Philipp Wachsmann

Philipp John Paul Wachsmann
Background information
Born	5 August 1944 Kampala, Uganda
Genres	Avant-garde jazz, Jazz fusion, Free jazz, Electronica
Occupation(s)	Violinist, Composer
Instrument	Violin

Philipp John Paul Wachsmann (born 5 August 1944) ^[1] is an African avant-garde jazz/jazz fusion violinist born in Kampala, Uganda, probably better known for having founded his own group Chamberpot. ^[1] He has worked with many musicians in the free jazz idiom, including Tony Oxley, Fred van Hove, Barry Guy, Derek Bailey and Paul Rutherford, among many others. ^[1] Wachsmann is especially known for playing within the electronica idiom. ^[2]

Discography

• Chamberpot with Richard Beswick, Simon Mayo, Tony Wren (Bead, 1976)
• Sparks of the Desire Magneto with Richard Beswick, Tony Wren (Bead, 1977)
• Improvisations Are Forever Now (Vinyl Records, 1978)
• For Harm with Harry de Wit (Bead, 1979)
• Hello Brenda! with Richard Beswick (Bead, 1981)
• Writing in Water (Bead, 1985)
• Ellispontos (J.n.d., 1986)
• The Glider & The Grinder with Tony Oxley (Bead, 1987)
• Eleven Years from Yesterday with Peter Jacobsen, Ian Brighton, Marcio Mattos, Trevor Taylor (Bead, 1988)
• Icarus with Roger Curphy, Mark Wastell, Carol Ann Jackson, Trevor Taylor (FMR, 1995)
• Some Other Season with Paul Lytton (ECM, 1999)
• August Steps with Teppo Hauta-Aho (Bead, 2000)
• Wazahugy with Charlotte Hug, Ivar Grydeland & Ingar Zach (Sofa, 2002)
• The Needles with Evan Parker, Teppo Hauta-aho (Leo, 2002)
• Floating Phantoms with Tony Oxley and the B.I.M.P. Quartet (a/l/l, 2002)
• Refractions in Air with Michael Bunce (Bead, 2003)
• Zero Plus with Aurora Josephson, Jacob Lindsay, Damon Smith, Martin Blume (Balance Point Acoustics, 2003)
• 888 with Evan Parker, Hugh Davies, Eddie Prevost (FMR, 2003)
• Apparitions with Stan Adler, Paul Chauncy, Jon Lloyd, Rob Palmer (Leo, 2004)
• Free Zone Appleby 2003 with Tony Coe, John Edwards, Alan Hacker, Sylvia Hallett, Marcio Mattos, Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler (psi, 2004)
• Startle the Echoes with Matthew Hutchinson (Bead, 2004)
• Expanded Botanics with Peter Ole Jorgensen, Jakob Riis (Ninth World Music, 2004)
• Free Zone Appleby 2004 with Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, Joel Ryan (psi, 2005)
• Free Zone Appleby 2005 with Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Gerd Dudek, Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, John Edwards, Tony Marsh, Tony Levin (psi, 2006)
• Pacific 2003 with Martin Blume (Bead, 2005)
• Cinc with Paul Lytton, Ken Vandermark (Okka Disk, 2006)
• Refugium with Jorgensen, Riis (Ninth World Music, 2006)
• Free Zone Appleby 2006 with Evan Parker, Rudi Mahall, Aki Takase, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Paul Rutherford, Paul Lovens (psi, 2007)
• St. Cyprians 3 with Howard Riley, Tony Wren (FMR, 2012)
• Gateway '97 with Turner, Thomas, Frangenheim (Creative Sources, 2013)
• Berlin Kinesis with Turner, Thomas, Frangenheim (Creative Sources, 2015)
• Alizarin with Roger Turner (Bead, 2015)
• Imagined Time with Paul Lytton (Bead, 2016)
• Garuda with Lawrence Casserley (Bead, 2016)
• A Trust in the Uncertain and a Willingness to Be Exposed with Emil Strandberg, Sten Sandell, Patric Thorman (Found You, 2017)
• Reunion Live from Cafe Oto with Evan Parker, John Russell, Ian Brighton, Marcio Mattos, Trevor Taylor (FMR, 2017)

With Barry Guy's London Jazz Composers' Orchestra

• Stringer (Four Pieces for Orchestra) (FMP, 1983)
• Zurich Concerts (Intakt, 1987–88)
• Harmos (Intakt, 1989)
• Double Trouble (Intakt, 1990)
• Study II (Intakt, 1991)
• Theoria (Intakt, 1991)
• Portraits (Intakt, 1993)
• Three Pieces for Orchestra (Intakt, 1995)
• Double Trouble Two (Intakt, 1998)
• Radio Rondo/Schaffhausen Concert (Intakt, 2009)

With Paul Lytton

• The Balance of Trade (CIMP, 1996)

With Roscoe Mitchell

• Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (ECM, 2004)

With Tony Oxley

• February Papers (Incus, 1977; Discus, 2020)
• A Birthday Tribute: 75 years (Incus, 2013) recorded in 1977 and 1993
• Unreleased 1974–2016 (Discus, 2022) recorded in 1974, 1981, and 2016

With the Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra

• The Enchanted Messenger (Soul Note, 1995)

With Evan Parker

• Toward the Margins (ECM, 1996)
• Drawn Inward (ECM, 1998)
• Memory/Vision (ECM, 2002)
• Boustrophedon (ECM, 2004)
• The Moment's Energy (ECM, 2007)

References

1. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 412. ISBN   0-85112-580-8.
2. Carr, Ian; Digby Fairweather; Brian Priestley (1995). Jazz: The Rough Guide . The Rough Guides. pp.  665–666. ISBN   1-85828-137-7.