Jazz Articles about Theo Bleckmann

Theo Bleckmann: Origami

by AAJ Staff
August 1, 2001

Jazz needs more vocalists like Theo Bleckmann. Bleckmann skirts the well-worn path of the standards repertoire, preferring instead to stick with original or group compositions and pieces off the beaten track. He avoids any ostentatious displays of virtuosity. And he liberates a distinctly legato, thick-hued delivery (of great range) which lends itself well to the pastoral settings found on Origami. In general, this record bears an introspective, melancholy feel. Bleckmann's open, bell-like accompaniment on the piano only enhances the effect. ...

Theo Bleckmann: Origami

by Mark Corroto
August 1, 2001

The question of classification in music today begs for Duke Ellington’s denotation of music and musicians as ‘beyond category.’ Maybe we should give up deciding, as with the music of Theo Bleckmann, whether this music is jazz and get on with the task of concluding it far and beyond category.

As a vocalist and composer the German-born Bleckmann practices a wordless ‘scatting’ improvisation, emanating more from baroque, than from the jazz tradition. His approach to creative music enters from an ...

Theo Bleckmann: Origami

by Joe McGaha
May 1, 2001

Let me begin this review by telling you the circumstances in which I had the opportunity to see Theo Bleckmann in concert. I've always had a lot of luck winning contests, and in this case, me and my girlfriend found ourselves in New York City because of a contest that I won in Las Vegas last year. I won a trip to New York, to see The Blue Man Group show.Due to a crazy sequence of events (involving ...