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Wolfgang Schlüter Quartet |
Wolfgang Schlüter is one of the most important jazz musicians in Germany, one of the best vibraphonists in Europe. In the early fifties he co-founded the modern jazz scene in Germany. Now in the age of 75 and some life difficulties (he is almost blind), Schlüter is still going strong, giving concerts and doing recordings. His recent project, the "Wolfgang Schlüter Quartet" features Boris Netsvetaev on piano, Philipp Steen on Bass and Kai Bussenius on Drums (aka Das Hammerklavier Trio).
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Das Hammerklavier Trio is a young band from Hamburg, Germany. The German word “das Hammerklavier” is the former name of what is known today as the grand piano, a percussive instrument with a wide range of different sounds and dynamics. It’s also an ironic way of telling that this band is a kind of superb.
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This band is a jazz quartet which uses electric bass and keyboards. The music is based on a stron groove but is open for a collective improvising.
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This is a group led by a legendary drummer from New York Steve Reid. The band toured through different european and american countries performing in some major cities like London, Paris, New York, Stokholm, Dakar etc. and on diverse Jazz festivals (ao London Jazz Festival, Tampere Jazz Festival, and many others. The band recorded a CD/LP "Spirit Walk" (Souljazz, 2005), a CD/LP "Daxxar-recorded in Africa" (Domino, 2007), the recent recording, made in February, 2009 in New York is about to be released in 2010 as a CD/DVD set. The band appeared twice on the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Radio Show (BBC, Radio One).
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This is a rock jazz band formed by the drummer Olve Strelow.
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