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Igor Lumpert & Innertextures
3+ albums
jazzfree jazzinstrumentalamericansax
about
What makes Igor’s music and playing so unique is its complexity. There is a quality to his playing and compositions that has absorbed the rich traditions of jazz music in this country but has also added something new and unidentifiable. His compositions flow with ease and vitality off odd time signatures. There is also darkness and a mystery to his sound that is all his own. No one else sounds like that—and that’s one of the highest compliments you can give to a jazz musician. The complex emotions that feed the sounds of great artists in the jazz tradition have to do with the experience of enormous conflicts. You can’t fake that quality, and Igor has it. Jane Ira Bloom, Saxophonist/composer/Grammy winner A progressive tenor/soprano saxophonist and composer, Igor’s music represents a unique fusion of jazz, funk, Eastern European rhythms, and modern neo-bop sketches. He has performed with jazz legends including Reggie Workman, John Abercrombie, Chico Hamilton, Nasheet Waits, Doug Hammond, Ben Monder, Robert Glasper, Jonathan Blake, Damion Reid, Chris Tordini, Tommy Crane, Matt Brewer, Jamire Williams, Sam Barsh, Joe Sanders, Liberty Ellman, Tyshawn Sorey, Rodney Green, Sonny Simmons, Boris Kozlov, Andy McKee and many others. Born October 27, 1975, in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, Igor began his professional training at age 19 at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz, Austria, where he studied with Doug Hammond. During this period, he was a member of Munich-based band Sidewinders, winner o
