Roby Glod - alto & soprano saxophone
Christian Ramond - double bass
Klaus Kugel - drums
CD on Nemu Records No ToXiC
upcoming concerts in 2026:
January-27, Bonn, Zentrifuge (DE) with Roberta Piket (p)
January-28, OPDERSCHMELZ, Dudelange (LU) with Roberta Piket (p)
June-12-2026, Engelskirchen, +CulturKirche Oberberg (DE)
… more dates soon !
CD reviews:
by Glenn Astarita in allaboutjazz.com
by Bill Meyer in dustedmagazine
by Gian Paolo Galasi in completecommunion.com
by Thierry Quénum in couleursjazz.fr
by Eyal Hareuveni in salt-peanuts.eu
by Eric Therer in jazzmania.be
by Vittorio Loconte in kathodik.org
The cd "No ToXiC" was listed #8 in Tom Hull's Top Ten in 2024 and was broadcasted worldwide in Radios such as ARD Kultur (DE), SWR Kultur (DE), HR2 (DE), ARD Audiothek (DE), Polskie Radio (PL), Radio Panik, 105.4 FM (BE), WMBR (US), PBS FM (AU), Ágora Sol Radio / Onda Sonora (ES), Kulturradio RaBe (CH), UMFM (US), CFBX 92.5FM (US), KFJC (US), KSJS 90.5 FM (US), WMSE Milwaukee 91.7FM (US), Hayes FM (UK), Pure Beat Radio (UK), Radio F.R.E.I. (DE), KALX (US), Radio Ros Brera (IT), Radio Beethoven / Puro Jazz (AR), Zavod Radio Študent (SI), LORA München (DE), La Nuit des Sauriens (FR), WFMU (US), WAYO 104.3FM (US), 91.7FM WHUS (US), Taint Radio / One Man’s Jazz (CA), 90.1 FM KKFI (US), Radio StHörfunk (DE), KSPC Claremont 88.7FM (CA), Freies Radio für Stuttgart (DE), WMBR (US), Radio T Chemnitz (DE), Hrvatski Radio (HR), Radio 674fm (DE), WTJU 91.1 FM (US), 89.4 FM (FR), Radio ARA (LU), KOWS Radio (US) Conzertsender (NL), a.m.o.. and was also featured in many podcasts, such as 'World of Jazz' (AAJ) , 'Different Noises', 'Peter's Eurojazz podcast', 'Eternal Fusion', 'Modern Jazz from around Europe'.
… more music:
GLOD/RAMOND/KUGEL & Herb Robertson (tp)
"Glod’s alto and soprano are a drizzle of crystalline notes, bunched with massive and coloured cadences and dissonant floods, making his sound «mineral» with a majestic hallmark." - JazzReview.com
" A beat is optional in this sort of free jazz, but momentum is a requirement, and Kugel and Ramond, thinking in tandem, are expert at supplying it." - Francis Davis, July 2020
" ... Ramond and Kugel ... is an excellent rhythm section, that quietly turns in an exhilarating performance. Everything is terrifically balanced, from the song structures to the interaction." - Greg Buium, CODA MAGAZINE
"... and the two pointillists, Christian Ramond on double bass and Klaus Kugel on percussion who develop flowing, and at the same time metallically springy rhythmical continuums - always alert and ready to alter the timbre, to simply drop something of significance and change direction." - Hans-Jurgen Linke, FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU
photos © Jang Gaspar
Concert review
"… un trio en apparence free mené par un alto au débit fluide et véloce où affleurent — sur un « Lennie’s Pennie » de Tristano qui se dévoile petit à petit — des bribes de phrases parkériennes, soutenu par une rythmique souple et flexible qui épouse les moindres variations d’intensité ou de tempo du souffleur : c’est Roby Glod, quadragénaire, quasi vétéran de la scène luxembourgeoise et toujours formidable saxophoniste .... Au soprano, le leader affiche une liberté encore plus grande sur un de ses thèmes et la rythmique — Christian Ramond (b), Klaus Kugel (dr) — atteint un niveau d’intensité optimal. Puis retour à l’alto et à une composition de Lee Konitz que le trio s’approprie magistralement. Il n’est bien sûr pas indifférent qu’il s’agisse là des musiciens les plus âgés entendus depuis la veille au soir. Les premiers, donc, à puiser dans des racines (cool, free…) que leurs cadets semblent ignorer, sans en faire leur religion mais en y ancrant leur mode de jeu, leur interaction, leur rapport au son… "
- Thierry Quénum, Jazzmagazine, France
contact: +49 173 25 450 25
email: klauskugel@posteo.de
GLOD RAMOND KUGEL
wird gefördert von
September 2025, Graz, Stockwerk (AT)
March 2025, Köln, Museum Kolumba (DE)
January 2015, Dortmund, Evinger Schloss (DE)
July 2014, Edinbourgh, Jazz Festival (UK)
July 2014, Dortmund, Evinger Schloss (DE)
November 2013, Warsaw, Pardon To Tu (PL) (with Roberta Piket)
November 2013, Kasemattentheater (LU) (with Roberta Piket)
November 2013, Paris, Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre (FR) (with Roberta Piket)
September 2012, "Luxembourg Jazz Meeting" (LU)
May 2012, Dudelange, Like A Jazz Machine - International Jazz Festival Dudelange (LU)
January 2011 (LU), Kulturzentrum Neumuenster (LU)
September 2010, Bergneustadt, SchauspielHaus (DE) (with Burton Greene)
November 2009, Bergneustadt, SchauspielHaus (DE)
September 2007, Live @ KunstWerk Cologne (DE) (with Herb Robertson) (CD recording)
September 2007, LOFT Cologne (DE), (with Burton Greene) recording of "PHARMACIE ANGLAISE"