There are at least three bands called Undivided:
1) Undivided:
Wacław Zimpel: clarinet, bass clarinet, tarogato, percussion
Bobby Few: piano, percussion
Mark Tokar: bass, percussion
Klaus Kugel: drums, percussion
Editor's Info
"Passion" is the fourth CD output of Wacław Zimpel and at the same time the opening of his Undivided project. Undivided was founded as trio: Wacław Zimpel - clarinets, Mark Tokar - bass and Klaus Kugel - but sometimes it will be extended to quartet, quintet or sextet, inviting other musicians for specific realizations. In this case it's Bobby Few, an American pianist, for years living in Paris. In early sixties Bobby Few performed and recorded with Albert Ayler, but worked with Steve Lacy, David Murray, Alan Silva, Sabir Mateen, Daniel Carter and Frank Wright as well (last autumn he gave concerts with Undivided Quintet a group extended by clarinetist Perry Robinson).
The Project was born during the Holy Week of 2009 as a concert program for audiences in Poznań, Toruń and Gdynia. The CD contains a concert recording from Dwór Artusa in Toruń.
"Passion" is Waclaw Zimpel's initiative and composer's work. Intrigued by passion performances and their musical style he decided to confront with their form and essence, existing from time immemorial in European high and peasant culture. Not all melodic themes were created by Zimpel (He admits in liner notes that some of the melodic themes were adopted or travestied from modern composers), but all arrangements and transcriptions are realized by him.
This music is not meant to express any religious experience. It rather express musician's reflection about existence, experience and meaning of agony in human existence, it is not their individual statement of belief.
by Wawrzyniec Mąkinia
Waclaw Zimpel - clarinetist, composer
He has graduated with mention I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan - Poland in Prof. Zdzislaw Nowak's classical clarinet class. Zimpel studied also at Hochschule Für Musik und Theater in Hannover with Prof. Johannes Peitz. His musical ideas are focused on different forms of improvisation and classical music. He has collaborated extensively with major contemporary improvisers and composers, including Ken Vandermark, Bobby Few, Joe McPhee, Steve Cohn, Christian Ramond, Mikolaj Trzaska, Tim Daisy, Steve Swell, Dave Rempis, Klaus Kugel, Marcin Masecki, Raphael Roginski. His and Tim Daisy's project "Four Walls" was announced "CD of the year 2008" by polish internet jazz magazine "Diapazon".
2) Leeds, England (2009 - present)
Undivided are a band formed in Leeds, England in 2009. The band are currently working on an EP which will show some of the material that they intend to release on their debut album
Their genre of music is varied but would mainly be classed as Alternative Rock.
The current line-up of the group is as follows;
Daniel Everett (Guitar & vocals);
Luke Orwin (Guitar & vocals);
Joel Caveny (Drums & Percussion);
Alex Giles (Bass guitar).
3)A hardcore/thrash/crossover band from New York,USA.The band formed in 1996 and then broke up in 1998. After 8 years they rejoined in 2006. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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