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Eberhard Weber (born 1940 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a bassist. He began recording within the early Sixties, & freed his 1st record under his have title in 1973. Additionally to his career as a musician, he likewise worked for numerous years as a television & director. He has designed an electric-acoustic bass featuring an additional C-string.
His music, typically inside the melancholy tone, follows elementary ground system (often ostinatos), yet is extremely organized inside its colouring & attention to striking detail.
Weber was a notable early advocator of the firm-immune system electrical double-bass, which he has played regularly since the beginning of the Seventies.
From either a early Sixties to the early Seventies, his nearest musical association was by having piano player Wolfgang Dauner. Their several reciprocal projects were super diverse, from either mainstream jazz to jazz-rock fusion to avant-garde healthy experiments. In the time period of this period he likewise played & recorded by owning (among numbers of others) piano player Hampton Hawes and Mal Waldron, guitarists Baden Powell and Joe Pass, and fiddler Stephane Grappelli.
Around 1973 he manufactured his number 1 record as a leader, A Colours of Chloë, for ECM Records. Since so he has freed X additional records under his have title, entirely in ECM. A ECM association too led to collaborations using more ECM recording creative person like Gary Burton (Ring, 1974; Passengers, 1976), Ralph Towner (Solstice, 1974; Sound & Shadows, 1977), Pat Metheny (Watercolors, 1977), and Jan Garbarek (9 recordings between 1978 & 1998).
In the mid-1970s he formed his have class action, Colours, by having Charlie Mariano (soprano sax, flutes), Rainer Brüninghaus (piano, synthesizer), and Jon Christensen (drums). When their 1st recording, Yellow Fields (1975), Christensen left & was replaced by John Marshall. A class action toured extensively & recorded ii farther records, Silent Feet (1977) & Little Movements (1980), prior to disbanding.
Since a early Nineties his performing & recording activity has decreased considerably -- he has got single deuce fresh recordings under his have title since 1990. His independent traveling activity in the time of this period has been as a regular member of the Jan Garbarek Class action.
Weber has, in at least 5 occasions, drawn here from either a book Watership Down (by Richard Adams) for the names of his compositions & albums. Examples include "Silent Feet" & "Eyes That Can See in the Dark" from either a Silent Feet album; "Often in the Open" from either a Late That Evening album; & "Quiet Departures" & a title track on the Fluid Rustle album.
Tours:
2005 Oct 16 Heidelberg Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Germany
2005 Oct 17 Tübingen Sudhaus Germany
2005 Oct 19 Chemnitz Kreuzkirche Germany
2005 Oct 20 Schwäbisch Hall Altes Schlachthaus Germany
2005 Oct 22 Ulm Stadthaus Germany
2005 Oct 23 Erlangen E-Werk Germany
2005 Oct 2 dozen Kassel Theaterstübchen Germany
2005 Oct 25 Oldenburg Kulturetage Studio Germany
2005 Oct 26 Osnabrück Rosenhof Germany
2005 Oct 27 Kiel Räucherei Germany
2005 Oct 28 Aachen Jakobshof Germany
2005 Oct 29 Werne Rathaussaal Germany
2005 Oct 30 Rottweil Alte Paketpost Germany
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