Ingrid Laubrock
German jazz saxophonist and composer

Ingrid Laubrock

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German jazz saxophonist and composer
Gender:
Female
Places:
Germany
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MusicianJazz musicianComposerSaxophonist
Work field:
Music
Birth:
24 September 1970(Stadtlohn)
Star sign:
Libra
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Spouse(s):
Tom Rainey
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Ingrid Laubrock (born September 24, 1970) is a German-born jazz saxophonist, who plays soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones.
She studied with Jean Toussaint, Dave Liebman and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Laubrock moved to London, England in 1989 and became a member of the F-IRE Collective, and in 2008 relocated to New York City, where she currently resides.
In 1998, she released her first solo album Who Is It? and was subsequently nominated for the 'Rising Star of the Year' award at the 1999 BT Jazz Awards. She was also nominated for the BBC Award 'Rising Star' in 2005 and in 2009 won the SWR Jazz Award for her recording Sleepthief, featuring pianist Liam Noble and drummer Tom Rainey. They recorded a 2011 album called "The Madness of Crowds".
She has played and recorded with Brazilian singer Monica Vasconcelos' band NÓIS and the Brazilian quartet NÓIS4 of which she is a founding member. Other musicians she has made guest appearances with include Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Polar Bear.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

Release year Title Label Personnel/Notes
1998 Who Is It? Candid
2001 Some Time Candid
2005 Forensic F-IRE Collective Quintet with Karin Merchant (piano), Ben Davis (cello), Larry Bartley (bass), Tom Skinner (drums); guest: Julian Siegel (bass clarinet)
2006 Let's Call This... Babel Label Duo with Liam Noble (piano)
2008 Sleepthief Intakt Trio with Liam Noble (piano), Tom Rainey (drums)
2010 Paradoxical Frog Clean Feed As part of the band Paradoxical Frog; trio, with Kris Davis (piano), Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
2010 Anti-House Intakt As the band Anti-House; with Mary Halvorson (guitar), John Hébert (bass), Tom Rainey (drums, glockenspiel); guest: Kris Davis (piano)
2011 The Madness of Crowds Intakt As the band Sleepthief; trio with Liam Noble (piano), Tom Rainey (drums)
2012 Catatumbo Babel Trio with Olie Brice (bass), Javier Carmona (drums)
2012 Haste Emanem Trio with Veryan Weston (piano), Hanna Marshall (cello)
2012 Union Clean Feed As part of the band Paradoxical Frog; trio, with Kris Davis (piano), Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
2013 Strong Place Intakt As the band Anti-House; quintet, with Mary Halvorson (guitar), Kris Davis (piano), John Hébert (bass), Tom Rainey (drums)
2013 Lark Skirl As part of the band Lark; quartet, with Kris Davis (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Tom Rainey (drums)
2014 Zurich Concert Intakt Octet with Mary Halvorson (guitar), Tom Arthurs (trumpet), Ted Reichman (accordion), Liam Noble (piano), Ben Davis (cello), Drew Gress (bass), Tom Rainey (drums, xylophone)
2014 And Other Desert Towns Relative Pitch Duo with Tom Rainey (drums)
2015 Roulette of the Cradle Intakt As the band Anti-House; quintet, with Mary Halvorson (guitar), Kris Davis (piano), John Hébert (bass), Tom Rainey (drums); guest: Oscar Noriega (clarinet)
2015 Ubatuba Firehouse 12 As the band Ubatuba; quintet, with Tim Berne (alto sax), Dan Peck (tuba), Ben Gerstein (trombone), Tom Rainey (drums)
2016 Live @ The Jazz Happening Tampere Relative Pitch As the band Perch Hen Brock & Rain; quartet with Ab Baars (reeds), Ig Henneman (viola), Tom Rainey (drums)
2016 Buoyancy Relative Pitch Duo with Tom Rainey (drums)
2016 Serpentines Intakt Septet with Peter Evans (trumpet), Miya Masaoka (koto), Craig Taborn (piano), Sam Pluta (electronics), Dan Peck (tuba), Tyshawn Sorey (drums)

As sidewoman

Release year Leader Title Label
2013 Davis, KrisKris Davis Capricorn Climber Clean Feed
2013 Halvorson, MaryMary Halvorson Illusionary Sea Firehouse 12
2014 Johnson, MaxMax Johnson The Prisoner NoBusiness
2012 Living by Lanterns, Living by Lanterns New Myth/Old Science Cuneiform
2010 Rainey, TomTom Rainey Pool School Clean Feed
2012 Rainey, TomTom Rainey Camino Cielo Echo Intakt
2014 Rainey, TomTom Rainey Obbligato Intakt
2015 Rainey, TomTom Rainey Hotel Grief Intakt
2015 Wooley, NateNate Wooley Battle Pieces Relative Pitch