the big band project


liner notes

cd order


tá lam
11:15 (5,2mb)

    01. think tank (arr. by satoko fujii) 5:39

    02. tá lam (arr. by chris dahlgren) 11:16

    03. fourteen days / café toronto
    (arr. by guenter lenz) 10:08

    04. d.nee no (arr. by satoko fujii) 7:49

    05. kreuzberg park east / high lam earth
    (arr. by andy emler) 10:15 *

    06. blaues lied (arr. by chris dahlgren) 12:36

    all compositions by gebhard ullmann

 "... a rich and rewarding work through and through." (bruce gallanter, downtown music gallery nyc. '04)

" 4 1/2 stars" (ed enright in the downbeat '05)

" an important project not only as part of gebhard ullmann's discography but also in the genre of modern creative big band jazz. this set of five live and one studio recorded compositions subjects the german composer's finest charts to the writing skills of some of the most sophisticated jazz arrangers active in the early years of the twenty-first century. ullmann's writing is filled with layers of mystery, often seeming to defy logical resolution, not unlike a novel by john fowles; but to watch the onion peeled, you must listen closely. each piece performed by the powerhouse north german radio big band was recorded earlier with small groups ... and in almost every way ullmann gets it right. 4 1/2 stars."
(steven loewy, allmusic guide '05)

"the big band project is an excellent example of the vitality to be found in european jazz."
(duncan heining, jazzwise magazine, uk 5/05)

"...the big band project is brisk, flavorful and stylistically polyglot and it comes strongly recommended for listeners who like their big band music perched comfortably on the dividing line between mainstream and avantgarde." (nate doward, cadence magazine '05)

"...ullmann simply contemporizes the big band genre."
(glenn astarita, jazzreview usa, 5/05)

recorded live at rolf liebermann saal (ndr radio) 23.2.2001
* recorded at the ndr studio 21.2.2001
recording engineer: uli poggensee recording supervisor: katja zeidler mixing/mastering by walter quintus produced by axel dürr and gebhard ullmann

gebhard ullmann - soprano, tenor sax and bassclarinet

with the ndr bigband conducted by dieter glawischnig

ingolf burkhardt, claus stötter, michael leuschner, reiner winterschladen (tp, flh) fiete felsch (as,fl) lutz büchner (as,fl) christof lauer (ts) frank delle (ts) julian argüelles (bs) joe gallardo, sebastian hoffmann, sebastian john, ingo lahme (tb) * stefan lottermann replaces sebastian john stephan diez (g) lucas lindholm (b) vladyslav sendecki (p) marcio doctor (perc) tom rainey (dr)


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