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The Ullmann/Swell 4: News? No News!
Con un motore così potente e raffinato alle spalle e un bassista implacabile e fantasioso come Hilliard Greene, i due fiati Gebhard Ullmann e Steve Swell non potevano che andare a nozze. Il quartetto fondato nel 2004 e rodato da numerosi concerti in giro per Stati Uniti, Canada ed Europa dà il meglio di sé in questo News? No News!. Esecuzioni scoppiettanti, fantastici duetti tra trombone, sax tenore e clarinetto basso, interplay telepatico, intuizioni geniali, gran rispetto reciproco, estrema facilità nel generare stimoli, rilanciare suggerimenti. Ma anche una oculata gestione degli spazi, un uso delle pause insolito che trova terreno fertile nelle trame dense e intricate, un senso di grande fluidità, di relax nonostante i ritmi quasi sempre sostenuti.
News? No News! è una lunga cavalcata di quattro improvvisatori in stato di grazia che con disinvoltura e autorevolezza forgiano un linguaggio originale bazzicando i sentieri del jazz, del free e del blues.
Track Listing
More Hello; New York; Composite #1; Kleine Figuren #2; Planet Hopping On A Thursday Afternoon; GPS #1; News? No News!; GPS#2; Berlin; Airtight.
Personnel
Gebhard Ullmann
saxophoneSteve Swell: trombone; Gebhard Ullman: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet; Hilliard Greene: bass; Barry Altschul: drums.
Album information
Title: News? No News! | Year Released: 2010 | Record Label: Jazzwerkstatt Berlin-brandenburg E.v.
About Gebhard Ullmann
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