Urs Leimgruber

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Urs Leimgruber
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Urs Leimgruber in 2014
Born1952
Nationality Swiss
Occupation Saxophonist
Style Jazz, Free improvisation

Urs Leimgruber (1 January 1952 in Lucerne) is a Swiss saxophonist. He lived in Paris from 1988 to 2005. Then he came back to his home town, Lucerne. His fields of activity are improvisation, Jazz and 20th-century classical music. [1]

Discography

With Steve Lacy

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References

  1. Thom Jurek. "Urs Leimgruber | Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-11-16.