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Ingrid & IfeIngrid and Ife have supported Project Peru regularly over the past few years, by playing mainly bossa nova and samba, with occasional baiao or xote from the North-East of Brazil.
Saxophones Ingrid Laubrock was born in Stadtlohn, a small town in Germany, in 1970. She started having music lessons as young as 4 years old and began to play classical piano and sing in local choirs from the age of eight. Her first recording experience dates from that time, singing the solo voice in an arrangement for accapella choir on the town's record. Throughout her childhood she performed in church choirs and public concerts at the local music school. In 1989 Ingrid left Germany for London where she took up the Alto Saxophone. A year of studies with ex-Jazz Messenger Jean Toussaint followed in 1992. 1993 she met singer Monica Vasconcelos and guitarist Ife Tolentino, both from Sao Paulo in Brazil. Ingrid is one of the founder members of the Brazilian quartet AS MENINAS, and also a long-time member of Monica Vasconcelos' nine-piece band, NOIS. She has recorded as a sideman with NOIS (2 albums, the third one being on its way), with Matt Borgman's MEANDER , the Italian electric violinist Roberto Manes (featuring Rory Gallagher), with Gil Scott-Heron's bass player, Robbie Gordon , as co-leader with AS MENINAS, and finally her own projects . Her debut album 'WHO IS IT?' was released in 1998, to much critical acclaim. Her second CD 'SOME TIMES' was recorded in January and released in May 2001. In August 1998 and 1999, Ingrid took part in six-day master-classes run by world-renowned saxophonist and educator David Liebman, in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. She was nominated as 'Rising Star of the Year' in the British Jazz Awards for 1999. Also in 1999 Ingrid completed the postgraduate jazz course at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, passing with distinction. During that year she studied and played with David Liebman, Kenny Wheeler, Billy Cobham, Stan Sulzman and Jean Toussaint. AS MENINAS featured at the 'Holders Seasons International Music Festival' in Barbados (March 2000), supported Brazilian pop-stars Gilberto Gil at the Barbican Halls and Joyce at the Jazz Café. The quartet has performed several times on Andy Kershaw's Radio 3 World Music Programme, the last time in a live broadcast from the Jazz Café on 1st January 2001. In the summer of 2000 AS MENINAS played a series of gigs, supporting rock singer Bryan Ferry on his England tour. Ingrid's latest album features tenor saxophonist Julian Siegel, pianist Nikki Iles, trombonist Mark Bassey, and Byron Wallen on trumpet and flugelhorn. What the press says: "She plays exquisitely and with an atmospheric sense of space and delay reminiscent of Lee Konitz." John Fordham, The Guardian "An oblique, glancing player with a delicate sense and an alert ear for the activities surrounding her" John Fordham, The Guardian Guide "Her sound and elegant flowing lines proclaim a talent of the highest class." Brian Blain, Jazz UK "Ingrid Laubrock's mastery of her horns is complete - her comfortable ascendancy over the demanding material is absolute, all very stylish." Ken Rattenbury, Crescendo & Jazz Music "German-born Ingrid Laubrock has been steadily earning a solid reputation with her serious and versatile sax work." Blues & Soul "An impressive album from saxophonist Laubrock." Brian Priestley, Jazzwise "The whole album {…} is a great way to monitor the development of a fascinating career." The Guardian "An outstanding album…" Peter Bevan, Darlington Northern Echo "I feel that she is among the top few on the instrument in Britain today." Frank Griffith , MU magazine Ife Tolentino Guitar, electric bass, composition, arrangement
In 1978 he moved to Rio de Janeiro and spent 12 years performing, touring and recording with many of Brazil's top musicians and composers, such as Nana Vasconcelos, Toninho Horta, accordionists Sivuca and Dominguinhos, Joao Fagner, Paulo Moura, Jacques Morelenbaum, and many more. In 1992 he moved to London and soon became involved in London's Latin and Jazz scene, working with Monica Vasconcelos, Steve Lodder, John Paricelli, Paul Clarvis and Bosco de Oliveira. Since arriving in the UK he has recorded albums with Monica Vasconcelos' NOIS, and has co-led the Brazilian quartet AS MENINAS, with saxophonists Ingrid Laubrock and John O'Neill, and recorder player Pamela Thorpes. He has also been commissioned to write for the BBC Radio 4 programme 'Around the World in 8 Relays'. |
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