Schlippenbach Trio
Alexander von Schlippenbach: piano
Evan Parker: tenor and soprano saxophone
Paul Lovens: drums
The historical importance, influence, and stature of the Schlippenbach Trio was cemented long ago. Formed in 1970 by German pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach in the early days of European free jazz, the group also featured British saxophonist Evan Parker and German drummer Paul Lovens, and soon formed the core of the mighty Globe Unity Orchestra from that point on. As heard on its 1972 debut for FMP Pakistani Pomade—reissued by Cien Fuegos back in 2015—its foundational music helped establish the group’s feverish free improvisation as a dominant thread in the history of European free jazz. The intellectual and artistic curiosity of the group’s members, to say nothing of their paradigm-shifting technique and collective sensibility, changed the course of free improv forever.
Shockingly, for a group that made such seismic waves, the Schlippenbach Trio rarely made records for most of its history. Its second release was the long out-of-print live album Detta Fra Di No, released in 1982 on Po Torch, the label run by Lovens.
It would be almost another decade before they released anything else. In 1990 they gathered at the FMP studio in Berlin with specific intentions to create Elf Bagatellen (Eleven Bagatelles).
http://evanparker.com/
http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mlovens.html
ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH
SCHLIPPENBACH QUARTET
Evan Parker: tenor and soprano saxophone
Paul Lovens: drums
The historical importance, influence, and stature of the Schlippenbach Trio was cemented long ago. Formed in 1970 by German pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach in the early days of European free jazz, the group also featured British saxophonist Evan Parker and German drummer Paul Lovens, and soon formed the core of the mighty Globe Unity Orchestra from that point on. As heard on its 1972 debut for FMP Pakistani Pomade—reissued by Cien Fuegos back in 2015—its foundational music helped establish the group’s feverish free improvisation as a dominant thread in the history of European free jazz. The intellectual and artistic curiosity of the group’s members, to say nothing of their paradigm-shifting technique and collective sensibility, changed the course of free improv forever.
Shockingly, for a group that made such seismic waves, the Schlippenbach Trio rarely made records for most of its history. Its second release was the long out-of-print live album Detta Fra Di No, released in 1982 on Po Torch, the label run by Lovens.
It would be almost another decade before they released anything else. In 1990 they gathered at the FMP studio in Berlin with specific intentions to create Elf Bagatellen (Eleven Bagatelles).
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LINKS
http://www.avschlippenbach.com/http://evanparker.com/
http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mlovens.html
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