Alexander von Schlippenbach
Alexander von Schlippenbach (born 1938 in Berlin) is a German pianist and composer who has played free jazz since the 1960s. In 1966 he formed the Globe Unity Orchestra for a piece premiered at the Berlin Jazz Festival, and he has long led a trio with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens. He studied composition in Cologne with Bernd Alois Zimmermann and played early on with trumpeter Manfred Schoof. Much of his work appeared on FMP, including the trio's Pakistani Pomade, and later on Intakt. In 1988 he founded the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, with members such as Misha Mengelberg, Willem Breuker, Kenny Wheeler and his wife, pianist Aki Takase; an album by the orchestra came out on ECM in 1990. He has also recorded all of Thelonious Monk's compositions, released as Monk's Casino (Intakt, 2005). He received the Albert Mangelsdorff Prize in 1994.
Alexander von Schlippenbach (born 1938 in Berlin) is a German pianist and composer who has played free jazz since the 1960s. In 1966 he formed the Globe Unity Orchestra for a piece premiered at the Berlin Jazz Festival, and he has long led a trio with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens. He studied composition in Cologne with Bernd Alois Zimmermann and played early on with trumpeter Manfred Schoof. Much of his work appeared on FMP, including the trio's Pakistani Pomade, and later on Intakt. In 1988 he founded the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, with members such as Misha Mengelberg, Willem Breuker, Kenny Wheeler and his wife, pianist Aki Takase; an album by the orchestra came out on ECM in 1990. He has also recorded all of Thelonious Monk's compositions, released as Monk's Casino (Intakt, 2005). He received the Albert Mangelsdorff Prize in 1994.
