Projects
First Gig Never Happened
Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus - two of the greatest and at the same
time most complicated personalities of jazz. The first program of the band,
whose first apparently gig never happened, takes up the compositional aspects
of the old masters and transforms them with new arrangements into their own musical
language. The trio with bass clarinet or soprano saxophone, Hammond-organ,
Fender Rhodes or piano, drums, may see the icons as pathfinders, but never lets
them get in the way. Rather, their inspiration, their "spirit", "energy, passion
and pleasure", as the band itself calls it, paves the way for new ideas and improvisations.
They count on Mingus without bass and Monk without hat.
Lineup
Lisa Hofmaninger - bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
Alexander Fitzthum - hammond, rhodes, piano
Judith Schwarz - extended drumset
www.firstgigneverhappened.com
Duo T42
Bass clarinet meets piano, soprano saxophone meets Rhodes and Organelle.
With a varied program consisting of their own compositions as well as contemporary works, the young duo Fitzthum/Hofmaninger with bass clarinet and soprano saxophone played by Lisa Hofmaninger and Alexander Fitzthum on keys will give you an insight into a musical world in which the boundaries between melody and bass, rhythm and sounds as well as improvisation and imitation become blurred.
Lineup
Lisa Hofmaninger - bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
Alexander Fitzthum - Rhodes, synths & fx, piano
duo-fitzthum-hofmaninger.alexanderfitzthum.com
RanKeys
RanKeys combines highly diverse styles with infectious rhythms as well as freshening sounds. Thanks to this particular instrumentation, a unique, inspiring and equally comfortable sound is developed. As they are throwing around spontaneous figures and motifs, the compositions can gain an exceptional range of colours which results in an enamoured audience.
Lineup
Alexander Fitzthum - keys and electronics
Christoph Rank - acoustic und electronic drums