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Supreme Loop To Randy Weston by Uwe Oberg Quartett

Artist Biography For Uwe Oberg Quartett

The German Pianist Uwe Oberg *1962/Offenbach Started Playing Piano At The Age Of Seven Moved In The Early 80s From Popular Music To Jazz And Joined In 1986 The KOOPERATIVE NEW JAZZ / ARTist Wiesbaden An Association Of Improvising Musicians. Improvisation Is The Keyword For His Work. Impressed By Free-Jazz And New Music He Has Developed Exceptional Piano Techniques Influences Are Thelonious Monk Paul Bley Cecil Taylor Don Pullen Ran Blake Andrew Hill Alexander V. Schlippenbach The Music Of Anthony Braxton The Early Piano Compositions Of John Cage And Mainly European Free Improvisation.
He Is Also A Composer And A Highly Individual Interpret Of Jazz-Compositions. He Works In Various Musical Contexts As A Soloist He Bends The Bow From Inside Pianoto The Music Of Monk. In His Trio And Quartet Oberg Plays Original And Compositions Associated With The Early Paul Bley - But Whatever He Plays He Transforms Each Material In His Very Personal Twinkling Sound Without Musical Borders.
Beside Fixed Projects He Enjoys The Improvised Encounter With Musicians From Different Styles And Cultures. He Often Played In Combination With Other Artforms Theatre / Dance / Lyrics Currently Mainly With Silent Films As A Soloist And With Ensembles.
Cooperation With ALFRED HARTH PETER KOWALD XU FENGXIA MATTHIAS SCHUBERT ULI PHILLIPP TONY OXLEY SVEN-AKE JOHANSSON RUDI MAHALL HEINZ SAUER HR JAZZENSEMBLE URS LEIMGRUBER SAADET TÜRKÖZ PAUL LOVENS AXEL DÖRNER FRANK GRATKOWSKI ERIC PLANDÉ A.M.O. 2004 He Has Been Invited For The Project "DARMSTADT-WARSZAWA / SHARED SPACES" At The "Internationale Ferienkurse Für Neue Musik" Darmstadt And The Warsaw Autumn. In December 2007 Oberg Received The Award HESSISCHER JAZZPREIS. ENSEMBLES UWE OBERG QUARTET
U.O. Piano / Georg Wolf Bass / Jörg Fischer Drums / Frank Gratkowski Sax Cl LACY POOL Music By Steve Lacy U.O. Piano / Christof Thewes Trombone / Michael Griener Drums CD HatHut 2009 CUSH
U.O. Piano / Saadet Türköz Voice / Paul Lovens Drums & Perc. UWE OBERG & EVAN PARKER
U.O. Piano / Evan Parker Ss Ts CD Jazzwerkstatt May 2010 HIC SUNT LEONES
Frank Paul Schubert Ss As / Günter Baby Sommer Dr / U. O. Piano

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