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Maxime Bender : open range
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Born 1982 in Luxemburg. Studies at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg (L), Conservatoire de Starsbourg (F), Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles (B) and since 2006 Musikhochschule Köln. Studies with Wolfgang Engstfeld, Frank Reinshagen, Erwin Vann, Steve Houben
Genre: Jazz: Contemporary Jazz
Release Date: 2008
open range Record Label: JAZZsick Records
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Noun-intro 1:12 Album Only
Noun (Ocean of life and death) 8:33 Album Only
Heliopolis-intro 1:41 Album Only
Heliopolis (City of the sun) 7:58 Album Only
Naraka 11:35 Album Only
Open Range 7:30 Album Only
Waterfall-intro 2:33 Album Only
Waterfall 9:15 Album Only
Isis (Mother of nature) 6:53 Album Only
The Light 5:47 Album Only
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Born 1982 in Luxemburg. Studies at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg (L),
Conservatoire de Starsbourg (F), Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles (B) and since
2006 Musikhochschule Köln.
Studies with Wolfgang Engstfeld, Frank Reinshagen, Erwin Vann, Steve Houben
a.o.
Won in 2007 the Luxemburg Music Award « Elie Music Award » and was
nominated for the Eurodjango 2007 in the category « new talent ». 2008 Maxime
won the Composition Prize at the TrempJazz Festival in Avignon / France.
He worked with Dee Dee Bridgewater, George Duke, Lalo Shifrin, David Binney,
Pascal Schumacher, Erwin Vann a.o. Several studio productions for RTL (L), TF1
(F), Radio 100,7 (L) a.o. Concerts and tours in Luxemburg, Germany,
Netherlands, Belgium, England, France a.o.

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REVIEWS

author: Chrisr at CD Baby
Impressively blending the old with the new, this young jazz saxophonist seems to have been influenced equally by the bouncy, compositional piano/sax interplay found on 70’s albums like Keith Jarrett’s “Belonging,” and more modern, angular, avant-garde tonalities. The blend is never jarring, though. Maxime Bender has created a beautiful, buoyant work where melodies can move in surprising directions, yet still sound familiar.
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