Eberhard Weber
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Location Munchen, DE
Profile Views: 70783
Last Login: 3/23/2009
Member Since 6/14/2006
Website This page is by idb for Herr Weber.
Record Label ECM Records
Type of Label Major
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.. Eberhard Weber (born 1940 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a bassist. He began recording in the early 1960s, and released his first record under his own name in 1973. In addition to his career as a musician, he also worked for many years as a television and theater director. He has designed an electric-acoustic bass featuring an extra C-string. .. His music, often in a melancholic tone, follows simple ground patterns (frequently ostinatos), yet is highly organized in its colouring and attention to dramatic detail. .. Weber was a notable early proponent of the solid-body electric double bass, which he has played regularly since the beginning of the 1970s. .. From the early 1960s to the early 1970s, his closest musical association was with pianist Wolfgang Dauner. Their many mutual projects were very diverse, from mainstream jazz to jazz-rock fusion to avant-garde sound experiments. During this period he also played and recorded with (among many others) pianists Hampton Hawes and Mal Waldron, guitarists Baden Powell and Joe Pass, and violinist Stephane Grappelli. .. In 1973 he made his first record as a leader, The Colours of Chloë, for ECM Records. Since then he has released 10 more records under his own name, all on ECM. The ECM association also led to collaborations with other ECM recording artists such as Gary Burton (Ring, 1974; Passengers, 1976), Ralph Towner (Solstice, 1974; Sound and Shadows, 1977), Pat Metheny (Watercolors, 1977), and Jan Garbarek (9 recordings between 1978 and 1998). .. In the mid-1970s he formed his own group, Colours, with Charlie Mariano (soprano saxophone, flutes), Rainer Brüninghaus (piano, synthesizer), and Jon Christensen (drums). After their first recording, Yellow Fields (1975), Christensen left and was replaced by John Marshall. The group toured extensively and recorded two further records, Silent Feet (1977) and Little Movements (1980), before disbanding. .. Since the early 1980s, Weber has regularly collaborated with the British singer-songwriter Kate Bush, playing on four out of her last five studio albums (The Dreaming, 1982; Hounds of Love, 1985; The Sensual World, 1989; Aerial, 2005). .. Since the early 1990s his performing and recording activity has decreased considerably -- he has had only two new recordings under his own name since 1990. His main touring activity during this period has been as a regular member of the Jan Garbarek Group. .. Weber has, on at least five occasions, drawn on text from the book Watership Down (by Richard Adams) for the names of his compositions and albums. Examples include "Silent Feet" and "Eyes That Can See in the Dark" from the Silent Feet album; "Often in the Open" from the Later That Evening album; and "Quiet Departures" and the title track on the Fluid Rustle album. .. >>text stolen outright from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_Weber. .. This MySpace page is a fansite by idb; if anyone has contact information for Herr Weber, please let him know about this fansite! -
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En concert le 20/11 à Paris à l'Entrepôt avec Zygmunt Blazynsky (texte):"Les pensées du Bouddha".
Live in Paris 11-20 with Zygmunt Blazynsky (sopken words) : "The thouhgts of Budha".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPcF1ZnJoIQ
Hello from the UK.
Many thanks for the addition to your page here on MySpace.
One of my favourite album 'Stages of a Long Journey,"
When a fighter come to a decisive time he must stand on the celestial floatting bridge , a place where the spirit of Gods , Buddhas and men collide , a place where time diseappear and loss and victory have already have been decided according to the dharma.You can hear him sing the kototamas or magic letters at the beginning of that song : Ame-no-Uke Ashi (the celestial bridge) :http://snd.sc/r89BBD
Eberhard Weber got played on La Villa Strangiato! "A Dark Spell" from Little Movements [1980] was featured live September 1, 2011 on CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa, Canada). By far one of the *finest* tracks I've had the pleasure of presenting on the radio...
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Free acoustic concert of Ujjaya (12 & 6 cords open-tuned folk guitars, tibetan bowl,jewish harp) on Sunday 5th June ,1 P.M at the Cafezoïd ,Paris The progressive fans of the Gabriel era Genesis will appreciate
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…thanks for a lifetime of inspiration:-))
