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	YERBA BUENA / ORIGINS OF SAN FRANCISCO

	cover of the album

Johannes Bauer from Berlin, best known for his work with his brother Connie Bauer and the bands Doppelmoppel and Slawterhaus, is one of the most dramatic and articulate trombone players in the German improvising music scene and has made substantial contribution to free and new music since the seventies as a soloist, composer for improvising musicians and in various ensembles. He is instantly recognizable by his amazing sound, rhetoric and the seamless blend of highly theatrical and lyrical playing.



Per Ake Holmlander from Stockholm, is one of the leading exponents of the new generation of improvisers and new music performers in Sweden. Per Ake is known both in the new music and free improvising scene as a virtuoso on the tuba with an amazing range of colors and dynamics. He is member of Mats Gustafsson's NU Ensemble and Barry Guy's London Jazz Composers Orchestra amongst others, and is also well known for his contribution to music theatre.

Herb Robertson from New York, is internationally renowned as an innovative instrumentalist, composer, and arranger in traditional and avant-garde jazz and new music. He has performed and recorded with Tim Berne, Mark Helias, John Zorn, George Gruntz, Bobby Previte, London Jazz Composers Orchestra, Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra and Bill Frisell. He has also recorded five albums under his leadership for JMT. The New York Times writes about his playing: "Herb Robertson forced runs of superhuman length, power and density from his horn, yet his tone was amazingly clear and crisp. He used a range of half-values, split tones and mutes to introduce a breadth of tonal colorations to his performance."