European Jazz Ensemble

European Jazz Ensemble

European Jazz Ensemble is a European jazz group active since 1976. The ensemble brings together a rotating and broad line-up of musicians from across the continent, including Rob van den Broeck, Uschi Brüning, Philip Catherine, Gerd Dudek, Ali Haurand, Tony Levin, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Enrico Rava, Manfred Schoof, Jiří Stivín, Stan Sulzmann and Allan Botschinsky.

A documented 1989 performance at the Philharmonic Cologne lists Ali Haurand on double bass, Tony Levin on drums, Philip Catherine on guitar, Rob van den Broeck on piano, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky on soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and clarinet, Gerd Dudek and Stan Sulzmann on soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone, Allan Botschinsky, Enrico Rava and Manfred Schoof on trumpet and flugelhorn, and Uschi Brüning on vocals. The group is associated with jazz and free jazz contexts.