liner notes cd order walking poem 1:43 (810kb) planicies 2:00 (933kb) simple melody 1:40 (792kb)

01. sombras e nevoeiro /a luz da sombra 8:08 02. essencia 4:08 03. gospel 6:45 04. haiku 1:32 05. o profeta II 4:37 06. pinóquio 5:26 07. bella und herr t. 5:45 08. walking poem no.2 1:43 09. planicies 3:56 10. essencia 4:36 11. chinesisches gedicht no.3 5:38 12. simple melody 7:00 all compositions by ullmann/bica/thomas except: 01part 2, 05, 09, 12 (bica); 03 (ullmann); 07 (bica/thomas); 10 (ullmann/bica)

"the final result is a magical recording, different than most anything i've heard before, and once again bringing the secret of melodic beauty back to free improvisation. hearing 'essencia' is like discovering charlie haden for the first time" (phillip mcnally, cadence magazine new york '01) "the mostly improvised date is rife with new methods of creating and contrasting melody ... the music is gentle and hypnotising" (daniel piotrowski, jazz times usa '02) " bicas oft gestrichener bass, thomas' überraschend freies piano sowie ullmanns saxofon und bassklarinette formen kammermusikalische preziosen jenseits aller free-jazz-klischees, zwischen duftiger intimität und ergreifender intensität. musik 9, klang 9. (sven thielmann, stereoplay, 6/'05) recorded by ekkehard stoffregen at SFB studios, berlin february 22nd - 24th 1999 recording supervisor: wolfgang hoff; mixed on april 19th,1999 digital mastering: ricarda molder produced by between the lines gmbh & co.ohg; artistic director: franz koglmann gebhard ullmann - bcl, ss, ts carlos bica - bass jens thomas - piano

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