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As a composer as well as a musician Eberhard Weber
must be counted as one of the more remarkable personalities in European
jazz. Early in his life he developed his own technical style in which his
custom-made instrument played a major role; an electric-acoustic bass
featuring an extra C-String was designed by Weber and built for him by a
violinmaker. The typical tone of this instrument can be described as a
clear and bright singing sound with extraordinary flexibility. His perfect
intonation and musical intuition for open-spaces and melodic beauty define
his musical work. His name is representative for the emancipation of his
instrument the bass from it's former roll.
To expand and at the same time condense his sound Eberhard Weber uses
electronic devices for his solo performances. He will devise a theme, save
it, play another over it, overlaying a tapestry of rhythmically structured
sound planes over which he plays his melodic improvisations. Dream-like
pieces are developed in this manner that doesn't serve to show-off his
technic to play faster, higher and farther, but is solely concerned with
making the creative process more accessable to his audience while
spreading warmth and humor all around.
He is truely a musician of world-class standing, known to most audiences
through his many years of playing with the Jan Garbarek Group and for his
recording work with Kate Bush. Thanks to his extraordinary musical talent
and his sincerely enchanting and entertaining personality, he and his solo
concert appearances have become a favorite for many, who formly could not
have imagined sitting and listening to someone playing a bass for an
entire evening, enjoying themselves thoroughly while doing so.
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