos'', ''Double Trouble'' (originally written for an encounter with [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]]'s [[Globe Unity Orchestra]], though the eventual CD was just for the LJCO), ''Theoria'' (a concerto for guest pianist [[Irène Schweizer]], ''Three Pieces'', and ''Double Trouble Two''. The group disbanded in the mid-1990s, and Guy has since then created a smaller ensemble, the Barry Guy New Orchestra.

He has also written for other improvising ensembles, such as the NOW Orchestra and ROVA (the piece ''Witch Gong Game'' inspired by images by the visual artist [[Alan Davie]]).

He is married to the early music violinist [[Maya Homberger]]. They now live in [[Switzerland]].

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For Adolphe Sax

2006-06-16T14:03:35Z

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'''''For Adolphe Sax''''' is the first album by [[jazz]] saxophonist [[Peter Brötzmann]], released on the [[FMP-Records|FMP]] label in [[1967]]. The album was reissued on CD by the [[Atavistic Records|Atavistic]] label in [[2002]]. This reissue featured the added track "Everything".

===Personnel===
*[[Peter Brötzmann]] (tenor and baritone saxophones)
*[[Peter Kowald]] (bass)
*[[Sven-Ake Johansson]] (drums)
*[[Fred Van Hove]] (piano on "Everything")

===Tracklisting===
# For Adolphe Sax
# Sanity
# Morning Glory
# Everything (on the CD reissue)

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Paul Lovens

2006-06-10T12:43:40Z

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'''Paul Lovens''' was born in [[Aachen]], [[Germany]], [[6 June]] [[1949]]. He plays drums, percussion, singing saw, and, in general, various selected and unselected cymbals.

Since 1970 he is one of the most prominent drummer in Europe in the improvised music scene. Being part of the Schlippenbach Trio, since then, he played with musicians such as Cecil Taylor, Günther Christmann, Eugene Chadbourne, Phil Wachsmann, and Jöelle Leandre.

The sound produced by his playing - which is worth to be seen once, at least, can hardly be only said to be accurate, intense, caressful, and precise. He has performed in the same pair of shoes since the 60s and refuses to wear short pants even in the warmest climes.

Together with Paul Lytton, he ran the record label Po Torch since 1976.

An extremely good link to know both about his collaborations and recordings is http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/mlovens.html.
another one including projects is
http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/lovens.html

Recent titles are: 1998, Swinging the BIM, FMP CD 114/15. Schlippenbach Trio; 1999, Joëlle Léandre Project, Leo LR CD287; 2001, Wellsprings suite, Cadence Jazz Records CJR 1176. Quintet Moderne.

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Steve Lacy (saxophonist)

2006-06-10T11:40:04Z

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'''Steve Lacy''' ([[July 23]], [[1934]] – [[June 4]], [[2004]]), born '''Steven Norman Lackritz''' in [[New York]], was an innovative [[jazz]] [[saxophone|soprano saxophonist]].

Lacy began his career working with [[dixieland music]] with masters such as [[Red Allen|Henry "Red" Allen]], [[George Foster|George "Pops" Foster]] and [[Zutty Singleton]] and then with [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] jazz players like [[Buck Clayton]], [[Dicky Wells]], and [[Jimmy Rushing]] before jumping into the heart of the [[avant-garde]] by performing on the debut album of [[Cecil Taylor]], and making a notable appearance on an early [[Gil Evans]] album. His most enduring relationship, however, has been with the music of [[Thelonious Monk]]: he recorded the first all-Monk album (''Reflections'', Prestige, 1958) and played in Monk's band briefly in 1960 and on Monk's ''Big Band/Quartet'' album (Columbia, 1963). Monk tunes became a permanent part of his repertoire, making an appearance in virtually every concert appearance and on albums. Beyond Monk, he rarely performed pop-music standards, specializing instead in the work of jazz composers such as [[Charles Mingus]], [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Herbie Nichols]]. He also became a highly distinctive composer with a signature simplicity of style: a Lacy composition often is built out of little more than a single questioning phrase, repeated several times. In the 1960s he also became deeply involved in the American free-jazz avant-garde and, in the 1970s, the European free improvisation scene: free improvisation became another important element in his musical personality.

Lacy's first visit to Europe came in 1965, with a visit to Copenhagen in the company of Kenny Drew; he went to Italy and formed a quartet with Italian trumpeter [[Enrico Rava]] and the South African musicians [[Johnny Dyani]] and [[Louis Moholo]] (their visit to Buenos Aires is documented on ''The Forest and the Zoo'', ESP, 1966). After a brief return in New York, he returned to Italy, then in 1970 moved to Paris, where he lived until near the end of his life. He became a widely respected figure on the European jazz scene, though (perhaps because he was living abroad, perhaps because of the demanding purity of his style) remained somewhat underrated in the U.S. except among his avid fans, who became used to tracking down Lacy's prolific output on a variety of imported European labels.

