Jazz Articles about Tomas Ulrich

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Tomas Ulrich: Tomas Ulrich's Cargo Cult

by Lyn Horton
May 2, 2009

Recorded live in February, 2007 in Kingston, NY, If You Should Go unveils the distinction among three separate string instruments: the cello, the guitar and the upright bass. As Tomas Ulrich on cello, Rolf Sturm on electric and acoustic guitars and Michael Bisio on bass trade leading musical lines, so do they each reflect how they feel in response to one another in statements that are as diverse as their instruments can sound.

Perhaps the title of the album itself ...

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Tomas Ulrich: Labyrinths, String Quartet & Surface: For Alto, Baritone and Strings

by Kurt Gottschalk
November 3, 2007

Ayman Fanous/Tomas Ulrich Labyrinths Konnex 2006 TECK String 4Tet Clean Feed 2007 Rodrigo Amado Surface: For Alto, Baritone and Strings European Echoes 2007

Watching Tomas Ulrich perform is an insight into his working process. Poised behind his cello, he watches his bandmates like a hawk, ...

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T.E.C.K. String Quartet: T.E.C.K. String Quartet

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 11, 2007

Dalla veste grafica all'ambito musicale prediletto, dal tipo di promozione alle formazioni ed occasioni concertistiche documentate, la portoghese Clean Feed si qualifica come un'etichetta aggiornata e agguerrita, molto caratterizzata. Probabilmente è dovuto ad una precisa scelta il non aver dato un titolo a questo CD, o meglio l'aver compattato il titolo e il nome del gruppo in T.E.C.K. String Quartet, dove T.E.C.K. deriva dalla successione delle iniziali dei nomi dei quattro musicisti. È invece dovuto ad una svista il fatto ...

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Ben Allison: Medicine Wheel

by Troy Collins
May 4, 2006

Bassist Ben Allison was a virtual unknown when this album was originally released by Palmetto in 1998. After Seven Arrows (Koch, 1996), this was Allison's first major release. Combining conservatory training, ethnic/world music fusions, post-bop energy and free-jazz vigor, Allison and company were on the cusp of a new movement. Listening to this recording in retrospect reveals a blueprint for the new breed of jazz improviser. Medicine Wheel is a watershed moment in end of the century East Coast jazz.

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The Ivo Perelman Quartet: Sieiro

by Glenn Astarita
November 1, 1999

Listening to tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman is sort of like watching a heavyweight boxing match. Perelman exudes power and bravado from his horn with all the charisma of a heavyweight champ. From the opening moments of “Sieiro” we hear Perelman blowing furiously, especially in the upper registers of his instrument. On his latest, Sieiro Perelman receives fine support from the venerable New York based modern-free jazz rhythm section of drummer Jay Rosen and bassist Dominic Duval. Along with the excellent ...

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Ben Allison: Medicine Wheel

by Glenn Astarita
December 1, 1998

Ben Allison asserts: “The Medicine Wheel is a mirror in which the universe is reflected. Any idea, person or object can be such a mirror". Derived from North American Indian beliefs Allison's somewhat mystical approach adheres to the overall attitude behind his music and the band's execution. The Septet aptly called “Medicine Wheel" is a conglomerate of “new jazz" musicians who yearn for new sounds and ideas while extending the capabilities of their respective musical instruments.

Medicine Wheel is: Ben ...