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Vision

Christoph Grab (Zurich) - Saxes, Bassclarinet, Composition

Studied at Swiss Jazz School Bern (Saxophone, Composition, Arrangement). His teachers and mentors were Andy Scherrer, Sal Nistico, Jerry Bergonzi, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman a.o. He made a lot of recordings for radios and television, many tours and concerts in the whole world. Among the many musicians he recorded and performed with, there are names like Ray Anderson, Benny Golson, Louis Sclavis, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Irene Schweizer, Axel Dörner, Joe Beck, Mark Egan, Danny Gottlieb, Frank Moebus and many more.
His main projects at the moment are his quintet RAW VISION, his trio REFLECTIONS  and his pulp troop SCIENCE FICTION THEATER.
Alongside to his work as a freelancer in switzerlands jazzscene his is/was part of some permanent collaborations as: Tough Tenor, Reto Anneler's STILLE POST, Baumann/Grab/ Haemmerli/Renold, Christoph Steiner ESCAPE ARGOT, Zurich Jazz Orchestra, SCIENCE FICTION THEATER, ELLINGTONALITY, Raphael Jost & Lots Of Horns, Elmar Frey Sextett, Spittin' Horns, Axel Fischbacher Group, a.o. Earlier groups were KOJ, NEUROMODULATOR, Kurt Weil Vibes Revisited, ContempArabic Jazz Ensemble, Marion Denzler Group, The Blindside, Lukas Bitterlin Quartett, Blastic, Grab/Scarton Quartet etc.
With his intense research on live-electronics and his "hacked toys" he gained attention in the electronic- and DJ-scene.
In addition to his work as a performer, since 1998 he is a professor of saxophone and improvisation at the university of arts in zurich.

“The saxophonist Christoph Grab is seen as one of Switzerland’s top performers. His playing combines the dynamic expressiveness of the blues with the playfulness and complexity of jazz...“ BaslerZeitung, 1/06
“Christoph Grab is one of the most innovative and prominent Jazz musicians in the Swiss jazzscene.” BRIGITTE, 2/ 06
“His saxophone groans and rasps in one moment and is silkily seductive in the next..."(Rolf Thomas, Jazzthing 112, 2/2016) 
 “Christoph Grab is the most intriguing and most heavily-booked saxophone player in Switzerland; he is also an extraordinary visionary composer with a deep sense of sound design. (Hans-Jürgen Schaal, Fidelity 3/2014)
"The Zurich Saxophonist Christoph Grab is an impressive instrumentalist with an unmistakable sound." (Kulturtipp, 4/2014)
“Christoph Grab performs state-of-the art Jazz, sophisticated and playful, expert and lyrical, intelligent and always accessible.” (Beat Blaser, Schweiz am Sonntag, 3/2014)

Email: info@christophgrab, Website: www.christophgrab.com

3. we're coming to town 070421

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