Home » Jazz Articles » Theo Bleckmann
Jazz Articles about Theo Bleckmann
Jen Shyu and Theo Bleckmann: Breaking the Song Barrier
by Daniel Lehner
Before Robert Moog came out with the first synthesizer, before Adolphe Sax invented his famous reed instrument, before the trumpets sounded at Jericho, even before the world's ancient tribes tightened their animal skins to make drums, humanity's first instrument was the voice. Not that this is of particular consequence to Theo Bleckmann. “To me, that argument is completely moot because it doesn't matter what the first instrument was, it's what you make of it. Just because it may be the ...
Continue ReadingRefuge Trio: Refuge Trio
by AAJ Italy Staff
Un progetto che sulla carta (pregiata e suggestiva della Winter & Winter) ammiccava per accostamenti di strumenti, se non anche solo di talenti (Theo Bleckmann, Gary Versace e John Hollenbeck), lascia all'ascolto un vago senso di disorientamento, per l'aver trascorso un'ora di piacevole vagare senza una meta precisa. Il progetto, nato una decina d'anni fa per una performance in omaggio a Joni Mitchell, si è nel tempo trasformato in ambiente di pratica compositiva ed espressiva per i tre musicisti coinvolti, ...
Continue ReadingTheo Bleckmann: I Dwell in Possibility
by AAJ Italy Staff
Theo ha una missione: raccogliere il Paradiso con le strette mani. Proprio come nella poesia di Emily Dickinson, I Dwell in Possibility (evidentemente questa poetessa statunitense esercita un grande fascino sulla sperimentazione musicale - vedi l'ultimo David Sylvian, ad esempio). Più che con le mani, però, il cantante vorrebbe stringere e afferrare il Paradiso con la sua voce. Ci riesce anche grazie alle atmosfere celestiali favorite e amplificate dalle perfette condizioni acustiche del monastero di Beinwill (in Svizzera) in cui ...
Continue ReadingTheo Bleckmann at Le Poisson Rouge: The Music Of Kate Bush
by AAJ Staff
Theo BleckmannHello Earth! The Music of Kate BushLe Poisson RougeNew York , NYSeptember 22, 2010 Kate Bush is an iconic singer in the UK and in many other countries. As a nineteen year-old, she released her first album The Kick Inside (EMI, 1978), which contained two major hits: “Wuthering Heights," based on a television adaptation of Emily Bronte's famous novel; and “The Man With the Child In His Eyes," which contained many ...
Continue ReadingTheo Bleckmann: I Dwell In Possibility
by C. Michael Bailey
Were Theo Bleckmann Irish he would be a leprechaun, a magical bringer of joy and beauty with creativity and a sense of humor. Probably a more apt cultural consideration is viewing this vocalist/performance artist as the embodiment of all that was good, demiurgic, evocative, and provocative of Berlin during the explosively creative Weimar Republic period. Bleckmann is a daring and broadly talented artist fearing no type of artistic expression. A lover of sounds and gadgets, the singer has forged a ...
Continue ReadingTheo Bleckmann: I Dwell In Possibility
by Warren Allen
Theo BleckmannI Dwell In PossibilityWinter & Winter2010 To record I Dwell in Possibility, vocalist Theo Bleckmann made a musical pilgrimage to the Beinwil Abbey in an isolated area of Switzerland. With the aid of producer Stefan Winter, he proceeded to lay down 15 tracks, only using his voice, a collection of bizarre little instruments and the resonant acoustics of the abbey's monastery. Left unprocessed with its sounds of old stone and ...
Continue ReadingTheo Bleckmann: I Dwell In Possibility
by Dan Bilawsky
The title of this record also defines vocalist Theo Bleckmann's artistic philosophy. Bleckmann is probably the only human being to ever properly interpret the music of Kate Bush and the compositions of Charles Ives, and his range as an artist doesn't stop there. Bleckmann's Winter & Winter albums, along with successful side projects, have earned him critical acclaim and a pile of awards--including the prestigious JAZZ ECHO award from the Deutsche Phono-Akademie in Germany. All of the positive press could ...
Continue Reading
