OBERG / TÜRKÖZ / LEIMGRUBER

UWE OBERG PIANO, PREPARED PIANO
URS LEIMGRUBER TENOR-, SOPRANSAXOPHON (Paris)
SAADET TÜRKÖZ VOICE (Zürich)

Saadet Türköz from Zürich works mainy in the swiss scene and combines turkish and kasach songs with contemporary improvisation. She again and again draws from the musical tradition of her forefathers and thus found a fascinating and unique sound. She plays with Joelle Leandre, Martin Schütz, Elliott Sharp a.o. CD "Marmara Sea" (Intakt).

Urs Leimgruber from Switzerland (resident in Paris) is one of the most outstanding european saxophone players. Through the years he developed his solo playing further and found an almost archaic sound. He lets his instrument sound like drums, distorted guitars or gongs. His music is very complex, nevertheless it works purely and directly. He played with a lot of important musicians of the improvising scene, his music is documented on numerous CDs.