June 21,2010 – CASA – 9PM – ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH TRIO avec Rudi Mahall & Paul Lytton

The Alexander Von Schlippenbach Trio with Rudi Mahall and Paul Lytton 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.

Alexander Von Schlippenbach

Born in 1938 Alexander Von Schlippenbach is one of Europe´ s premier free jazz band leaders. He mixes free and contemporary music elements whit his slashing solos often in the link between the two in his composition. He studied composition with Bern Alois Zimmermann at the music high school in Cologne and played with Gunther Hampel in his quintet in 1963 and well as he joined the first legendary Manfred Schoof quintet from 1964 – 1967.
In 1966 Joachim Ernst Berendt the artistic director of the Berlin Jazz Days asked him to write a composition for a 14 pieced free jazz Big Band. Mr. Von Schlippenbach wrote the piece “GLOBE UNITY”. The performing band included musicians like Peter Broetzmann, Manfred Schoof, Gerd Dudek or Manfred Neumeier, played a legendary concert at the Berlin Philharmony in Novemver 1966. From that time the orchestra performed at many important European music festivals like the Donaueschinger Musiktage and many others. The German cultural institution the Goethe Institute sponsored many overseas tours to the Far East as well as to Northern America throughout the 1970 ies and 1980 ies. During the decades musicians like Peter Kowald (co-leader in the 1970 ies), Willem Breuker, Albert Mangelsdorff, Kenny Wheeler, Bob Stewart or George Lewis were members of this unique ensemble .
In 1970 the Schlippenbach Trio has been founded featuring the reedist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens. This formation still vital and creative these days – also is one of the oldest working groups all over.
His project Monk´s Casino together with Axel Doerner on trumpet, Jan Roder on bass and Uli Jenessen on drums is presenting the whole work of Thelonius Monk and has been recorded on CD .
Besides Alexander Von Schlippenbach is performing in a piano duo with his wife Aki Takase, with his son the turntableplayer DJ Illvibe, or in a trio with Danile DÁgaro on clarinet and Tristan Honsinger on cello. His latest solo recordings “Twelve Tone Tales” Vol 1 + 2 (Intakt) have received remarkable critics. Mr. Von Schlippenbach has received several awards like the German Jazz Prize or the SWR-Jazz Prize.

Paul Lytton

Paul Lytton born in 1947 is one of the pioneers of the British Improvised music scene. He soon created his own drumming style also integrating half-electronic soundsculptures in his play. In 1969 he began experimenting with Free Improvisational music, working in a duo with saxophonist Evan Parker. After adding bassist Barry Guy, the ensemble became the Evan Parker Trio which is still exsisting.
Paul Lytton is a founding member of the London Musicians´s Cooperative and aided Paul Lovens with whom he still is working in a duo, to build-up the Aachen Musicians´Cooperative in 1976. He is a member of the Barry Guy New Orchestra, Ken Vandermark ´s Territory Band and working with the Globe Unity Orchestra since 2001. He collaborated with Marilyn Crispell, Paul Rutherford, Erhard Hirt, Kent Kessler and many others.

Rudi Mahall

Rudi Mahall born in 1966 studied classical clarinet and got involved into contemporary as well as in Improvised Music. Now is one of the outstanding bass clarinet players in Europe. In the 1990 ies he started a long collaboration ship with the Japanese Pianist Aki Takase playing tunes of Eric Dolphy. Rudi Mahall has been involved in numerous groups like the Rote Bereich, Die Enttäuschung (with Axel Doerner or Jan Roder). He also is a original member of Alexander Von Schlippenbach Monk ´s Casino project which involves all compositions of Thelonious Monk. Performing with the Globe Unity Orchestra since 2005 – he used to work with musicians like Conny Bauer, Lee Konitz, Barry Guy, Karl Berger, Ray Anderson, Kenny Wheeler to only name a few .