Ingrid Laubrock

Ingrid Laubrock (* September 24 1970 in city wage ) is a German jazz musician (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone). In particular, on the tenor and soprano saxophone it has " developed a completely unique and distinctive voice that is able to adapt flexibly to a variety of contexts. "

Life and work

Laubrock received from the age of four piano lessons and sang in choirs from the age of eleven. After graduating from high school in 1989 she moved to Britain, where she lived until 2008. In London, she received saxophone lessons with Jean Toussaint and soon worked with musicians in the F- IRE Collective. In 1993 she founded the Brazilian singer Monica Vasconcelos " Nois4 "; after a period of study at Myra Melford was followed in 2006 the establishment of the Nonet "No". In the same year she documented on CD her duo with pianist Liam Noble, which was later expanded with the drummer Tom Rainey Trio for "Sleep Thief" ( same CD at " Intact " 2008). She is in demand as a guest soloist and has with Kenny Wheeler, Evan Parker, David Liebman, Billy Cobham, Jean Toussaint, Norma Winstone, Stan Sulzmann, Lol Coxhill, David Axelrod, Veryan Weston, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Django Bates ( in "Human Chain " ) worked. Furthermore, it interprets contemporary classical music ensemble Continuum.

In 2008, she moved to Brooklyn, where she quickly took root and enriched with their bands Anti- House, Paradoxical Frog and Sleepthief the New York scene.

Prizes and awards

She was nominated for the BT Jazz Awards 1999. For their work in F -IRE Laubrock was awarded the 2004 "BBC Jazz Award for Innovation". With a Fellowship for Jazz Composition of the Arts Foundation was honored her compositional work in 2006. 2009 she was awarded the SWR - Jazz Prize; after the jury had to find her in the German Jazz " one of his most creative and idiosyncratic artists. " 2012, she received the scholarship Improviser in Residence of the city of Moers and lived and worked for a year in the town in the Lower Rhine.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Sometimes ( Candid, 2001)
  • Forensic (F -IRE, 2005)
  • Sleep Thief ( Intakt Records, 2008 with Liam Noble, Tom Rainey )
  • Anti- House ( Intakt 2010, with Mary Halvorson, John Hébert, Tom Rainey and Kris Davis)
  • The Madness of Crowds ( Intakt, 2011 with Liam Noble and Tom Rainey )
  • Strong Place ( Intakt, 2012 with Mary Halvorson, Kris Davis, John Hebert, Tom Rainey )
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