Jazz Articles about The Ullmann/Swell 4

The Ullmann/Swell 4: News? No News!

by Raul d'Gama Rose
October 26, 2010

There is a marvelous gravitas that emanates from the musical waves that rush onward and beat the inner ear, spreading colors and textures like brilliant volatile smears on the music's canvas. The awesome density of Steve Swell's trombone carving the air in great circles of sound, swirling around the growling of Gebhard Ullmann's tenor saxophone brings attendant, almost ritualistic graces to cast unexpected spells. Growls alternate with the low bellow of Ullmann's bass clarinet, rousing somnolent aspects of the charts ...