In the 1980s the core of Lacy's activities for much of his Parisian period was his sextet: his wife, singer/cellist Irene Aebi, soprano/alto saxophonist Steve Potts, pianist Bobby Few, bassist Jean-Jacques Avenel, and drummer Oliver Johnson (later John Betsch). Sometimes this group was scaled up to a large ensemble (e.g. ''Vespers'', Soul Note, 1993), sometimes pared down to a quartet, trio, or even a two-saxophone duo. Lacy also, beginning in the 1970s, became a specialist in solo saxophone, an innovator who ranks with [[Anthony Braxton]] and [[Evan Parker]] in the development of this demanding form of improvisation.

Lacy was interested in all the arts: the visual arts and poetry in particular became important sources for him (he frequently made musical settings of his favourite writers: [[Robert Creeley]], [[Tom Raworth]], [[Brion Gysin]] and other Beat writers, haiku, [[Herman Melville]]...). He also collaborated with a truly extraordinary range of musicians, from traditional jazz to the avant-garde to contemporary classical music. Outside of his regular sextet, his most important regular collaborator was probably the pianist [[Mal Waldron]], with whom he recorded a classic series of duet albums (notably ''Sempre Amore'', a collection of Ellington/Strayhorn material, Soul Note, 1987).

Lacy returned to the [[United States]] in [[2002]], where he began teaching at the [[New England Conservatory of Music]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. One of his last public performances was in front of 25,000 people at the close of an [[peace]] rally on [[Boston Common]] in March 2003 shortly before the [[2003 Invasion of Iraq|US-led invasion of Iraq]].

Diagnosed with cancer in [[August 2003]], he continued playing and teaching until weeks before his death at the age of 69.

==See also==
*[[Axieme (album)]]

==External links==
* [http://www.dukeupress.edu/books.php3?isbn=8223-3815-7 New book of interviews with Steve Lacy, edited by Jason Weiss]
* [http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/features/2616938 Obituary]
* [http://www.newalbion.com/artists/lacys/ "On the Brink"], Steve Lacy talks about his musical experiences.
* [http://www.wnur.org/jazz/artists/lacy.steve/discog.html Steve Lacy Discography from WNUR-FM]
* [http://www.afkikker.be Afkikker], Belgian Jazz Clubhouse devoted to the music of [[Steve Lacy]]
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/lacy.html FMP], Steve Lacy's FMP releases
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Butch Morris

2006-06-10T11:38:27Z

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'''Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris''' (b. [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[California]], [[February 10]], [[1947]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[jazz]] [[cornetist]], [[composer]] and [[Conductor (music)|conductor]].

Morris came to attention with [[saxophonist]] [[David Murray (jazz musician)|David Murray]]'s groups in the late [[1970s]] and early [[1980s]]. Morris's brother, [[Bass (instrument)|bassist]] [[Wilber Morris]] sometimes performed and recorded with Murray during this period.

Morris has gained more notice and acclaim directing various ensembles in what he calls ''[[Conduction]]'' (a term knowingly borrowed from [[science]]): a type of [[structured improvisation]] where Morris directs and conducts an improvising ensemble with a series of hand and [[baton]] gestures. These conductions have received generally positive reviews, and are often considered quite unique. (Critic Thom Jurek has written, "There are no records like Butch Morris' conduction sides, nor could there be, though he wishes there were." [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=CASS70310071408&sql=A48ngtq5zpu43]) Ed Hazel writes, "At his best, Morris can shake players out of their old habits, or place a microscope on one aspect of a musician's artistry and build an orchestral fantasia around it."[http://www.bostonphoenix.com/alt1/archive/music/reviews/01-18-96/BUTCH_MORRIS.html]

[[Drum]]mer [[Charles Moffett]] conducted improvisations of jazz musicians in the [[1970s]], and Morris credits Moffett as a major influence.

In his travels and many recorded conductions, Morris has worked with a wide variety of musicians. A partial list of such musicians follows, but special note should be made of frequent collaborator [[J.A. Deane]], and his innovative use of live [[sampling (music)|sampling]].

