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He began recording in the early 1960s, and released his first record, Colours of Chloë (ECM 1042), under his own name in 1973. In addition to his career as a musician, he also worked for many years as a television and theater director. He has designed an electric-acoustic bass featuring an extra C-string. His music, often in a melancholic tone, follows simple ground patterns (frequently ostinatos), yet is highly organized in its colouring and attention to dramatic detail. Weber was a notable early proponent of the solid-body electric double bass, which he has played regularly since the beginning of the 1970s. From the early 1960s to the early 1970s, his closest musical association was with pianist Wolfgang Dauner
Savina Yannatou: Letting the Voice Go Where It Goes
by Katchie Cartwright
Savina Yannatou flies through vast reaches of space and time as she works, like the swallows and warblers who traverse the Sahara, stopping in jny: Greece on their annual pilgrimage to breeding grounds in the North, thousands of miles away. She is an artist “beyond category," to borrow Duke Ellington's phrase, whose programs and performances combine ...
Mateusz Smoczyński: Adam's Apple
by Ian Patterson
Polish violinist Mateusz Smoczyński has long slipped effortlessly between the worlds of jazz and classical music, flitting between his own small jazz combos and contemporary string ensembles. Albums such as Confetti Man (Azica records, 2014) with The Turtle Island Quartet, Penderecki (Universal Music Poland, 2019) with Atom String Quartet, and the duo albums Speaking Sound (ACT ...
Christopher Zuar, Kenny Barron, and Andrea Wolper
by Jerome Wilson
This episode features a wide variety of approaches, such as large ensemble jazz from Christopher Zuar and Eberhard Weber, small group work from Kenny Barron and Artemis, and vocals from Andrea Wolper and Tiziana Ghiglioni. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of ...
Brilliant ECM Luminessence Series Shines New Light On Classic Vinyl
by Joshua Weiner
Blue Note. Verve. Impulse! ESP-Disk. Just saying the name of such storied jazz record labels immediately conjures up each one's distinct aesthetic, from the music to the cover art. By the close of the 1960s, jazz was undergoing a period of intense change, with an unprecedented mixing and matching of styles and influences--both musical and political--that ...
Johnathan Blake: Passage
by Dave Linn
The drummer Johnathan Blake was born in Philadelphia in 1976. His father was the esteemed jazz violinist and educator John Blake Jr. who played in many diverse settings, (most notably Archie Shepp and McCoy Tyner), before releasing seven albums under his name. He died in 2014. Blake (the son) began studying music at a young age, ...
Eberhard Weber: A German Jazz Story
by Andrew Hunter
Eberhard Weber: A German Jazz Story Eberhard Weber translated by Heidi Kirk 182 Pages ISBN: 978 1 80050 082 2 Equinox Publishing Ltd 2021 There are many musicians whose playing we can recognise in an instant; something about their phrasing, note choice and tone combine to give an unmistakable ...
Bill Frisell Interview: The Textural Minimalist Redefines American Music
by Mike Brannon
This article was first published at All About Jazz on March 2001. It's safe to say, the great American composer/improviser has a new face. Formerly more likely to have been two different people, one committed to the quiet focused existence of composition at a piano while the other roaming the stages of the world, ...
ECM Records Touchstones: Part 3
by Dan McClenaghan
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 This third edition of “ECM Touchstones" explores more of the label's early recordings, repackaged and offered up as a way to present music that had perhaps slipped through time's cracks, into the hard-to-find category. Of these, four were re-released in 2019, one in 2008--24 to 47 ...
Adam Berenson: Songs from the Garret
by Karl Ackermann
Adam Berenson's Songs from the Garret is a two-CD solo collection but the essence of other composers prowl in the shadows. The lofty album title pays tribute to particular compositions from Steve Swallow, Carla Bley, Michael Gibbs, Chick Corea and a host of others. Berenson, a well-versed composer/keyboardist, takes the unusual approach (for him) of focusing ...
