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Free Jazz Reedman Frank Gratkowski Interviewed at AAJ
Virtuoso German reed specialist Frank Gratkowski enjoys a particularly fertile range of collaborations, settings and directional thrusts. He was back in New York in October, 2009 with a trio that has released three albums during the last six years: Kwast (Konnex, 2004), Unearth (Nuscope, 2005) and Palaë (Leo, 2006). Appearing at Roulette, Gratkowski was joined by ...
Frank Gratkowski: Accept Everything
by Martin Longley
Virtuoso German reed specialist Frank Gratkowski enjoys a particularly fertile range of collaborations, settings and directional thrusts. He was back in New York in October, 2009 with a trio that has released three albums during the last six years: Kwast (Konnex, 2004), Unearth (Nuscope, 2005) and Palaë (Leo, 2006). Appearing at Roulette, Gratkowski was joined by ...
AllAboutJazz-New York November 2009 Issue Now Available!
When we at AllAboutJazz-New York start work on our November issue, we realize just how close to the end of the year we are. By the time you are reading this issue, the World Series will be nearly decided (Go Yankees?). Then at the end of the month is Thanksgiving and then the holiday season begins ...
Herb Robertson: Abandon in the Moment
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Amid a whorl of scraped cello, tenor sax squawks, and bass clarinet blats, trumpeter Herb Robertson paused, his eyes closed in concentration. With NSA-like hearing ability, he pierced the action with a bracing note that crystallized the unfurling improvisation. The intent listening and bold responses displayed during saxophonist Lotte Anker's January show at The Stone typify ...
Frank Gratkowski - Chris Brown - William Winant: wake
by AAJ Italy Staff
wake è il primo lavoro in Trio di tre giganti della scena improvvisativa degli ultimi vent'anni, Frank Gratkowski, Chris Brown e William Winant, che danno alle stampe per la Red Toucan una registrazione effettuata al Mills College di Oakland in California nel marzo del 2007. Il compositore, sassofonista e clarinettista tedesco Frank Gratkowski si conficca con ...
Frank Gratkowski: Palae, Wake and Live at the Musik Triennale Koln
by John Sharpe
Achim Kaufman/ Frank Gratkowski/ Wilbert de Joode Palae Leo Records 2007 Frank Gratkowski/ Chris Brown/ William Winant Wake Red Toucan Records 2008 James Choice Orchestra live at the musik triennale koln ...
Gratkowski / Brown / Winant: Wake
by Nic Jones
This is a remarkably simpatico trio. The evidence is all over this program in terms of deft musical touches and the deep listening of all three members. Even in the most animated passages the music never descends into mere chaos, and there is an underlying logic which just might lie closer to the heart of musical ...
Palaë
Label: Leo Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Some Lanes (Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode) - 3:15;
02. A Destination Farther (Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode)- 7:23;
03. On The Cold, Terrified (Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode) - 10:55;
04. Storeys Above (Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode) - 7:17;
05. The Ranks (Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode) - 7:57;
06. The Heart Of All (Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode) - 13:13;
07. In The Face (Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode) - 9:41.
Wake
Label: Red Toucan Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Slide; Ambitus; Scrabble; Parallax; Archipelago.
Gratkowski / Brown / Winant: Wake
by Mark Corroto
California meets Germany happens to be the headline of this trio of Frank Gratkowski, William Winant, and Chris Brown. Maybe the story-behind-the-story here is that great minds think alike and great improvisers improvise, well...greatly. German composer/reed musician Frank Gratkowski has been active on the European scene for the last 20 years. He has an affinity for ...
