Thomas Borgmann
Thomas Borgmann (* 1955 in Münster ) is a German musician (tenor, soprano, sopranino saxophone ) and composer of jazz and free improvisation music .
Live and act
Borgmann first played in the early 1980s mainly in the Berlin Art Ensemble around Nick Steinhaus (1981 tour of South America for the Goethe Institute , 1982 Nickelsdorfer Konfrontationen) then in the Sirone Sextet (New York 1987), in the Hidden Quartet (with Dietmar Diesner , Erik Balke , Jonas Akerblom) as well as at Noise & Toys (with Valery Dudkin, Sascha Kondraschkin). He founded the Orkestra Kith'N Kin in 1991 (with Hans Reichel , John Tchicai , Pat Thomas , Jay Oliver , Mark Sanders , Lol Coxhill and others). He then toured with his quartet Ruf der Heimat , which he founded in 1993 (with Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky , Peter Brötzmann , Willi Kellers , Christoph Winckel ) and with the trio Blue Zoo with Borah Bergman and Brötzmann. 1984–1996 he organized the STAKKATO festival in Berlin.
Since the mid-1990s he worked with Wilber Morris and Denis Charles in the BMC trio . Also in the Alliance quartet with Petrowsky, DJ jayrope and Michael Griener and in Boom Box (initially with Tony Buck and Joe Williamson ). After Denis Charles died in 1998, he worked with Reggie Nicholson and Wilber Morris in the BMN trio until 2002 . In his trio Boom Box he now plays with Willi Kellers and Akira Andō . He performed at many international jazz festivals.
He also played with Caspar Brötzmann , André Jaume , Jason Kahn, Tony Buck , Paul Lytton , Evan Parker , Conny Bauer , Johannes Bauer , Charles Gayle , Lol Coxhill , Phil Minton , William Parker , Jason Hwang , Heinz Sauer , Thurston Moore , Enver Ismailov , Shoji Hano , Alexander von Schlippenbach , Vladimir Chekasin , Rashied Bakr , Roy Campbell , Melvyn Poore , Perry Robinson , Vattel Cherry, Kip Hanrahans Latin Groove and Jean-Paul Bourelly .
Prizes and awards
In 1994 and 1996 Borgmann was the winner of the Berlin Jazz Grant.
Discography (selection)
- Some More Jazz , (2020), NoBusiness Records , NBLP 133, KEYS & SCREWS with Jan Roder / Willi Kellers
- One for Cisco , (2016), NoBusiness Records, NBLP 91, Thomas Borgmann Trio with Max Johnson / Willi Kellers
- Nasty & Sweet , (2012), NoBusiness Records, NBLP 57/58, BMN-Trio with Wilber Morris / Reggie Nicholson
- boom box - jazz , (2011), boom box (with Willi Kellers / Akira Andō), jazzwerkstatt, jw 106
- Live at Tunnel , LP Qbico Records 2000, BMN-Trio with Wilber Morris / Reggie Nicholson
- Cooler Suite , Grob Records, Grob 539 LC 10292, with Brötzmann / William Parker / Rashied Bakr
- The Last Concert , Silkheart Records , SHCD 151 (USA), BMN-Trio with Wilber Morris / Denis Charles
- ... You See What We Sayin? , CIMP 188 (USA), BMN Trio with Wilber Morris / Reggie Nicholson
- Orkestra Kith'N Kin , Cadence Jazz Records CJR 1081 (USA), with Hans Reichel / Lol Coxhill / Dietmar Diesner / Mark Sanders / Martin Mayes / Pat Thomas / Eric Balke / Jonas Ackerblom / Christoph Winckel
- Machine Kaput , Konnex Records 1996, KCD 5070, Call of Home with Peter Brötzmann / Willi Kellers / Christoph Winckel
- Call of Home , Konnex 1995, KCD 5067, Call of Home with Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky / Willi Kellers / Christoph Winckel
Web links
- Website by Thomas Borgmann
- Sound carrier by Thomas Borgmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Thomas Borgmann at Allmusic
- allaboutjazz.com: portrait
- Thomas Borgmann Interview with Mike Heffley (The Five Horsemen of the Pre-Millennium) , 2000, pp. 261–269
Individual evidence
- ^ Todd S. Jenkins Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia , Volume 1, page. 48
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Borgmann, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz saxophonist and improvisation musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |