photo: Georg Krause, www.georg-krause.de

Conny Bauer on the duo:

“Our playing as a duo came out of the quartet Doppelmoppel, in which Johannes and I as trombonists play with Uwe Kropinski and Joe Sachse on guitar. That my younger brother of 11 years has managed to develop a completely other musical style alongside me is a tremendous achievement!”

CD Review “Bauer-Bauer”

“…Two trombonists and the Völkerschlachtdenkmal came together on September 9th 1993 in Leipzig. [...] On any other stage a tone would disappear almost immediately after escaping a horn; here, every one rings out for up to twenty seconds. [...] Depending on the pitch, intensity and direction, it begins to turn and transform. Monotones builds into a droning, threatening walls of sound; fanfare-like shifts are repeated, coming from all directions until trickling away into the unfathomable depths [...]”
Zeit Online 51/1995, CD kompakt, p. 81, Ulrich Stock

Johannes Bauer

Johannes Bauer (born 1954 in Halle) began his musical studies in Berlin and even then was playing on groups based around Manfred Schulze. Since 1979 he has been working as a freelance musical improviser. In 1987 he was a founding member of Slawterhaus and since 1988 has been playing duo concerts with brother Conny Bauer. Additionally he is a member of various other ensembles such as the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet and Barry Guy’s New Orchestra. In 2004, alongside Thomas Lehn and Jon Rose, Bauer formed Futch as well as becoming a member of Bauer 4. His playing is vigorous, sometimes close to the border of noise, an appealing contrast to that of his brother Conny.

Conny Bauer

Conny Bauer (born 1943 in Halle an der Saale), is one of Europe’s most significant trombonists. Since the start of the 70’s he has been a founding member of numerous groups such as Exis, FEZ, Konrad Bauer Quartet, Bauer Sommer Kowald Trio, Doppelmoppel, Zentralquartett as well as the initiator of the big band Klangprojekt 86.

For over 35 years Conny Bauer has been giving solo concerts and guest performances throughout the world. Concerts and guest spots have lead him around the globe to the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, France, Italy, Sweden, Greece, Portugal, Luxembourg and Belgium….

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“…Conny Bauer’s brilliant technique with circular breathing, multiphonic playing, cascades of repeating tones and virtuoso musical lines draws admiration at all times.”
09.07.2004, Wiesbadener Kurier, Herbert Heil

“… He caws, buzzes and screeches, continually emitting a disharmonious series of tones [...] in an imaginative and frenetic conversation between himself and his trombone…”
11.05.08 Photographer Peter Bastian on Johannes Bauer, www.johannes-bauer.net

“…Bauer Bauer is not about the performance of completed compositions, but instead about two people bringing their decades-long experience with improvised music to bear on the venue…”
Zeit Online 51/1995, CD kompakt, p. 81, Ulrich Stock

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CD - Produktion

…..„Bauer-Bauer”

Recorded live 09.09.1993, Völkerschlachtdenkmal Leipzig
Konrad and Johannes Bauer