gebhard ullmann's liner notes (feb. '99) inside the first cd for leo records: oct. 1, '98 was a sunny autumn day in berlin, the day our new clarinet trio recorded for the first time in this old chamber-music hall from the thirties which seemed perfect to capture the warm sound of two bassclarinets and the clarinet. my compositions reflect some of the "noise" from the two cities i live in: new york and berlin. a number of improvisations as a trio, duo or solo highlight certain "abstracted idioms" as well as the different musical backgrounds of the musicians: juergen kupke who has been performing from contemporary to new orleans type of music, theo nabicht who focuses on today's composed and improvised music and writes music for theatre, and myself who has been composing and performing in the large field of what i think "jazz" is. on that october day theo and myself performed for bassclarinets only for the first time. and who would not like this nino rota piece on a day like this. We hope you will hear some of that autumn berlin sun in this music.