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They met in 1995 at Berklee College of Music in Boston and have been collaborating since then. They start a jazz quartet in 1997 and win several prices : Wayne Shorter Award (Boston, USA), NDR Music Price (Germany), Europ' Jazz Contest (Belgium), Jazz in Vannes (France), Improvisation Competition Leipzig (Germany), Jazz contest of Franche-comté (France).

They perform in many clubs (Germany/USA) and in international festivals as for example the « WDR Jazz festival » (Cologne) or « Jazz Across the Border » (Berlin).

Although their sensitivity made them listen to traditional american jazz, their roots are european. Their music corresponds to this image, a complex mix of different cultures and sensitivities where communication and sensuality are the essential components.

	Between the night and day light part I

	First steps (guest : Manu Codjia)

	Extension (guest : Manu Codjia)

	Asymetric thoughts


	Manu Codjia (guitar) Mauro Gargano (bass) Luc Isenmann (drums) LowerB (soprano sax). Recorded march 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 2008 at Abrasive-records studios. All tunes composed, recorded, mixed by LowerB

	LowerB album : "Listen to the music !" (Electrojazz)




	Dream talk 6'13

	Stressed 5'57

	Deep in my mind 6'17


	Guitar : Alain Perrenoud, Trumpet : Denis Jusseaume, Vibraphon : Oli Bott, Flute : Madame Zaza, Soprano sax, alto sax, keyboard : LowerB. Composition, recording, mixing et mastering : LowerB. (2006)


	“Listen to the music” is the result of a two-year recording studio work where LowerB recreated his universe from heterogeneous elements, a kind of Björk and Miles Davis fusion, linked together by soli of this virtuoso saxophonist (listen to his several minutes incredible solo on “Deep in my mind” ) The listener is floating into a light and shade landscape , led by asymmetrical rythms and the lyrical and turbulent monologue of the saxophon.

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	Oli Bott - LowerB band (Jazz)




	Minor Mood (LowerB)	Dance you life (Oli Bott)

	Recorded live at the Cologne jass festival 2001 . Soprano sax : LowerB, Vibraphon : Oli Bott, Bass : Martin Zenker, drums : Dany Schröteler.


	They met in 1995 at Berklee College of Music in Boston and have been collaborating since then. They start a jazz quartet in 1997 and win several prices : Wayne Shorter Award (Boston, USA), NDR Music Price (Germany), Europ' Jazz Contest (Belgium), Jazz in Vannes (France), Improvisation Competition Leipzig (Germany), Jazz contest of Franche-comté (France). They perform in many clubs (Germany/USA) and in international festivals as for example the « WDR Jazz festival » (Cologne) or « Jazz Across the Border » (Berlin). Although their sensitivity made them listen to traditional american jazz, their roots are european. Their music corresponds to this image, a complex mix of different cultures and sensitivities where communication and sensuality are the essential components.

	LowerB trio, album : "Between the night and day light" (Jazz)



	CD available at Abrasive records.

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	Mauro Gargano double bass : he first studied classical and jazz double bass with Maurizio Quintavalle, Furio di Castri, Christian Gentet then with Ricardo DelFra at the National Superior Conservatory of Paris where he won a first prize. Mauro won prizes at the La Défense and Jazz in Vannes competitions too. He worked with Paolo Fresu, Franco Ambrosetti, Billy Cobham, Michel Legrand, Francesco Bearzatti, Nicolas Folmer, Gianluca Petrella, Nicola Stilo, Nico Gori, Gaetano Partipilo, Giovanni Falzone, Fabrizio Bosso, Bruno Angelini, Benjamin Henocq, Thierry Eliez, Max Pinto, Nico Morelli, Giovanni Mirabassi, Pierre-Alain Goualch, Boris Blanchet, Mike Melillo, John Betsch and records with Nicolas Folmer/Michel Legrand 5tet, Three Moons, Giovanni Falzone European 5tet, Nico Gori European quartet, Sam Coombes & Rob Chapman, Sylvain Del Campo, Nicola Conte (…).	Luc Isenmann drums : he studied classical and jazz percussions at the Conservatoire of Strasbourg (1988-1994) and then at the National Superior Conservatory in Paris with Daniel Humair, François Jeanneau, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Hervé Sellin and François Théberge. He played in many concerts and tours in Europe and Africa with Benjamin Moussay Trio, Sarah Morrow, Aldo Romano (singer), Danilo Réa Trio, Jacky Terrasson, Gary Burton BruntOff, Europeen Jazz Youth Orchestra 1997. He participated to several world premieres in comtemporary music too with Ahmed Essyad, Georges Aperghis, et Michel Reverdy. He won a first prize at the Avignon jazz competition and a first prize in jazz at the National Superior Conservatory of Paris. He teaches jazz drums at the Conservatoire of Strasbourg.

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	Avignon (France) August 2008. Photo © Clarisse Caron