
Cadence Jazz Records CJR 1081
Thomas Borgmann's Orkestra Kith 'n Kin
Hans Reichel - guitar, daxophone
Thomas Borgmann - sopranino and tenor saxophone
Lol Coxhill - soprano saxophone
Erik Balke - sopranino and alto saxophone
Dietmar Diesner - soprano and alto saxophone
Jonas Akerblom - bass saxophone
Martin Mayes - French horn
Pat Thomas - piano, electronics
Christoph Winckel - bass
Mark Sanders - drums, percussion.
- Two lines for Nick (58.56)
- The boom box (10.04)
- Recorded on 31 May 1995 at the Kulturhaus Peter Edel, Berlin.
- Cover art (reproduced above) by Manuela Warstat.
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N E W S L E T T E R # 25
THOMAS BORGMANN’S ORKESTRA - Kith’n Kin (Cadence 1081)
I’ve come to know Borgmann’s sax playing only in the last few years-from his few visits to NYC-a great trio with Peter Brotzmann & Borah Bergman was one such gig (and cd).
This here cd features tentet of some of the finest Euro improvisers-Hans Reichel (on guitar & daxophone), Lol Coxhill (soprano sax) & Dietmar Diesner (soprano, alto), Pat Thomas (piano & electronics), Mark Sanders (drums) plus five other Euro cats that I’m unfamiliar with.
This entire first piece (one hour) develops very organically, instead of being a free-jazz blow fest throughout, there are moments of magical chaos balanced with many amazing solos and free-but-connected ensemble passages.
The 5 man sax section is what gives this group its unique sound-2 sopraninos, 2 sopranos and a gargantuan bass sax!! Coxhill, Diesner & Borgmann all play outstanding sax solos, as does the bass saxist.
Who really stands out the most is of course Hans Reichel on daxophone (a self-made bowed wood instrument) which sounds like the spirits of wood given voice and Pat Thomas on dense piano excursions.
The piece opens with a Braxton-like ghost trance off balanced repetition and even goes through some Brotherhood of Breath-like hypnotic jazz/funk riffs.
Not to be missed!