Philipp Wachsmann

Philipp Wachsmann
Philipp Wachsmann nel 2007
NazionalitàUganda (bandiera) Uganda
GenereJazz d'avanguardia
Fusion
Free jazz
Musica elettronica
StrumentoViolino
Etichetta
  • Bead
  • Vinyl Records
  • FMR
  • ECM
  • Sofa
  • Leo
  • Okka Disk
  • Ninth World Music
  • psi
  • Creative Sources
  • Intakt
  • FMP
  • CIMP
  • Incus
  • Discus
  • Soul Note

Philipp John Paul Wachsmann (Kampala, 5 agosto 1944[1]) è un violinista e compositore ugandese, probabilmente meglio conosciuto per aver fondato il proprio gruppo Chamberpot.[1].

Biografia

Ha lavorato con molti musicisti nel campo del free jazz, tra cui Tony Oxley, Fred Van Hove, Barry Guy, Derek Bailey e Paul Rutherford, solo per citarne alcuni.[1] Wachsmann è particolarmente noto per le sue performance nell'ambito della musica elettronica.[2]

Discografia

  • Chamberpot con Richard Beswick, Simon Mayo, Tony Wren (Bead, 1976)
  • Sparks of the Desire Magneto con Richard Beswick, Tony Wren (Bead, 1977)
  • Improvisations Are Forever Now (Vinyl Records, 1978)
  • For Harm con Harry de Wit (Bead, 1979)
  • Hello Brenda! con Richard Beswick (Bead, 1981)
  • Writing in Water (Bead, 1985)
  • Ellispontos (J.n.d., 1986)
  • The Glider & The Grinder con Tony Oxley (Bead, 1987)
  • Eleven Years from Yesterday con Peter Jacobsen, Ian Brighton, Marcio Mattos, Trevor Taylor (Bead, 1988)
  • Icarus con Roger Curphy, Mark Wastell, Carol Ann Jackson, Trevor Taylor (FMR, 1995)
  • Some Other Season con Paul Lytton (ECM, 1999)
  • August Steps con Teppo Hauta-Aho (Bead, 2000)
  • Wazahugy con Charlotte Hug, Ivar Grydeland & Ingar Zach (Sofa, 2002)
  • The Needles con Evan Parker, Teppo Hauta-aho (Leo, 2002)
  • Floating Phantoms con Tony Oxley and the B.I.M.P. Quartet (a/l/l, 2002)
  • Refractions in Air con Michael Bunce (Bead, 2003)
  • Zero Plus con Aurora Josephson, Jacob Lindsay, Damon Smith, Martin Blume (Balance Point Acoustics, 2003)
  • 888 con Evan Parker, Hugh Davies, Eddie Prevost (FMR, 2003)
  • Apparitions con Stan Adler, Paul Chauncy, Jon Lloyd, Rob Palmer (Leo, 2004)
  • Free Zone Appleby 2003 con Tony Coe, John Edwards, Alan Hacker, Sylvia Hallett, Marcio Mattos, Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler (psi, 2004)
  • Startle the Echoes con Matthew Hutchinson (Bead, 2004)
  • Expanded Botanics con Peter Ole Jorgensen, Jakob Riis (Ninth World Music, 2004)
  • Free Zone Appleby 2004 con Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, Joel Ryan (psi, 2005)
  • Free Zone Appleby 2005 con Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Gerd Dudek, Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, John Edwards, Tony Marsh, Tony Levin (psi, 2006)
  • Pacific 2003 con Martin Blume (Bead, 2005)
  • Cinc con Paul Lytton, Ken Vandermark (Okka Disk, 2006)
  • Refugium con Jorgensen, Riis (Ninth World Music, 2006)
  • Free Zone Appleby 2006 con Evan Parker, Rudi Mahall, Aki Takase, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Paul Rutherford, Paul Lovens (psi, 2007)
  • St. Cyprians 3 con Howard Riley, Tony Wren (FMR, 2012)
  • Gateway '97 con Turner, Thomas, Frangenheim (Creative Sources, 2013)
  • Berlin Kinesis con Turner, Thomas, Frangenheim (Creative Sources, 2015)
  • Alizarin con Roger Turner (Bead, 2015)
  • Imagined Time con Paul Lytton (Bead, 2016)
  • Garuda con Lawrence Casserley (Bead, 2016)
  • A Trust in the Uncertain and a Willingness to Be Exposed con Emil Strandberg, Sten Sandell, Patric Thorman (Found You, 2017)
  • Reunion Live from Cafe Oto con Evan Parker, John Russell, Ian Brighton, Marcio Mattos, Trevor Taylor (FMR, 2017)

Con Barry Guy's London Jazz Composers' Orchestra

  • Stringer (Four Pieces for Orchestra) (FMP, 1983)
  • Zurich Concerts (Intakt, 1987–88)
  • Harmos (Intakt, 1989)
  • Double Trouble (Intakt, 1990)
  • Study II (Intakt, 1991)
  • Theoria (Intakt, 1991)
  • Portraits (Intakt, 1993)
  • Three Pieces for Orchestra (Intakt, 1995)
  • Double Trouble Two (Intakt, 1998)
  • Radio Rondo/Schaffhausen Concert (Intakt, 2009)

Con Paul Lytton

  • The Balance of Trade (CIMP, 1996)

Con Roscoe Mitchell

  • Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (ECM, 2004)

Con Tony Oxley

  • February Papers (Incus, 1977; Discus, 2020)
  • A Birthday Tribute: 75 years (Incus, 2013) recorded in 1977 and 1993
  • Unreleased 1974–2016 (Discus, 2022) recorded in 1974, 1981, and 2016

Con the Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra

  • The Enchanted Messenger (Soul Note, 1995)

Con Evan Parker

  • Toward the Margins (ECM, 1996)
  • Drawn Inward (ECM, 1998)
  • Memory/Vision (ECM, 2002)
  • Boustrophedon (ECM, 2004)
  • The Moment's Energy (ECM, 2007)

Note

  1. 1 2 3 (EN) Colin Larkin (a cura di), The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz, 1ª ed., Guinness Publishing, 1992, p. 412, ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  2. ↑ (EN) Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather e Brian Priestley, Jazz: The Rough Guide, The Rough Guides, 1995, pp. 665–666, ISBN 1-85828-137-7.

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