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Alexander Von Schlippenbach

Biography

Alexander von Schlippenbach (born 7 April 1938) is a German jazz pianist and composer. He came to prominence in the 1960s playing free jazz in a trio with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens, and as a member of the Globe Unity Orchestra. Since the 1980s, Von Schlippenbach has explored the work of more traditional jazz composers such as Jelly Roll Morton or Thelonious Monk.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

326 releases · 92 albums · active 1965–2026

  • Performance · 739
  • Other credits · 199
  • Production · 36
  • Engineering · 6
  • Mastering · 2

Studios: FMP Studio · Studio 70, Munich · Workshop Freie Musik · RIAS Berlin, Studio 10

Frequent collaborators

  • Aki Takase
  • Various
  • Schlippenbach Trio
  • Sven-Åke Johansson
  • Globe Unity Orchestra
  • Cecil Taylor
  • The Globe Unity Orchestra
  • Globe Unity

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