June 19, 2010 – CASA – 9PM – EVAN PARKER QUARTET avec Gerd Dudek, Axel Dörner, & Christof Thewes + Henrik Walsdorff/Johannes Bauer/Jean-Luc Cappozzo/Paul Lovens

QUARTET EVAN PARKER with GERD DUDEK & AXEL DORNER & CHRISTOF THEWES

The Evan Quartet with Gerd Dudek, Axel Dorner and Christof Thewes is a group which was especially assembled for the Suoni Per Il Popolo. All of the group’s members also perform in the Globe Unity Orchestra.

EVAN PARKER

Born in 1944 Evan Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of european free jazz and free Improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded an array of extented techniques.
His original inspiration was Paul Desmond, and in recent years the influence of cool jazz saxophone players has again become apparent in his music.
His later work has been assimilated to the American avangarde – John Coltrane, Albert Ayler and others. His music of the 1960 s and 1970 s was harsh, raw and unsettling, involving fluttering, swirling lines that have shape rather than tangible melodic content. Parker is one of the few saxophone players for whom unaccompanied solo performance is a major part of his work, involving experiments with plastic reeds, circular breathing and rapid tonguing.
Parker, Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley founded the Incus record label in 1970 which was one of the most important labels to document improvised music.
Since 1970 he is performing with Alex Schlippenbach and Paul Lovens in a trio – one of the most long-termed collaborations in Jazz history. Another trio exsisting since more than 30 years features Evan Parker together with Barry Guy on bass and Paul Lytton on drums .
His interest in electronics made him invite collaborators such as Phil Wachsmann, Walter Prati or Lawrence Casserley.
He has worked with numerous musicians, to only name a few like Peter Broetzmann, Joe McPhee, Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, Keith Rowe, Kenny Wheeler, John Stevens or Irene Schweizer .

GERD DUDEK

Gerd Dudek born in 1938 was one of the most important saxophone players referring to the development of German contemporary Jazz music. He studied clarinet and attended music high school in the 1950 s. During the early 1960 s he played in the Berliner Jazz Quintet and the Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra until 1965. He then became interested in free music and joined the Manfred Schoof quintet. Dudek joined the first Globe Unity Orchestra formation performing at the Berlin Jazz Days in 1966. He also worked with many other European free musicians and composers, including Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Loek Dikker and the Waterland Ensemble and the European Jazz quintet. Dudek is best known for his work with Manfred Schoof, Wolfgang Dauner, Albert Mangeldorff, Don Cherry and George Russell.

AXEL DORNER

Axel Dorner is one of the most creative trumpeters on the European Scene of Improvised Music. He developped his unique style combining acoustic and electronic effects.
He was born in Cologne in 1964 and studied at the conservatory in Arnhem from 1988 to 1989 and subsequently at the music high school in Cologne. During the Cologne stay he worked extensively with trumpeter Bruno Leicht and musicians like Matthias Schubert, Claudio Puntin, John Betsch and Wayne Dockerty. He also formed his own quartet with Frank Gratkowsky, Hans Schneider and Martin Blume.
In 1994 he moved to Berlin extending his activities enormously. Since then he is member of The Enttäuschung with Rudi Mahall, Uli Jennessen and Jan Roder. This formation added the pianist Alexander Von Schlippenbach to a quartet and performed all the compositions of Thelonius Monk.
Currently he is joining the Otomo Yoshihide Jazz Sextet and is member of the Globe Unity Orchestra since 2006.
He worked with numerous musicians like Peter Kowald, Tom Cora, George Lewis, Evan Parker, Fred Van Hove, Lol Coxhill, Chris Burn, Ken Vandermark, Sven-Ake Johansson – to only name a few.

CHRISTOF THEWES

Christof Thewes is one of the most important trombonists on the German Scene. Besides of performing his own music which ranges between the fields of Improvised music, New music, Jazz and Rock music he also is working as a teacher at the Saarbruecken music high school. Christof is leading his own quintet and trio, performing in a duo with the bass clarinet player Rudi Mahall and joining several groups like the Thewes Brueder, Undertone Duo or Phase 4 and the Uli Gumpert Workshop Band. Since 2008 he is member of the Globe Unity Orchestra.

JEAN-LUC CAPPOZZO & PAUL LOVENS & JOHANNES BAUER & HENRIK WALSDORFF

JEAN-LUC CAPPOZZO

Jean-Luc Cappozzo born 1954 in Belfort studied at the music high school in Lyon. Meeting the legendary Dizzy Gillespie in 1984 was his major inspiration to become a professional trumpeter. Now he is well-known for his powerful and melodic play all over Europe. He has been member of the Louis Sclavis Quintet and Claude Tchamitchian s Grand Lousadzak. Jean-Luc has performed with numerous musicians like Paul Lovens, Johannes Bauer, Geraldine Keller, Joelle Leandre, Bernard Santacruz, Remi Charmasson, Michel Godard, Herb Robertson, Axel Doernerto only name a few. He is member of the Globe Unity Orchestra since 2005.

PAUL LOVENS

Paul Lovens born is Aachen in 1949 is one of the most prominent drummers in Europe on the improvised music scene since decades. He has created his unique style playing drums, percussion and various selected and unselected cymbals.
He is part of the Schlippenbach Trio with Evan Parker reeds and Alexander Von Schlippenbach piano – since 1970. This formation also is one of the oldest working groups in free Jazz all over. Of course he joins the Globe Unity Orchestra since a long time.
Also a long-termed collaboration refers to the duo with the British improvised music pioneer Paul Lytton, with whom he found the record label Po Torch in 1976.
Paul Lovens also joined the group of legendary pianist Cecil Taylor and worked with numerous musicians like Aki Takase, Guenther Christmann, Eugene Chadbourne, Thomas Lehn, Joelle Leandre, Phil Wachsman or Mats Gustafsson , to only name a few .

JOHANNES BAUER

Johannes Bauer born in 1954 belongs to the most important trombone players on the improvised music scene since decades. He is well-known for his unique expressive play. He was a co founder the legendary quartet “DoppelMoppel” which features him with his brother Konrad Bauer and two guitarists Joe Sachse and Uwe Kropinski.
He is a member of Peter Broetzmann´s Chicago Tentet as well as of the Barry Guy New Orchestra, joins the quartet Four in One with Luc Houtcamp saxes, Dieter Manderscheid bass and Martin Blume drums, leads him own trio AUS with Clayton Thomas bass and Tony Buck drums, and last but not least he joins the unique Bauer 4 together with Louis Tastig piano – and his brothers Matthias on bass and Konrad on trombone.
Johannes Bauer performed with the Derek Bailey Company, the Uli Gumpert Workshop Band, the Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra, the Fred Van Hove Nonet or Ken Vandermark´s Territory Band 4, to only name a few. And of course he is a member of the Globe Unity Orchestra since years.