''Zurich Concert'' is an album by German jazz saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, which was recorded live in 2011 at the Rote Fabrik in Zurich and released on the Swiss Intakt label.

Background

The Ingrid Laubrock Octet grew out of her London based nine piece ensemble Nein. In 2011 the saxophonist was offered the opportunity by Southwest German Radio ( SWR) to work with her octet for several days at the "SWR NewJazz Meeting" in Baden-Baden, to develop a repertoire and present it on tour. It gave Laubrock the opportunity to bring together musicians from her new living situation in New York, where she has been based since 2009, and musicians from London who had already been members of her earlier nonet.''Zurich Concert''
at Intakt Records

Music

Laubrock brought eight compositions to the rehearsals in the SWR studio in Baden-Baden, seven of which are to be found in this CD. With the exception of "Blue Line & Sinker" which is a freely improvised introduction to the composition "Red Hook", some of the pieces are strictly notated and, due to their complexity were even conducted (by Tom Rainey). Most of the compositions, however, despite their precisely notated formal structures also leave large open spaces for improvisation. Laubrock decided to release on CD the Zurich live concert, recorded by the public broadcaster, instead of the studio recordings.
at Ingrid Laubrock

Reception

The '' Down Beat'' review by Alain Drouot notes that "The lineup's wild card is Ted Reichman, whose haunting accordion leaves the strongest mark. His halo hovers over the soundscapes imagined by Laubrock, and his contributions greatly benefit the ensemble passages, which are by turn eerie, enigmatic or threatening."Drouot, Alain. ''Zurich Concert'' review. ''Down Beat'' September 14: page 67. Print. The All About Jazz review by John Sharpe states "While the German has built her reputation as a distinctive voice on tenor and soprano saxophones and a compelling improviser, her writing is no less formidable and the seven numbers here share with her work for her group Anti-House an enigmatic and idiosyncratic shape, suggesting musical riddles."Sharpe, John
''Zurich Concert'' review
at All About Jazz

Track listing

:''All compositions by Ingrid Laubrock except as indicated'' # "Glasses" – 4:58 # "Novemberdoodle" – 11:04 # "Blue Linwe & Sinker" (Ted Reichman, Tom Rainey, Drew Gress) – 2:41 # "Chant" – 13:18 # "Matrix" – 12:48 # "Nightbus" – 18:29 # "Der Zauberberg" – 10:15

Personnel

* Ingrid Laubrock – soprano sax, tenor sax *

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– guitar *Tom Arthurs – trumpet *Ted Reichman –

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

* Liam Noble – piano * Ben Davis – cello * Drew Gress –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

Tom Rainey Tom Rainey (born 1957) is an American jazz drummer. Career After attending Berklee College of Music he moved to New York in 1979. He has played with Tim Berne, Nels Cline, Drew Gress, Mark Helias, Fred Hersch, Tony Malaby, Simon Nabatov, T ...

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, xylophone

References

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