Eberhard Weber | Artist

Eberhard Weber is a German double bassist and composer born 1940 in Stuttgart. As a bass player, he is known for his highly distinctive melancholic tone and phrasing. Weber's compositions blend chamber jazz, European classical music, minimalism and ambient music, and are regarded as characteristic examples of the ECM Records sound. Starting with his 1973 debut solo album The Colours of Chloë, Weber has released 13 more records under his own name, all on ECM. The ECM association also led to many excellent collaborations with other ECM recording artists such as Gary Burton, Ralph Towner, Pat Metheny and Jan Garbarek. In the mid-1970s Weber formed his own group, Colours, with Charlie Mariano (soprano saxophone, flutes), Rainer Bruninghaus (piano, synthesizer) and Jon Christensen (drums). That group released two excellent albums, Silent Feet in 1978 and Little Movements in 1980. Since the early 1980s, Weber has also regularly collaborated with the British singer-songwriter Kate Bush, playing on four of her last six studio albums. In addition to the two Eberhard Weber Colours albums, standout solo albums include The Colours of Chloe (1974), Yellow Fields (1976) and Pendulum (1993). The superb live album Stages of a Long Journey (2007) has Weber playing with a full orchestra and features guest performances by Gary Burton, Jan Garbarek, Marylin Mazur and Rainer Bruninghaus. In addition to his career as a musician, Weber also worked for many years as a television and theatre director. He has also designed an electric-acoustic bass with an additional string tuned to C.

Artist Website: wikipedia/Eberhard_Weber

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Related Artists: Gary Burton, Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett, Kenny Wheeler, Eberhard Weber Colours

Video Clips: Double Bass Solo, Yellow Fields, Sand Glass