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Blumer, Fridolin / Christopher Dell / Heinz Geisser / Robert Morgenthaler: Live At Loft Koln (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

"Listening to this music means encountering a quartet that, over the course of four years, has developed a shared language aimed not at recognizability but at presence. It emerges from being there: from four people in a room, from air, ...
 

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Robert Morgenthaler-trombone

Christopher Dell-vibraphone

Fridolin Blumer-bass

Heinz Geisser-percussion

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UPC: 752156107422

Label: ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd
Catalog ID: ezz-thetics 1074
Squidco Product Code: 37861

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2026
Country: Switzerland
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded live in concert at Loft, in Koln, Germany, on October 16th, 2025, by Stefan Deistler.
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"Robert Morgenthaler, Trombone studied at the Zurich Conservatory and at the Swiss Jazz School. Since 1979 he has been a lecturer at the HKB University of the Arts in Bern. Worldwide activities as a trombonist and composer. Tours in Europe, Africa, USA, South America, Asia and Russia. Various radio, TV and CD productions."

-Robert Morgenthaler Website (https://robertmorgenthaler.ch/?page_id=16)
10/14/2026

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"Prof. Dr. habil. Christopher Dell works as musician, theoretician and composer and in Berlin. Dell studied Philosophy, Music and Composition and holds a PhD in Organisation Psychology and a habilitation in cultural studies. Since 2000 Dell is head of the Institute for Improvisation Technology (ifit), Berlin. He currently holds a position as Professor for Urban Design Theory at the HafenCity University Hamburg. His teachings in Urban Desing Theory also include a.o. the University of Fine Arts Berlin, the Technical University Munich, Architectural Association London, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg and the Fine Arts Academy Arnhem. His Monographies include: "Prinzip Improvisation", Köln 2002, "Improvisations on Urbanity" Rotterdam 2009, "Tacit Urbanism", Rotterdam 2009, "Replaycity", Berlin 2011, "Die improvisierende Organisation", Bielefeld 2012, "Ware:Wohnen!", Berlin 2013 und "Das Urbane", Berin 2014.

According to the "Reclam Jazzlexikon" Dell is one of Europe's leading vibraphonists. He has recorded numerous CD's and toured throughout Europe, Canada, China, USA, Japan, India, Africa and South America. His work as musician was honored with several awards e.g. the Downbeat Allstar Award, the Award of the "Deutsche Schallplattenkritik", Finalist European Jazzcompetition Brussels, Jazzprize of the City of Frankfurt, Scholarship "International Summerclasses for New Music" Darmstadt, the Compositionprize ERTA, the JazzArt-Award - Music of the 21st Century, the Musicprize of the City of Darmstadt, Finalist of the German Jazz Prize and a Grammy-Nomination."

-Christopher Dell Website (https://www.christopher-dell.de/en/press-media/)
10/14/2026

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"I am a bassist, improviser and interpreter and play music in the area between jazz, improvisation, new music and pop.

I work internationally as a solo artist, with the band Ensemble 5 and as a sideman; an extensive discography on labels such as Leo Records, Hat Hut, Unit Records and TCB documents this work.

My music is inspired by everyday life and I look for illiteral or musical answers to the questions: What are we and what depths of passion, feeling, perception and thought can we reach?

My goal is to play clearly, concretely and directly. Without intention and in unconditional sincerity towards reality, in order to get closer to the point at which what is hidden behind concepts, ideologies, styles or common listening expectations becomes audible.

In order to develop a personal and new music/musical language, I research the musical tradition, current musical trends, groove/time, sound and the way the bass is played in relation to this.

At the age of eight I started playing the cello and discovered chamber music, and at the age of 15 I switched to the double bass and jazz. From 2003 to 2008 I studied at the Basel University of Music, Jazz Department, and since 2008 I have been working as a freelance bassist, stylistically independent."

-Fridolin Blumer Website (https://fridolinblumer.com/about)
10/14/2026

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"Heinz Geisser is a Swiss jazz guitarist, drummer and percussionist, born August 16, 1961 in Zürich, Switzerland."

-Discogs (https://www.discogs.com/artist/1402248-Heinz-Geisser)
10/14/2026

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