- Peter Kowald
Peter Kowald (
April 21 1944 –September 21 2002 ) was a Germanfree jazz music ian.A member of the
Globe Unity Orchestra , and a touring double-bass player, Kowald collaborated with a large number ofEuropean free jazz and Americanfree-jazz players during his career, includingPeter Brötzmann ,Irène Schweizer ,Karl Berger ,Fred Anderson ,Hamid Drake ,Karl E. H. Seigfried ,Conny Bauer , Jeffrey Morgan,Wadada Leo Smith ,Günter Sommer , William Parker,Barre Phillips ,Joëlle Léandre , Lauren Newton andEvan Parker . He also recorded a number of solo double-bass albums, and was a member of theLondon Jazz Composer's Orchestra until 1985. He also recorded a number of pioneering double bass duets withMaarten Altena ,Barry Guy ,Joëlle Léandre ,Barre Phillips , William Parker,Damon Smith andPeter Jacquemyn .In addition, Kowald collaborated extensively with poets and artists and with the dancers
Gerlinde Lambeck ,Anne Martin (formerly ofPina Bausch Ensemble),Tadashi Endo ,Patricia Parker (founder of theVision Festival ),Maria Mitchell ,Sally Silvers ,Cheryl Banks (formerly ofSun Ra 's Arkestra),Arnette de Mille ,Sayonara Pereira , andKazuo Ohno . Specific works included "Die Klage der Kaiserin" (1989) withPina Bausch , short pieces (since 1989) withJean Sasportes , "The spirit of adventure" (1990) withAnastasia Lyra , "Wasser in der Hand" (1990/91) withChristine Brunel , and "Futan no sentaku"/"The burden of choice" (1990/91) withMin Tanaka andButch Morris .Besides his duo work with singers such as
Jeanne Lee ,Diamanda Galás orSainkho Namtchylak , Peter was especially interested in his international improvising ensemble Global Village with musicians from different cultural regions of the world: China, Japan, Near East, South Europe, North and South America.He died of a heart attack in
New York City in 2002.elected discography
*1966 Alexander Schlippenbach: "Globe Unity"
*1967: Peter Brotzmann: "For Adolphe Sax"
*1968: The Peter Brotzmann Octet: "Machine Gun"
*1973: Globe Unity Orchestra - "Live in Wuppertal"
*1979: Leo Smith/Kowald/Sommer: "Touch the Earth"
*1986: "Global Village Suite"
*1996/2003: "Duos 1" / "Duos 2"
*1998: Fred Anderson Trio - "Live at the Velvet Lounge"
*2003: "Global Village"References
* [http://kowald.de/index.html Official website]
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/kowald.html Kowald's FMP releases]
* [http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/ Full discography]
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