James Wylie clarinet, alto saxophone
Elias Stemeseder piano, wurlitzer
Julius Heise vibraphone, marimba, whistling
Igor Spallati double bass
Max Andrzejewski drum set, glockenspiel, miscellaneous percussion, whistling
Martin Kruemmling drum set, miscellaneous percussion
Canadian Anna Webber's worlds of sound are out of the ordinary. Born in 1984 in British Columbia and living in New York City since 2008, Weber is one of the exceptional international jazz discoveries of the last few years. Anna Kristin Webber plays saxophone and flute, and composes. She has worked with such well-known colleagues as John Hollenbeck, Ben Street, and Dave Douglas. Her Album "Third Floor People" (Nowt Records, 2010) made people sit up and take notice. On it she presented two separate quartets, each without bass, one from Montreal, the other from New York. The praise paid to her by pianist Jason Moran is especially striking. Anna Webber studied with Moran, as well as with such other well-known musicians as John Hollenbeck und George Garzone. Jason Moran says about her, "Anne Weber belongs to those few musicians who have no problem combining intellectual curiosity with pure emotion. Every time I play with her, she reveals a completely new sound. She goes her own way with complete confidence, and I'm eager to know what her next step will be. She's a brilliant player."
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