German jazz pianist and composer

Alexander von Schlippenbach

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German jazz pianist and composer
Awards Received
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Alexander von Schlippenbach (born 7 April 1938) is a German jazz pianist and composer. He came to prominence in the 1960s playing free jazz in a trio with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens and as a member of the Globe Unity Orchestra. Since the 1990s, Von Schlippenbach has explored the work of more traditional jazz composers like Jelly Roll Morton or Thelonious Monk.