Celebrating The Journal Violone – A Tribute To The Music And Life Of Barre Phillips at Loft

tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro

doors: 7.30 pm CEST
concert starts:
approx. 8.00 pm CEST

On December 28, 2024, Barre Phillips passed away at the age of 90 in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Phillips, who is considered one of the most influential, if not the most important double bassist of modern creative and contemporary improvisational music, leaves behind a remarkable oeuvre that will have a lasting influence on future generations of improvisers. Phillips moved to New York in 1962 after studying Romance studies at Berkeley University. There he took double bass lessons with Frederick Zimmermann and performed in Gunther Schuller’s Third Stream project with Eric Dolphy at Carnegie Hall in 1963. He also recorded a concerto by Larry Austin with the New York Philharmonic as a soloist under Leonard Bernstein. From 1964, he was a member of Jimmy Giuffre’s trio and toured Europe for the first time with George Russell’s sextet. He also worked with Attila Zoller and Archie Shepp until 1967....

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tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro

doors: 7.30 pm CEST
concert starts:
approx. 8.00 pm CEST

On December 28, 2024, Barre Phillips passed away at the age of 90 in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Phillips, who is considered one of the most influential, if not the most important double bassist of modern creative and contemporary improvisational music, leaves behind a remarkable oeuvre that will have a lasting influence on future generations of improvisers. Phillips moved to New York in 1962 after studying Romance studies at Berkeley University. There he took double bass lessons with Frederick Zimmermann and performed in Gunther Schuller’s Third Stream project with Eric Dolphy at Carnegie Hall in 1963. He also recorded a concerto by Larry Austin with the New York Philharmonic as a soloist under Leonard Bernstein. From 1964, he was a member of Jimmy Giuffre’s trio and toured Europe for the first time with George Russell’s sextet. He also worked with Attila Zoller and Archie Shepp until 1967.

Phillips settled permanently in Europe in 1967. In 1969, he played in an orchestral project with John Lennon and Yoko Ono as well as with Mike Westbrook. This was followed by engagements with Rolf Kühn, Michel Portal, Joachim Kühn and, in particular, with the style-defining The Trio (with John Surman and Stu Martin). From 1972 to 2021 he lived in Puget-Ville in the south of France. In the 1980s, he led his own groups, including a trio with Paul McCandless and Theo Jörgensmann (1985). He also worked with Accroche Note, Derek Bailey, Gunter Hampel, Jeanne Lee and Barry Guy’s London Jazz Composers Orchestra (until 1995). In the 1990s he recorded with Ornette Coleman, Franz Koglmann and Evan Parker.

His album Journal Violone (1968) is considered the first solo bass album in jazz. In 1971, he recorded the first double bass duo album with Dave Holland. Other influential projects included his collaboration with Pauline Oliveros, recordings with Bertram Turetzky and the double bass quartet After You Gone.

In his long and intensive career, Phillips has been a guest at LOFT several times and has influenced several generations of important Cologne bassists and had an impact on their artistic work.
Together, they pay homage to a great artist and inspiring person on this evening.

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