Philipp Wachsmann

{{Short description|Ugandan jazz violinist (born 1944)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Philipp John Paul Wachsmann | image = Phil Wachsmann.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|5 August 1944|df=y}} | birth_place = Kampala, Uganda | occupation = Violinist, composer | genre = Avant-garde jazz, jazz fusion, free jazz, electronica | instrument = Violin }}

'''Philipp John Paul Wachsmann''' (born 5 August 1944)<ref name="LarkinJazz">{{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=412}}</ref> is an African avant-garde jazz/ jazz fusion violinist born in Kampala, Uganda, probably better known for having founded his own group Chamberpot.<ref name="LarkinJazz" /> 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.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> Wachsmann is especially known for playing within the electronica idiom.<ref>{{cite book | last = Carr | first = Ian | author2 = Digby Fairweather | author2-link = Digby Fairweather | author3 = Brian Priestley | author3-link = Brian Priestley | title = Jazz: The Rough Guide | publisher = The Rough Guides | date = 1995 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/jazzroughguide00carr/page/665 665–666] | isbn = 1-85828-137-7 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/jazzroughguide00carr/page/665 }}</ref>

==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 MarkRoger, Curphy 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) Emil Strandberg * ''A Trust in the Uncertain and a [Willingness to Be Exposed'' with, 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)

* Louis Banks * Ray Barretto

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