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Infobox musical artist | name = Eberhard Weber| image = Eberhard Weber.jpg| caption = Eberhard Weber in Lucerne, Switzerland| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1940|01|22|mf=yes|birth_place = Stuttgart , Germany | death_date =| instrument = Electric upright bass Double bass , cello | genre = Jazz | occupation = Bassist , composer | years_active = 1962–present| label = ECM (record label)|ECM | associated_acts = Jan Garbarek , Kate Bush Pat Metheny , Ralph Towner Gary Burton | website = http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/2100/2133.php? lvredir=712& cat=%2FArtists%2FWeber+Eberhard%23%23Eberhard+Weber& catid=0& doctype=Catalogue& order=releasedate& rubchooser=901& mainrubchooser=9 Eberhard Weber on ECM| notable_instruments = Electric upright bass|Custom 5-string electric upright bass Eberhard Weber (born January 22, 1940 in Stuttgart , Germany ) is a Germany|German double bassist and composer. As a bass player, Weber is known for his highly distinctive tone and phrasing.cite web|title=Endless Days - PopMatters Music Review|url= http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/w/webereberhard-endless.shtml Weber's compositions blend chamber jazz , European classical music, minimalism and ambient music, and are regarded as characteristic examples of the ECM (record label)|ECM Records sound.
Biography
He began recording in the early 1960s, and released his first record, The Colours of Chloë (ECM 1042), as a leader under his own name in 1973. In addition to his career as a musician, he also worked for many years as a television and theater director. He has designed an electric-acoustic bass featuring an extra C-string.
His music, often in a melancholic tone, follows simple ground patterns (frequently ostinato s), yet is highly organized in its colouring and attention to dramatic detail.
Weber was a notable early proponent of the electric upright bass|solid-body electric double bass , which he has played regularly since the beginning of the 1970s.
From the early 1960s to the early 1970s, his closest musical association was with pianist Wolfgang Dauner . Their many mutual projects were very diverse, from mainstream jazz to jazz-rock fusion to avant-garde sound experiments. During this period he also played and recorded with (among many others) pianists Hampton Hawes and Mal Waldron , guitarists Baden Powell de Aquino and Joe Pass , The Michael Gibbs (composer)|Mike Gibbs Orchestra and violinist Stephane Grappelli .
Starting with The Colours of Chloë , he has released 10 more records under his own name, all on ECM. The ECM association also led to collaborations with other ECM recording artists such as Gary Burton ( Ring , 1974; Passengers , 1976), Ralph Towner ( Solstice (Ralph Towner album)|Solstice , 1975; Solstice/Sound and Shadows , 1977), Pat Metheny ( Watercolors (album)|Watercolors , 1977), and Jan Garbarek (10 recordings between 1978 and 1998).
In the mid-1970s he formed his own group, Colours, with Charlie Mariano (soprano saxophone, flutes), Rainer Brüninghaus (piano, synthesizer), and Jon Christensen (drums). After their first recording, Yellow Fields (1975), Christensen left and was replaced by John Stanley Marshall|John Marshall . The group toured extensively and recorded two further records, Silent Feet (1977) and Little Movements (1980), before disbanding.
Since the early 1980s, Weber has regularly collaborated with the British singer-songwriter Kate Bush , playing on four out of her last five studio albums ( The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming , 1982; Hounds of Love , 1985; The Sensual World , 1989; Aerial (album)|Aerial , 2005).
During the 1980s, Weber toured with Barbara Thompson (musician)|Barbara Thompson 's jazz ensemble Paraphernalia.
Since the early 1990s his performing and recording activity has decreased considerably—he has had only two new recordings under his own name since 1990. Nevertheless his 2001 release "Endless Days" is perhaps the most elemental fusion of jazz and classical yet realized, the true epitome of chamber jazz . His main touring activity during this period has been as a regular member of the Jan Garbarek Group. In 2008 he released Stages of a Long Journey which is a live recording made in March 2005 on the occasion of his 65th birthday with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and featuring collaborations with Gary Burton, Wolfgang Dauner and Jan Garbarek. In 2009 ECM also re-released his three albums with Colours: Yellow Fields , Silent Feet and Little Movements , as a 3CD collection.
As of June 2007, reports have surfaced that Weber has suffered a stroke and is currently unable to perform.cite web|title=Eberhard Weber's medical condition|url= http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php? t=20416 In a January 2010 interview with Die Welt , he spoke about his medical condition and future projects. http://www.ecmrecords.com/News/Diary/262_Eberhard_Weber.php? cat=& lvredir=733& doctype=Diary& we_start=24 January 2010 ECM Interview
Weber was awarded the prestigious Albert Mangelsdorff-Preis in November, 2009. A box set of his 1970's works with Colours was released by ECM Records the same month.
Graeme Revell , Body of Evidence: Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)
United Jazz + Rock Ensemble , including The Break Even Point and United Live Opus Sechs
Literary connections
Weber has, on at least five occasions, drawn on text from the book Watership Down (by Richard Adams (author)|Richard Adams ) for the names of his compositions and albums. Examples include "Silent Feet" and "Eyes That Can See in the Dark" from the Silent Feet album; "Often in the Open" from the Later That Evening album; and "Quiet Departures" and the title track on the Fluid Rustle album.
Eberhard Weber Persondata | NAME = Weber, Eberhard | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = German musician | DATE OF BIRTH = January 22, 1940 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Stuttgart , Germany | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Eberhard Category:Chamber jazz double-bassists Category:Post-bop double-bassists Category:New Age musicians Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:People from Stuttgart Category:German jazz musicians Category:ECM artists Category:United Jazz + Rock Ensemble members
