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Hans Koch, Christine Abdelnour: FFlair
by Alberto Bazzurro
Quattro successivi episodi col medesimo titolo contrassegnati dai relativi numeri romani, svarianti dai sette ai diciassette minuti, compongono questo album, inciso a Biel / Bienne (città di cui Hans Koch è nativo, laddove Christine Abdelnour arriva da Parigi) nel gennaio 2023. Chi si attendesse un duo sassofonistico avrà di che sorprendersi, trattandosi di un intersecarsi largamente rumoristico delle due voci in cui emissione e timbriche dei rispettivi strumenti non trovano di fatto riscontro, se non nelle loro forme più estreme ...
read moreTwo new releases on ezz-thetics
by John Eyles
In recent years the “revisited" series of albums on the ezz-thetics label has been so praised and successful that some jazz afficionados probably associate the label more with albums of classic Charlie Parker or Albert Ayler recordings than with releases of new music on the label. Nonetheless, as it has done for decades (in various guises--Hat Hut, Hat ART, Hat MUSICS, Hatology...) the label continues to release newly-recorded albums of contemporary music including jazz, improv, contemporary composition... The early catalogue ...
read moreHans Koch / Frantz Loriot / Jonas Kocher: Stranger Becoming
by Mark Corroto
The title says it all, Stranger Becoming. Not “becoming stranger," but Stranger Becoming as in unusual yet attractive or tasteful. That certainly is a perfect descriptor for the music generated by the trio of Hans Koch(clarinet), Frantz Loriot (viola), and Jonas Kocher (accordion). All three have a background in classical music which serves as the foundation for the sound of this session. From that cornerstone the trio delves into free improvisations on these six tracks. Their music is ...
read moreHans Koch, Paul Lovens: Nephlokokkygia 1992
by Alberto Bazzurro
Registrato nel corso del tour in terra bulgara datato 1992 (quattro sezioni, ciascuna da una località diversa, la più lunga di poco meno di un quarto d'ora), questo prezioso album coglie all'opera due liberi improvvisatori mitteleuropei di comprovata fede e militanza come lo svizzero Hans Koch e il tedesco Paul Lovens, separati da un solo anno (1948 per il primo, 1949 per il secondo), che dall'alto del loro indiscusso magistero in materia confezionano una performance mossa, vivace, ricca di temperamento, ...
read moreHans Koch & Paul Lovens: Nephlokokkygia 1992
by Mark Corroto
This live recording from a tour through Bulgaria in 1992 begs the questions: why Bulgaria? and, most importantly, why are there not more recordings from Hans Koch and Paul Lovens? Nephlokokkygia or “CloudCuckooLand" is seeing the light of day for the first time as, during the pandemic year of 2020, Koch edited tape recordings of the duo's tour performances. The two musicians had performed together in large ensembles, such as X- Communication which was perhaps the genesis of Butch Morris' ...
read moreHans Koch / Jacques Demierre: Incunabulum
by John Eyles
Although their discographies are both liberally sprinkled with duo recordings, this album seems to be the first time that the Swiss pair of reed man Hans Koch and keyboardist Jacques Demierre have recorded together as a duo. Both have been members of Insub Meta Orchestra and, for a period, were simultaneously in the ensemble long enough to be recorded together, on Archive#2 (Insubordinations, 2012). The eight tracks on Incunabulum (for some reason, the title describes any book printed in the ...
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