Vancouver B.C.-based improvising bassist Torsten Müller was born in Hamburg, Germany, and grew up in Canada and Ireland. He returned to Germany for many years, where played in duo with great trombonist and cellist Günter Christman starting in the late 70s. This duo has toured Europe, Canada, and the USA extensively, performing at many international festivals, and releasing recordings on FMP Records and Moers Music. Torsten has performed concerts all over the world with a diverse array of improvisers, including Davey Williams, Ladonna Smith, Evan Parker, John Russell, Jon Rose, Joelle Léandre, John Zorn, Arto Lindsay, Lol Coxhill, Alexander Schlippenbach, Sven-Ake Johansson, Paul Lovens, Phil Minton, Charles Gayle, Melvin Poore, and Peter van Bergen.

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