Tobias Delius Quartet

Tobias Delius Tenor Saxophone & Clarinet Tristan Honsinger Cello Joe Williamson Double Bass Han Bennink Drums Tobias Delius Tobias Delius Was Born On 15 July 1964 In Oxford England. He Began Playing Saxophone In 1980 In The German Ruhr Region. In 1983/84 He Lived In Mexico City Where He Played In The “Cuarteto Mexicano De Jazz” Led By Pianist Francixco Téllez. Delius Moved To Amsterdam In 1984 And Studied For A Short While At The Sweelinck Conservatorium. He Quickly Became Involved With Amsterdam Improvisers And Dropped His Studies To Immerse Himself In The Improvised Music Scene. In 1990 He Was Awarded The Podiumprijs From The Organisation Stichting Jazz In Nederland. He Has Worked In Europe And Overseas With Such Musicians As Steve Lacy October Meeting ’91 Louis Moholo’s Viva-La-Black South Africa ’93 Bill Frisell Mark Feldman And Trio Clusone Clusone Jazz ’93 Misha Mengelberg “Pollo De Mare” Angelica ’96 In Bologna Steve Beresford “Signals For Tea” Vancouver ’98 Jeb Bishop Kent Kessler & Hamid Drake Chicago 2001 And Ray Anderson Rotterdam ’01 . Tobias Delius Leads His Own Quartet With Tristan Honsinger Cello Joe Williamson Double Bass And Han Bennink Drums . The CDs “The Heron” ICP 033 “Toby’s Mloby” ICP 034 And “Pelikanismus” ICP 039 Were Enthousiastically Received Both At Home And Abroad. Delius Has A Duo With Bassist Wilbert De Joode Forms A Trio With Keyboardplayer Cor Fuhler And Various Drummers Louis Moholo And Paul Lovens To Name Two And Initiated The Trio San Francisco With Reed Players Sean Bergin And Daniele D’Agaro. He Has Recently Formed Apa Ini A Group With Wilbert De Joode Hilary Jeffery Trombone And Serigne Gueye Djembe . He Can Be Heard In A Variety Of Groups Including Available Jelly Sean Bergin’s MOB Chris Abelen Quintet Joost Buis And His Famous Astronotes Frank Van Bommel Quartet And Curtis Clark. Photo Copyright Of Http //www.Doek.Org/tobiasDelius/tobiasDelius.Html read less