Silke Eberhard

pure saxophone electricity: chirping textures, raw timbres, and the unpredictable beauty of three sonic minds in flight. birdcalls, noise, stillness, eruption.

The music of Basement Research will be continued by a Berlin-based quintet.
Please welcome: BASEMENT BERLIN.
The new project with Silke Eberhard (as, bcl) Gebhard Ullmann (ts) Jerome Bugnon (tb) Oliver Potratz (db) and Mia Ohlmeier (dr).
The first concert is scheduled for May 31st, 2025 at the Die Holzbläser shop in Berlin.

Saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Silke Eberhard has been shaping the Berlin jazz scene for many years. Her trio with Jan Roder and Kay Lübke was formed in 2006, with Eberhard's history with the two musicians going back to the mid-nineties. The intense relationship between the three can be heard in every note. The trio moves in the proud tradition of saxophone jazz trios and plays its own, highly original compositions. Their art inspires with musical mastery, improvisational intensity, wit and charm, while forging strong accents through mutual trust and the band's particular sound. "The trio play her complex and varied pieces with aplomb and offhand virtuosity. At the same time they capture an explosive, rail-against-the-limits quality", writes Kevin Whitehead in the liner notes.