Jazz Articles about Gebhard Ullmann

BassX3 (Gebhard Ullmann - Chris Dahlgren - Clayton Thomas): Transatlantic

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 6, 2012

L'esplorazione dello spettro basso degli strumenti è certamente lo spunto dal quale parte questo bel progetto intitolato Bassx3 che da tempo il saxofonista Gebhard Ullmann sta coordinando. In questa occasione sono con lui i due bassisti Chris Dahlgren e Clayton Thomas. La registrazione dei nove brani che compongono l'album è stata effettuata a metà agosto del 2009 a Berlino. In studio ma dal vivo, per avere il meglio sia dal punto di vista dell'energia che da quello della qualità della ...

Gebhard Ullmann and Theo Nabicht: Clarinets plus Basses

by John Eyles
March 16, 2012

Back in 1999, Leo Records released the debut album, Oct. 1 '98, by The Clarinet Trio, which consisted of three German clarinettists, Jürgen Kupke on clarinet plus Gebhard Ullmann and Theo Nabicht both on bass clarinets. The three had contrasting interests and styles: Kupke had been performing from contemporary to New Orleans-type music, Nabicht focused on contemporary composed and improvised music and wrote music for theatre, while Ullmann had been composing and performing in the large field of what he ...

Conference Call: What About The ...?

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 23, 2010

Conference Call è un quartetto composto da musicisti che negli ultimi vent'anni hanno attraversato in lungo e in largo svariati territori della musica improvvisata. Inutile sottolineare quindi il grande grado di coesione, l'interlplay telepatico e a tratti feroce che contraddistingue l'esibizione dell'ensemble, qui colto dal vivo nell'aprile 2007 al famoso Alchimia di Cracovia, Polonia. What About The ...? contiene tutti gli elementi che avevano reso grande il precedente Poetry in Motion: materiale compositivo denso, coeso ed altamente elastico, esecuzione intensa, ...

The Ullmann / Swell 4: News? No News!

by Troy Collins
April 28, 2010

The international partnership of German multi-instrumentalist Gebhard Ullmann and Downtown trombonist Steve Swell dates back to 2004, when they first recorded together as the co-leaders of a quartet on Desert Songs and Other Landscapes (CIMP, 2004)--the same year Swell joined Ullmann's renowned Basement Research ensemble. News? No News! is the sophomore follow-up to their CIMP debut, a rare studio date for the German Jazzwerkstatt imprint that captures the vigor of the quartet's live gigs in a transparent studio environment.

The Ullmann/Swell 4: News? No News!

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 15, 2010

Benché l'incisione sia a nome del multistrumentista tedesco Gebhard Ullmann e del trombonista americano Steve Swell ci piace partire dalla presenza di un batterista tanto importante quanto spesso dimenticato come Barry Altschul. Figura chiave del movimento post-free e dintorni (da ricordare almeno il supergruppo Circle e la lunga collaborazione con Paul Bley), incide nella prima metà degli anni ottanta una manciata di dischi a proprio nome per l'italiana Soul Note per poi far perdere le tracce, salvo qualche rara e ...

Ullmann-Swell 4: News? No News!

by Mark Corroto
March 13, 2010

It is difficult to decide, when listening to The Ullmann-Swell 4 disc News? No News! whether the choicest parts are composed or purely improvised. With such talent heard here in this mini-supergroup of saxophonist/bass clarinetist Gebhard Ullmann, trombonist Steve Swell, bassist Hilliard Greene, and drummer Barry Altschul, maybe the extreme pleasure that results is allowing that tug-of-war to play itself out.

This disc is the second by the quartet, following Desert Songs and Other Landscapes (CIMP, 2004). Ullmann and Swell ...

Ullmann / Swell Quartet: News? No News!

by John Sharpe
February 4, 2010

In these days of global jazz alliances, the partnership of downtown trombonist Steve Swell and German reedman Gebhard Ullmann won't raise too many eyebrows. More noteworthy is its endurance, spanning some six years since its auspicious inception with Desert Songs and Other Landscapes (CIMP, 2004). Swell is also a fixture in Ullmann's Basement Research band, another combo that shows similar staying power. News? No News!, a studio date on Berlin's Jazzwerkstatt imprint, constitutes a worthy successor to the CIMP, featuring ...