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Artist
Uwe Oberg Quartett
1+ albums
instrumentaljazzgermanpianobass
about
The German pianist Uwe Oberg (*1962/Offenbach) started playing piano at the age of seven, moved in the early 80s from popular music to Jazz and joined in 1986 the KOOPERATIVE NEW JAZZ / ARTist Wiesbaden, an association of improvising musicians. Improvisation is the keyword for his work. Impressed by Free-Jazz and New Music, he has developed exceptional piano techniques; influences are Thelonious Monk, Paul Bley, Cecil Taylor, Don Pullen, Ran Blake, Andrew Hill, Alexander v. Schlippenbach, the music of Anthony Braxton, the early piano compositions of John Cage and mainly european free improvisation. He is also a composer and a highly individual interpret of Jazz-compositions. He works in various musical contexts: as a soloist he bends the bow from inside pianoto the music of Monk. In his trio and quartet Oberg plays original and compositions associated with the early Paul Bley - but whatever he plays, he transforms each material in his very personal, twinkling sound without musical borders. Beside fixed projects he enjoys the improvised encounter with musicians from different styles and cultures. He often played in combination with other artforms, theatre / dance / lyrics, currently mainly with silent films, as a soloist and with ensembles. Cooperation with: ALFRED HARTH, PETER KOWALD, XU FENGXIA, MATTHIAS SCHUBERT, ULI PHILLIPP, TONY OXLEY, SVEN-AKE JOHANSSON, RUDI MAHALL, HEINZ SAUER, HR JAZZENSEMBLE, URS LEIMGRUBER, SAADET TÜRKÖZ, PAUL LOVENS, AXEL DÖRNER, FRANK GRATKOWSKI
