INGRID LAUBROCK
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, 21st Century Modern, Third Stream, Jazz Related Improv, Composition • Germany

b. 24 September 1970, Stadtlohn, Germany. Laubrock started music lessons at the age of four, playing classical piano and singing in choirs from age eight. From childhood she listened extensively to jazz on radio and records and whenever possible at live performances. During this period, Laubrock developed a particular liking for free jazz. Immediately upon leaving school she moved to Berlin. At the end of the 80s she began playing alto saxophone and moved to London, England. After a few years she took formal lessons with Jean Toussaint and also with Stan Sulzman and later in the 90s attended Dave Liebman master classes in the USA . She also took a postgraduate course in jazz at London’s Guildhall School of Music. By this time Laubrock had begun playing soprano and tenor saxophones and, occasionally, the baritone saxophone. After extensive woodshedding, Laubrock emerged as an exceptional instrumentalist. By the late 90s read more...