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Selected Clips: Frank Gratkowski was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1963. He started playing saxophone at the age of 16. Following a period at the Hamburg Conservatory, he moved to Cologne, Germany in 1985 to study at the Cologne Conservatory of Music where he graduated in 1990. Gratkowski has worked as a soloist in various international formations. Since 1990, he has given solo performances throughout Europe, Canada and US Fred Van Hove was born in 1937 in Antwerp, Belgium. Van Hove studied piano, theory and harmony at the Music Academy in Belgium and experimented with several jazz styles and dance music before making the transition to free improvisation with local musicians. In 1966, Van Hove began his collaboration with Peter Brotzmann, initially in a quartet or larger groupings, then stabilized into a trio format with Han Bennink. In 1972, Van Hove founded the musicians' collective WIM, whose aim is to improve the situation of free music in Belgium. Tony Oxley was born in Sheffield, England in 1938 and began playing improvised music in the mid-1960s with Derek Bailey and Gavin Bryars. In the last 25 years, Oxley has performed and recorded in a wide range of groups including those with Paul Bley and Cecil Taylor. |
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Crew's Choice Selection The first recording by this trio and long overdue. This is a trio with a sensational ability to open spaces up, to leave room and appreciate the delicacies of one another's musical choices. Proving there are no generation gaps at this level of music, on GratHovOx this trio is working high above the earth on the thinnest of tight ropes without a safety net. The calculated risk pays off with one of the strongest recordings produced by any of these musicians in what is already a highly enviable discography. Comes with our highest recommendation. 8 tracks in 63:26 minutes :::>>> Tell A Friend About This CD From Drimala If you like this cd, you might also enjoy listening to: Quicksand (Gratkowski, Grawe, Lovens) Kollaps (Gratkowski, Wierbos, Manderscheid, Hemingway) Flux (Van Hove) Flume Factor (Gratkowski, Manderscheid, Hemmingway) Three October Meetings (Fuchs, Bryerton, Smith) |
