| Ingrid Laubrock | |
| Birth Date: | 24 September 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Stadtlohn, Germany |
| Genre: | Avant-garde jazz, free jazz |
| Occupation: | Musician |
| Instrument: | Saxophone |
| Years Active: | 1994–present |
| Label: | Candid, Intakt |
| Associated Acts: | Monica Vasconcelos, Ife Tolentino, F-IRE Collective, Tom Rainey, Mary Halvorson |
Ingrid Laubrock (born 24 September 1970) is a German jazz saxophonist, who primarily plays tenor saxophone but also performs and records on soprano, alto, and baritone saxophones.
She studied with Jean Toussaint, Dave Liebman and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[1]
Laubrock moved to London, England in 1989,[2] and became a member of the F-IRE Collective. In 2008 she moved to New York City.[3]
In 1998, she released her first solo album Who Is It? and was 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 (her husband). 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, Polar Bear, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Scott Fields, and Anthony Braxton.[1] In 2020 she will play with Kris Davis at the first edition of the Monheim Triennale.
The composition ″Vogelfrei″ for orchestra, soloists and choir from the album Contemporary Chaos Practices was included in The New York Times 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2018 by NY Times critic Seth Colter Walls.[4]
| 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) | |
| 2017 | Planktonic Finales | Intakt | Trio with Stephan Crump (bass), Cory Smythe (piano) | |
| 2017 | Utter | Relative Pitch | Duo with Tom Rainey (drums) | |
| 2018 | Contemporary Chaos Practices - Two Works for Orchestra and Soloists | Intakt | Quartet with Nate Wooley (trumpet), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Kris Davis (piano) | |
| 2019 | Channels | Intakt | Trio with Stephan Crump (bass), Cory Smythe (piano) | |
| 2019 | TISM | RogueArt | Quartet with Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Mark Feldman (violin), Tom Rainey (drums) | |
| 2019 | Kasumi | Intakt | Duo with Aki Takase | |
| 2020 | Stir Crazy | - | Duo with Tom Rainey (drums) | |
| 2020 | Blood Moon | Intakt | Duo with Kris Davis | |
| 2020 | Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt - Music For Chamber Orchestra And Small Ensemble | Intakt | ||
| 2023 | The Last Quiet Place | Pyroclastic | Sextet with Mazz Swift (violin), Tomeka Reid (cello), Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Michael Formanek (bass), Tom Rainey (drums) |
| Release year | Leader | Title | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Capricorn Climber | Clean Feed | ||
| 2013 | Illusionary Sea | Firehouse 12 | ||
| 2014 | The Prisoner | NoBusiness | ||
| 2012 | New Myth/Old Science | Cuneiform | ||
| 2010 | Pool School | Clean Feed | ||
| 2012 | Camino Cielo Echo | Intakt | ||
| 2014 | Obbligato | Intakt | ||
| 2015 | Hotel Grief | Intakt | ||
| 2017 | Float Upstream | Intakt | ||
| 2015 | Battle Pieces | Relative Pitch | ||
| 2015 | Close Up | Clean Feed | ||
| 2019 | Tom Rainey | Combobulated | Intakt | |
| 2019 | Robert Landfermann | TOPAZ | klaengrecords | |
| 2020 | Scott Fields | Seven Deserts | New World Records |