Clarinet Contrast
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Clarinet Contrast was a clarinet
ensemble with rhythm group led by clarinetist Theo Jörgensmann
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The group, which included members from four country's, existed from 1975 to 1977 and had awakened the interest in the contemporary jazzscene for the clarinet and was also one of the participants in the clarinet Renaissance in jazz and improvised music scene.
The band members were the clarinetists Theo Jörgensmann, Bernd Konrad, Perry Robinson
, Hans Kumpf, Michel Pilz so as Günter Lenz
, bass and Peter Giger
, drums. Occasionally the clarinetists Gunter Hampel
and Willem Breuker
performed with Clarinet Contrast.
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
ensemble with rhythm group led by clarinetist Theo Jörgensmann
Theo Jörgensmann
Theodor Franz Jörgensmann is a jazz and free-improvising Basset clarinet player and composer. He has been a professional musician since 1975.-Activities:...
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The group, which included members from four country's, existed from 1975 to 1977 and had awakened the interest in the contemporary jazzscene for the clarinet and was also one of the participants in the clarinet Renaissance in jazz and improvised music scene.
The band members were the clarinetists Theo Jörgensmann, Bernd Konrad, Perry Robinson
Perry Robinson
Perry Morris Robinson is an American jazz clarinetist and composer. He is the son of the noted composer Earl Robinson. -Biography:...
, Hans Kumpf, Michel Pilz so as Günter Lenz
Günter Lenz
Günter Lenz is a German jazz bassist and composer.- Activities :First he learned, assisted by Carlo Bohländer, playing guitar and since the mid-1950s, he played jazz in the clubs of the U.S. Army. During the 1959/1960 national service, he switched to the bass...
, bass and Peter Giger
Peter Giger
Peter Giger is a Swiss percussionist and bandleader.-----His musical CV:1958 professional musician, tours in Europe with the Tremble Kids, Oskar Klein, Albert Nicholas, Bill Coleman, Joe Turner, Wild Bill Davison, Peanuts Holland1960 after short guest performance with Armand Gordons Ragtime Band,...
, drums. Occasionally the clarinetists Gunter Hampel
Gunter Hampel
Gunter Hampel is a German jazz vibraphonist, clarinettist, saxophonist, flautist, pianist and composer born in Göttingen, Germany, perhaps best-known for his album "The 8th of July 1969" that included fellow musicians Anthony Braxton, Willem Breuker and Jeanne Lee...
and Willem Breuker
Willem Breuker
Willem Breuker was a Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, and bass clarinetist....
performed with Clarinet Contrast.