*[[Arthur Blythe]]
*[[Christian Marclay]]
*[[Myra Melford]]
*[[Günter Müller]]
*[[Le Quan Ninh]]
*[[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]]
*[[William Parker]]
*[[Elizabeth Panzer]]
*[[Voice Crack]]
*[[Otomo Yoshihide]]

==External links==
* [http://www.conduction.us/ Butch Morris official site]
* [http://lacan.com/frameXII7.htm Interview with Morris]
* Notes from ''Testament: A Conduction Collection,'' a 10 [[Compact disc|CD]] set are available online in [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] format, and contain a detailed description of Morris' conduction gestures: [http://www.newworldrecords.org/linernotes/80482.pdf]
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/morris.html FMP releases]
* [http://home.arcor.de/nyds-exp-discogs/morris.htm Comprehensive discography]

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Han Bennink

2006-06-10T11:29:26Z

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'''Han Bennink''' (born [[April 17]], [[1942]]) is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[jazz]] [[drummer]] and [[percussionist]].

Bennink was born in [[Zaandam]], the son of a [[european classical music|classical]] percussionist. He played the drums and the [[clarinet]] during his teens. Through the 1960s he drummed with a number of American musicians visiting the Netherlands, including [[Eric Dolphy]], [[Dexter Gordon]] and [[Sonny Rollins]] (he can be heard on Dolphy's final studio recording, ''Last Date'' (1964)).

He subsequently became a central figure in the emerging European [[free improvisation]] scene. In 1963 he formed a quartet with pianist [[Misha Mengelberg]] and saxophonist [[Piet Noordijk]] which had a number of different bassists and which played at the 1966 [[Newport Jazz Festival]], and in 1967 he was a co-founder of the [[Instant Composers Pool]] with Mengelberg and [[Willem Breuker]], which sponsored Dutch avant garde performances. From the late 1960s he played in a trio with saxophonist [[Peter Brötzmann]] and Belgian pianist [[Fred Van Hove]], which became a duo after Van Hove's departure in 1976. Through much of the 1990s he played in Clusone 3 (also known as the Clusone Trio), a trio with saxophonist and clarinetist [[Michael Moore (musician)|Michael Moore]] and cellist [[Ernst Reijseger]]. He has often played duos with Mengelberg and collaborated with him alongside other musicians. He enjoys cheese sandwiches with tomato.

As well as playing with these long-standing groups, Bennink has performed and recorded solo (''Tempo Comodo'' (1982) being among his solo recordings) and played with many [[free improvisation]] and [[free jazz]] luminaries including [[Derek Bailey]], [[Conny Bauer]], [[Don Cherry (jazz)|Don Cherry]] and [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]], as well as more conventional jazz musicians.

Bennink's style is wide-ranging, running from conventional jazz drumming to highly unconventional free improvisation, for which he often uses whatever objects happen to be onstage (chairs, music stands, instrument cases), his own body (a favourite device involves putting a drumstick in his mouth and striking it with the other stick), and the entire performance space -- the floor, doors, and walls. He makes frequent use of birdcalls and whatever else strikes his fancy (one particularly madcap performance in Toronto in the 1990s involved a deafening fire alarm bell placed on the floor). He is also a talented multi-instrumentalist, and on occasion his recordings have featured his playing on [[clarinet]], [[violin]], [[banjo]] and [[piano]].

Han is the brother of the saxophonist [[Peter Bennink]].

==External links==
*[http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/mbennink.html Biography and discography from the European Free Improvisation Pages]
*[http://www.hanbennink.com/ Han Bennink website]
*[http://fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/benninkhan.html FMP releases]

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Machine Gun (Peter Brötzmann album)

2006-05-10T10:48:42Z

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{{Album infobox |
Name = Machine Gun|
Type = [[Album (music)|Album]] |
Artist = Peter Brötzmann|
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Background = orange |
Released = [[1968]] |
Genre = [[jazz]] |
Length = |
Label = [[http://www.fmp-label.de FMP]]
Producer = |
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Last album = ''[[For Adolphe Sax]]'' ([[1967]]) |
This album = ''[[Machine Gun]]'' ([[1968]]) |
Next album = ''[[Nipples (album)|Nipples]]'' ([[1969]]) |
}}

'''''Machine Gun''''' is the second album by [[jazz]] saxophonist [[Peter Brötzmann]], released on the [[FMP-Records|FMP]] label in [[1968]]. The album was reissued on CD by the [[FMP-Records|FMP]] label in [[2001]].

===Personnel===
*[[Peter Brötzmann]] (tenor and baritone saxophones)
*[[Evan Parker]] (saxaphone)
*[[Willem Breuker]] (reeds)
*[[Peter Kowald]] (bass)
*[[Buschi Niebergall]] (bass)
*[[Sven-Ake Johansson]] (drums)
*[[Han Bennik]] (drums)
*[[Fred Van Hove]] (piano)

===Tracklisting===
# Machine Gun (Second Take)
# Machine Gun (Third Take)
# Responsible (First Take)
# Responsible (Second Take)
# Music For Han Bennik

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