Eric Von Essen
Eric Von Essen (born June 30, 1954 , † August 14, 1997 ) was an American bassist , cellist and composer of avant-garde jazz .
Live and act
Essen's mother is the Indian-born Bharatanatyam dancer and professor Medha B. Yodh (1927–2007), who taught at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1976 . He moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s to study at the same college. In 1978 he played in the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra , where he met Jeff Gauthier and began a long-term collaboration. With the brothers Alex and Nels Cline , they founded the Ensemble Quartet Music in 1979 , which existed until 1990. While working with Quartet Music , von Essen studied tabla playing in India. He belonged to the West Coast jazz scene from the late 1970s and worked a. a. with Jimmy Rowles , Bob Brookmeyer / Alan Broadbent ( Oslo , 1986) and Tom Harrell .
In 1989 Quartet Music was commissioned to compose music for a performance with the Milwaukee Symphony . Eric von Essen wrote Prayer for James Pt. 1 and Pt. 2 and orchestrated three other existing pieces of the group for the composition commission.
In 1992 Eric von Essen was bassist for the Lighthouse All-Stars and performed at the Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa Beach with Shorty Rogers and Bud Shank . He also played u. a. with Frank Morgan , Yusef Lateef , Vinny Golia and Mike Campbell . For seven years he directed the Jazz Tap Ensemble , in which he worked with Stacy Rowles . Since 1990 he played in a trio with Cecilia Coleman. In 1993 he worked on Lou Levy's Verve album Ya Know ; In 1994 he accompanied the singer Jeri Brown ( A Timeless Place ) together with Jimmy Rowles . In the mid-1990s he moved to Sweden to teach a conservatory. There he died of heart failure.
The tribute album The Music of Eric von Essen, Vol. 1 , was released posthumously on Jeff Gauthier's label Cryptogramophone Records in 2000 , in which Eric von Essen's compositions by artists such as Alan Broadbent, Alex Cline, Nels Cline, Stacy Rowles, Peter Erskine , Alan Pasqua , Joel Hamilton and Gauthier themselves. Gauthier continued the edition with Vol. II and Vol.III.
Discographic notes
- Alex Cline: The Lamp and the Star (ECM, 1987)
- Nels Cline: Angelica ( Enja , 1987)
- Art Farmer: Central Avenue Breakdown ( Contemporary Records , 1989)
- Jeff Gauthier: Internal Memo (Nine Winds, 1993)
- Lou Levy: Ya Know (Verve, 1993)
- Jimmy Rowles: Remember When (Mastermix, 1989) Duo
Web links
swell
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary for Medha Yodh at Ucla ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | From food, Eric |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | of food, Eric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1954 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1997 |