Alexander von Schlippenbach

Alexander von Schlippenbach (born 1938 in Berlin) is a German pianist and composer who has played free jazz since the 1960s. In 1966 he formed the Globe Unity Orchestra for a piece premiered at the Berlin Jazz Festival, and he has long led a trio with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens. He studied composition in Cologne with Bernd Alois Zimmermann and played early on with trumpeter Manfred Schoof. Much of his work appeared on FMP, including the trio's Pakistani Pomade, and later on Intakt.