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Michel Doneda & Alexander Frangenheim: Murmuration (Doneda & Frangenheim)
by John Eyles
Murmuration is the fruit of a long collaboration between the German double bassist Alexander Frangenheim and French saxophonist Michel Doneda. Born in Wuppertal in 1959, Frangenheim has a varied history, as illustrated by past appearances with the Cecil Taylor Ensemble and the Cecil Taylor Workshop Ensemble during Taylor's renowned 1988 residency in jny:Berlin, and also as a member of the large ensemble Zeitkratzer, with whom Lou Reed recorded a live version of his Metal Machine Music (RCA Victor, 1975) in ...
read moreNAIL (Doneda Frangenheim Turner): NAIL in Ulrichsberg
by John Eyles
The trio of saxophonist Michel Doneda, double bassist Alexander Frangenheim and drummer Roger Turner has been together for about three years, long enough for the cosmopolitan threesome (French, German, British, respectively) to decide upon a suitably short, snappy name instead of the roll call of their surnames. So, we welcome NAIL and their first album NAIL in Ulrichsberg on the bassist's own label, Concepts of Doing. Recorded by Frangenheim, on October 7th 2022, at Jazzatelier Ulrichsberg, the album comprises four ...
read moreNatsuki Tamura, Alexander Frangenheim: Nax
by Karl Ackermann
Trumpeter Natsuki Tamura has long straddled the divide between free improvisation and lyrical jazz. The latter has been adequately and beautifully represented in his work with Gato Libre. That quartet features his wife and occasional duo partner--the pianist and accordionist Satoko Fujii--and combines elements of folk, chamber and modern jazz. In contrast, much of his solo work such as A Song for Jyaki (Leo Records, 1998) is full of distorted multi-phonic explorations. Nax, a duo outing with German bassist Alexander ...
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