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Alexander von Schlippenbach

Born: Apr 7, 1938 in Berlin, Germany

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Genre: Jazz

Styles: Avant-Garde, Modern Creative, Avant-Garde Jazz, Experimental Big Band, Free Jazz

Biography: One of Europe's premier free jazz bandleaders, pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach's music mixes free and contemporary classical elements, with his slashing solos often the link between the two in his compositions. Schlippenbach formed the Globe Unity Orchestra in 1966 to perform the piece "Globe Unity," ...Read full biography

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Swinging the BIM

Released: 2000

Label: Free Music Production

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This is everything it ought to be. This high-test modern jazz trio taped a 1998 gig at Amsterdam's Bimhuis, and the members were happy enough with the results to release a double CD containing both sets ...Read full review

Complete Combustion

Released: 1999

Label: FMP

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The trio of Alexander von Schlippenbach (piano), Evan Parker (soprano and tenor saxophones), and Paul Lovens (cymbals and drums) has been in existence in one form or another since the early '70s. This ...Read full review

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