Torsten Müller (musician)
Torsten Müller (born November 25, 1957 in Hamburg ) is a German jazz and improvisation musician ( double bass player ).
Müller came to improvisation music in the mid-1970s. He became a member of the Free Music Communion (with Herbert Janssen and Udo Berger ), with which he recorded three albums. He was also a member of the improvisation ensemble King Übü Örchestrü led by Wolfgang Fuchs for ten years . He performed with Günter Christmann under the name Carte Blanche . From 1976 to 2001 he worked as a musician and producer at Radio Bremen .
Müller has performed in concerts around the world with musicians such as Evan Parker , John Russell , Jon Rose , Joëlle Léandre , John Zorn , Arto Lindsay , Alexander von Schlippenbach , Paul Lovens , Phil Minton , Charles Gayle , Melvyn Poore , Marilyn Lerner and Peter van Bergen .
In 2001 he moved to Vancouver, where he became a member of Dylan van der Schyff's gang X and founded the Hoxha group with van der Schyff and Paul Rutherford .
Discographic notes
- Günter Christmann, Torsten Müller, LaDonna Smith , Davey Williams White Earth Streak (Unheard Music, 1981–83)
- King Übü Örchestrü: Binaurality , 1992
- Twofer with John Corbett and Fred Lonberg-Holm , 1998–1999
- Milwaukee 2002 with Lol Coxhill and Paul Rutherford , 2002
- Hoxha , 2004
- Way Out Northwest with John Butcher and Dylan van der Schyff, 2007
- Paul Rutherford, Ken Vandermark, Torsten Müller & Dylan van der Schyff: Are We in Diego? , rec. 2004, ed. 2018
Web links
- Works by and about Torsten Müller in the catalog of the German National Library
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| SURNAME | Müller, Torsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz and improvisation musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |