Paul Hanmer

Paul Hanmer (* 1961 in Cape Town ) is a composer and jazz pianist from South Africa .

Live and act

Hanmer studied at the University of Cape Town and moved to Johannesburg in 1987 . Together with drummer Ian Herman and bassist Pete Sklair, a three-piece band called themselves Unofficial Language was formed . She released her first album move moves in 1994 , which was followed by Primal Steps .

Hanmer is also the keyboardist for South African The Sheer All Stars , in which he has appeared with Sipho Gumede , McCoy Mrubata and Frank Paco. Comparable to the works of Keith Jarrett , his music is based on minimalistic repetition as well as on constant changes in texture, but is also "unmistakably shaped by his native South Africa".

Hanmer has also worked for Miriam Makeba , Hugh Masekela , Jonathan Butler and Pops Mohamed . In 2008 his clarinet quintet was premiered in the foyer musical of the Zurich Opera House . In 2009 he was artist in residence at the Künstlerhaus Boswil ; in the same year he performed in a duo with saxophonist McCoy Mrubata in Switzerland.

In January 2014 Hanmer's 7 Winter Episodes for solo basset-horn and orchestra were premiered by JSAG (Jugendsinfonieorchester Aargau) with Robert Pickup as soloist.

Discographic notes

• Trains to Taung (1997)
• Window to Elsewhere (1998)
• Playola (2000)
• Naïvasha (2002)
• Water and Lights (2004)
• Hanmer / Mrubata The Boswil Concert (2009)

with Unofficial Language

• move moves (1994)
• Primal Steps (1999)

Web links

• Paul Hanmer at Allmusic (English)
• Paul Hanmer at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

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