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The Ullmann/Swell 4: News? No News!
by Raul d'Gama Rose
There is a marvelous gravitas that emanates from the musical waves that rush onward and beat the inner ear, spreading colors and textures like brilliant volatile smears on the music's canvas. The awesome density of Steve Swell's trombone carving the air in great circles of sound, swirling around the growling of Gebhard Ullmann's tenor saxophone brings ...
Michael Jefry Stevens: What About...?; Memphis; A Scent in Motion; Remembering the Future
by Clifford Allen
Conference CallWhat About...?Not Two2010 Fonda/Stevens GroupMemphisPlayscape2009 Harvey Sorgen-Steve Rust-Michael Jefry StevensA Scent in MotionKonnex2009 Jon HemmersamRemembering the FutureJSH Music
The Ullmann / Swell 4: News? No News!
by Troy Collins
The international partnership of German multi-instrumentalist Gebhard Ullmann and Downtown trombonist Steve Swell dates back to 2004, when they first recorded together as the co-leaders of a quartet on Desert Songs and Other Landscapes (CIMP, 2004)--the same year Swell joined Ullmann's renowned Basement Research ensemble. News? No News! is the sophomore follow-up to their CIMP debut, ...
The Ullmann/Swell 4: News? No News!
by AAJ Italy Staff
Benché l'incisione sia a nome del multistrumentista tedesco Gebhard Ullmann e del trombonista americano Steve Swell ci piace partire dalla presenza di un batterista tanto importante quanto spesso dimenticato come Barry Altschul. Figura chiave del movimento post-free e dintorni (da ricordare almeno il supergruppo Circle e la lunga collaborazione con Paul Bley), incide nella prima metà ...
The Ullmann/Swell 4 - News? No News! (Jazzwerkstatt)
Finding chemistry in a frontline partner, let alone a band writ-large, is no easy task. German reedist/flautist Gebhard Ullmann has an uncanny knack for doing just that. His rewarding association with trombonist Steve Swell dates back over half a decade to a fateful quartet session for CIMP. Bassist Hilliard Greene and drummer Barry Altschul were the ...
Ullmann|Swell 4 - News? No News! (2010)
By PicoGerman woodwind wunderkind Gebhard Ullmann and New York-based trombone titlist Steve Swell may come from opposing sides of the Atlantic, but when the two get together to make music, they're in the same house of whack jazz. There are some 70 led or co-led albums between the two (including Swell's mind melting Particle ...
Scott Dubois: Black Hawk Dance
by Raul d'Gama Rose
There is a deep, questioning spirituality that pervades the music of Scott DuBois. On Black Hawk Dance, his second Sunnyside release, the music becomes a kind of ancient/modern ritual that reaches outward and upward to seemingly attain--as Don Cherry once did--complete communion with the Divine. But the journey is not easy, as the music on this ...
Ullmann-Swell 4: News? No News!
by Mark Corroto
It is difficult to decide, when listening to The Ullmann-Swell 4 disc News? No News! whether the choicest parts are composed or purely improvised. With such talent heard here in this mini-supergroup of saxophonist/bass clarinetist Gebhard Ullmann, trombonist Steve Swell, bassist Hilliard Greene, and drummer Barry Altschul, maybe the extreme pleasure that results is allowing that ...
New Album from the Ullmann-Swell Quartet is Good News for New Music Fans
"The voice coming from The Ullmann/Swell Quartet is saying, 'Listen, feel, and become. Don't look back. This is MUSIC OF TODAY.'" --bassist William Parker News? No News! (Jazzwerkstatt), the second release by the Gebhard Ullmann-Steve Swell quartet, charts the ongoing development of one of the most exciting working groups in jazz today. Reed player Ullmann, trombonist ...
Ullmann / Swell Quartet: News? No News!
by John Sharpe
In these days of global jazz alliances, the partnership of downtown trombonist Steve Swell and German reedman Gebhard Ullmann won't raise too many eyebrows. More noteworthy is its endurance, spanning some six years since its auspicious inception with Desert Songs and Other Landscapes (CIMP, 2004). Swell is also a fixture in Ullmann's Basement Research band, another ...
