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Fabian Gisler: Backyard Poets
by Chris May
Though he's played with some prime-time bandleaders--including pianists Bill Carrothers and Mark Soskin, saxophonist Gary Smulyan and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel--Swiss bassist Fabian Gisler is a new name to me. Backyard Poets is his debut album as leader, and it's a pleasure to make his acquaintance, and those too of his colleagues Henrik Walsdorff, saxophones, Colin Vallon, bass, and John Schroder, drums.
Without any prior knowledge of the musicians, and with no clues provided by the studiously Absurdist liner notes written ...
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All About Jazz
Fabian Gisler -double bass Henrik Walsdorff -alto & tenor saxophones Colin Vallon -piano John Schrder -drums Backyard Poets : Hatology 645 Fabian Gisler (double bass) was born on August 18th 1977 in Zurich. He graduated at Swiss Jazz School in Berne where he studied with Peter Frei, Reggie Johnson, Bert Joris, Rufus Reid and Andy Scherrer. Meanwhile Fabian attended workshops led by Ray Brown, George Gruntz, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano and George ...
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