Jazz Articles about Uli Kempendorff

About Uli Kempendorff

Album Review

Julia Hülsmann Quartet: Under the Surface

Read "Under the Surface" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
July 22, 2025

Tre quarti d'ora di musica suddivisa in dieci brani, con atmosfere mutevoli che convergono verso la title track e nel corso dei quali il rodato quartetto della pianista tedesca si allarga più volte a quintetto, ospitando la norvegese Ildegunn Øiseth: questo in estrema sintesi l'ultimo lavoro di Julia Hülsmann, ormai una delle figure di spicco dell'etichetta ECM. La formazione conserva l'organico dei suoi lavori precedenti, con la ritmica dell'iniziale trio --Marc Muellbauer al contrabbasso e Heinrich Köbberling alla ...

Album Review

Reinhold Schmolzer & Orchestraconteur: Miraculous Loss of Signal

Read "Miraculous Loss of Signal" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
December 15, 2012

Reinhold Schmölzer is a vivid impressionist, a trait he makes evident as a composer, arranger and drummer on his debut, Miraculous Loss of Signal. He is as eloquent in his writing as he is in his arrangements, letting his Orchestraconteur express itself in all its majesty while opening the door for soloists, who go out on trails that are free, yet stay within the compass of the tunes which can weave in and out of idiomatic patterns. The result is ...