John Butcher - saxophones
Claudia Ulla Binder - piano
John Butcher and Claudia Ulla Binder first played together in 1984 with violinist Ma Lou Bangerter, Phil Durrant and John Russell. Several group collaborations followed in the coming years with the duo emerging around 2008. With critics varying about the result, their music has generally been characterised as lyrical.
John Eyles writes about the duo's performance in their Under the Roof album (released by Nuscope Recordings):
"...the sounds here are recognisably from two distinct acoustic instruments. As well as playing the keys Binder plays inside the piano and also makes use of preparations. As ever, Butcher conjures a range of sounds from his horns by varying his embouchure and breathing techniques. Across 15 comparatively brief tracks (the longest under seven minutes, the shortest under two) the pair produce a vast array of sounds. The number of tracks, and the brevity of some, allows the pair to mix and match many contrasting aspects of their playing."
-published in All About Jazz June 2010. Online at: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=36708#.UX1tHeAzzQc
Claudia Binder - piano, John Edwards - double bass, John Butcher - saxophone at the Vortex Jazz Club, London 16-01-2010.
Sources/ More about the duo:
http://www.johnbutcher.org.uk/Some%20Collaborations.html#claudia
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2010/10/john-butcher-claudia-ulla-binder-under.html
Claudia Ulla Binder is a pianist based in Zurich and has been an active improvising musician since the beginning of 1980s. She has a preference for short pieces when it comes to music making and she has been mostly influenced by contemporay classical music rather than jazz, which seems to be a common background for the majority of improvising musicians.
Sources/ More about Claudia Ulla Binder:
http://www.claudiabinder.com/presse.html
http://www.claudiabinder.com/
Claudia Ulla Binder - piano
John Butcher and Claudia Ulla Binder first played together in 1984 with violinist Ma Lou Bangerter, Phil Durrant and John Russell. Several group collaborations followed in the coming years with the duo emerging around 2008. With critics varying about the result, their music has generally been characterised as lyrical.
John Eyles writes about the duo's performance in their Under the Roof album (released by Nuscope Recordings):
"...the sounds here are recognisably from two distinct acoustic instruments. As well as playing the keys Binder plays inside the piano and also makes use of preparations. As ever, Butcher conjures a range of sounds from his horns by varying his embouchure and breathing techniques. Across 15 comparatively brief tracks (the longest under seven minutes, the shortest under two) the pair produce a vast array of sounds. The number of tracks, and the brevity of some, allows the pair to mix and match many contrasting aspects of their playing."
-published in All About Jazz June 2010. Online at: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=36708#.UX1tHeAzzQc
Claudia Binder - piano, John Edwards - double bass, John Butcher - saxophone at the Vortex Jazz Club, London 16-01-2010.
Sources/ More about the duo:
http://www.johnbutcher.org.uk/Some%20Collaborations.html#claudia
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2010/10/john-butcher-claudia-ulla-binder-under.html
Claudia Ulla Binder is a pianist based in Zurich and has been an active improvising musician since the beginning of 1980s. She has a preference for short pieces when it comes to music making and she has been mostly influenced by contemporay classical music rather than jazz, which seems to be a common background for the majority of improvising musicians.
Sources/ More about Claudia Ulla Binder:
http://www.claudiabinder.com/presse.html
http://www.claudiabinder.com/
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