Photo Manuel Miethe

UWE OBERG & SILKE EBERHARD

+ GERRY HEMINGWAY

UWE OBERG   piano
SILKE EBERHARD   alto saxophone, clarinet
+ GERRY HEMINGWAY    drums

TURNS UWE OBERG & SILKE EBERHARD 11 pieces by Eberhard, Oberg, Carla Bley, Annette Peacock, Jimmy Giuffre Rec. in Berlin & Cologne 2015 (Leo Records 749)

Concerts 2023: April 16 -Wiesbaden/Germany art.ist

Reviews: Oberg and multi-reedist Eberhard put a new spin on tunes that in the main were composed 40 or 50 years ago. Another indication of their skills is how their originals cause no ripples when floating next to the American composed tracks. JazzWord / Ken Waxman 2016 ...a divine concert full of surprises and beauty. There isn't too much comparable. Uli Olshausen / FAZ STEWART KREMSKY 2017 (english) PERCORSI MUSICALI 2016 (Italian) ROBERT RATAJCZAK 2016 (Polish) HIS VOICE 2016 (Czech) MUSICZOOM 2016 (Italian) CITIZEN JAZZ 2016 (french)

Music & Videos:

Silke Eberhard and Uwe Oberg started in 2014 playing compositions by Carla Bley, Annette Peacock, Jimmy Giuffre
and originals. Music related to the Free Jazz-movement of the 1960ies. Their 2016 released CD TURNS made it on the
longlist "Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik".

In the meantime Oberg & Eberhard explore free musical spaces, frequently with legendary US-drummer Gerry Hemingway.
As a trio they made their stunning debut at Just Music Festival Wiesbaden in 2016.

SILKE EBERHARD *1972
Alto saxophonist and clarinetist Silke Eberhard studied at the Musikhochschule Hanns Eisler in Berlin, followed by
David Liebman´s masterclass in the USA, and the Jazz Workshop + Residency at the Banff Centre of the Arts in Canada.
In 2004/2005 she was a guest-professor at the Ponitificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá in Colombia.
Besides her longstanding Trio with Jan Roder on bass and Kay Lübke on drums, current projects are the Duo OCA
with pianist Aki Takase and Potsa Lotsa,– a lineup of horns, play the complete compositions of Eric Dolphy.
She has performed and/or recorded with musicians such as Ulrich Gumpert, David Liebman, Johannes Bauer,
Sabine Worthmann, Baby Sommer, Dave Burrell, Gerry Hemingway, Petra Krumphuber, Alex Huber, Michael Zerang,
Louis Rastig, Niko Meinhold, Antonis Anissegos, Terry Lyne Carrington, Hannes Zerbe, Olaf Rupp, NeWt Trio a.m.o.
Eberhard has also been involved in interdisciplinary projects, especially in combination with theater or dance.
She has toured Europe, Middle East, North Africa, USA, Canada, Colombia, Brasil, Japan and China.

UWE OBERG *1962, piano since 1970, member of the Kooperative New Jazz (ARTist) Wiesbaden, active since the
early 80ies in various fields from conceptual Jazz/New Music to free improvisation, performances with dance/theatre/lyrics,
music for silent movies, HumaNoise Congress, cooperation with international musicians: ALFRED HARTH, TONY OXLEY,
PETER KOWALD, URS LEIMGRUBER, SAADET TÜRKÖZ, HEINZ SAUER, SUBROTO ROY CHOWDHURY, XU FENGXIA,
SVEN-AKE JOHANSSON, RUDI MAHALL, PAUL LOVENS, EVAN PARKER, ERIC PLANDÉ, PAUL ROGERS a.m.o.
He leads the trio LACY POOL (w Rudi Mahall & Michael Griener) playing exclusively the music of Steve Lacy. Also he
plays in various improvising ensembles, such as CUSH w Saadet Türköz and Paul Lovens. In 2004 was invited to the
Darmstadt Workshop for New Music and the Warzaw Autumn. Numerous CDs. In 2007 Oberg received the Jazzprize
of the state of Hessen.
(...) everything he touches becomes informed and intensified. ART LANGE / CHICAGO
Oberg is one of the few, that really join american with european improvised music;(...) one of the most intriguing pianists
at the fascinating intersection of New Music and Free Jazz, who impresses with an economic style. RADIO ORF / AUSTRIA

GERRY HEMINGWAY (born 1955) was a member of the legendary Anthony Braxton quartet from 1983 to 1994. He has also
performed with Ernst Reijseger, Anthony Davis, Earl Howard, Leo Smith, George Lewis, Ray Anderson, Mark Helias,
Reggie Workman, Michael Moore, Oliver Lake, Marilyn Crispell, Christy Doran, John Wolf Brennan, Don Byron, Cecil Taylor,
and Cuong Vu.
Hemingway received a Guggenheim Fellowship for his work in music composition in 2000, and was a student of Alan
Dawson. He is a graduate of Foote School in New Haven. He has recorded on over one hundred albums for the
labels Clean Feed, Enja, hatArt, Palmetto, Random Acoustics, and Tzadik. He owns his own label, Auricle.

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