Christof Kurzmann
Christof Kurzmann (* 19th June 1963 in Vienna ) is a from Austria originating Jazz - and improviser . He sings and plays the saxophone and clarinet .
Life
Kurzmann is mainly active in the field of electronic and experimental music and free jazz. He worked with musicians such as John Butcher , Ken Vandermark , Burkhard Stangl , Kai Fagaschinski , Martin Brandlmayr , Clayton Thomas and Leonel Kaplan . The Boiled frogs project was created with the video artist Michaela Grill . At the SWR's New Jazz Meeting he improvised with Steve Lacy and Philip Jeck in Bernhard Lang's project trio × 3 . At the Donaueschinger Musiktage 2004 his electronic composition 4rooms with Andrea Neumann and Tony Buck was performed.
Kurzmann leads several of his own formations, including the orchestra 33 1/3 and The Magic ID. He forms the snow duo with guitarist Burkhard Stangl . He is a member of the bands The Magic ID and Made To Break.
After several years in Berlin and Buenos Aires, Kurzmann settled back in his native Vienna.
Discographic notes
- Orchestra 33 1/3 with Thomas Berghammer, Markus Binder , Peter Brötzmann , Franz Hautzinger , Christian Fennesz , Michael Moser, Franz Reisecker, Mex Wolfsteiner, 1996
- shabotinski: stenimals with Eugene Chadbourne , Werner Dafeldecker , Uli Fussenegger, Ernesto Molinari , Max Nagl , Lukas Schiske, Peter Paul Skrepek, Burkhard Stangl , 1996
- snow with Burkhard Stangl , 2000
- Misunderstanding between Hertz and Megahertz with John Butcher , 2002-03
- Air Between , 2003
- Dafeldecker Kurzmann Drumm eRikm Dieb13 Noetinger with Werner Dafeldecker , Dieb13 , Jérôme Noetinger , Kevin Dumm 2003
- Then & Now (double LP), 2014 (trost records)
Web links
- Discography at Allmusic
- (own blog)
- Christof Kurzmann at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kurzmann, Christof |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian jazz and improvisation musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |