THE EMBASSADORs is a music collective formed by HAYDEN CHISHOLM- reed player/producer. The Collective is the result of over 12 years of Chisholm´s globetrotting, co-productions, collecting musical information and forging musical bonds. After years of world-wide music research, touring with groups like ROOT70, PLURAMON and BURNT FRIEDMAN/JACKI LIEBEZEIT, and creating the music for REBECCA HORN installations, Chisholm felt ready to begin tying it all together. After the success of the ROOT70 album HEAPS DUB on nonplace which he co-produced with Friedman, Chisholm felt the urge to push ahead with his own songs and his own group : "Music like this comes about through long friendship and has a long genesis- in our case we have been playing together for over a decade in different formations. The musicians are from New Zealand, South Africa, Peru, Kenya, and Germany - more than enough reason to go forth as THE EMBASSADORS."(H.Chisholm)
The collective is made up of the trombonist NILS WOGRAM, the leading trombone soloist of the European scene; bassist MATT PENMAN, first-call bassist in the NYC and collaborator with JOHN SCOFIELD; drummer JOCHEN RUECKERT, often imitated and sought after by figures like PAT METHANY and MADELEINE PEYROUX; violist and vocalist GARETH LUBBE, known as one of the prominent overtone singers in the world and principal violist in the LEIPZIGER GEWANDHAUS; cellist CLAUDIO BOHORQUEZ, one of the world´s top classical soloists with a unique faculty for improvising, and HAYDEN CHISHOLM on reeds and keys. With these figures, Chisholm has brought together leading figures from across the genres, setting the foundations for what is a truly GLOBAL music collective of the highest order.
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