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english(ken waxman/coda magazine 2007)
french (taran singh / citizenjazz 2006)
german (carina prange / jazzdimensions 2006)
english (kurt gottschalk / allaboutjazz 2004)
german (michael scheiner / jazzzeitung 2004),
english (glenn astarita / allaboutjazz 2003),
english (alain drouot / jazz journalists association 2002)
italian (vittorio lo conte / allaboutjazzitaly2001),
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discography and reviews on allabout jazz by budd kopman: 'gebhard ullmann, a career retrospective' (click)
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latest ullmann cd's
'what about ....?' (2010)
gebhard ullmann (tenor and soprano saxophones & bass clarinet) michael stevens (piano) joe fonda (bass) george schuller (drums & percussion)
recorded in live in krakow, poland 2007
'news? no news!' (2010)
gebhard ullmann (tenor saxophone & bass clarinet) steve swell (trombone) hilliard greene (bass) barry altschul (drums)
recorded in nyc 2008 (jazzwerkstatt)
'don't touch my music vol 1&2' (2009)
gebhard ullmann (tenor saxophone & bass clarinet) steve swell (trombone) julian arguelles (baritone & soprano saxophones) john hebert (bass) gerald cleaver (drums) recorded live in krakow, poland 2007 (nottwo records)
'poetry in motion' (2008)
gebhard ullmann (tenor and soprano saxophones & bass clarinet) michael stevens (piano) joe fonda (bass) george schuller (drums & percussion) recorded in nyc 2006 (clean feed)
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other new cd's
'black hawk dance' (2010)
scott dubois (guitar) gebhard ullmann (soprano & tenor saxophones, bass clarinet) thomas morgan (bass) kresten osgood (drums)
(sunnyside records 2010)
'mystic maze' (2010)
chris dahlgren's lexicon
chris dahlgren (bass, voice narration) christian weidner (alto saxophone) gebhard ullmann (tenor & soprano saxophones, bass clarinet) antonis anissegos (piano, sampler, voice) eric schaefer (drums, sampler, voice)
(jazzwerkstatt 2010)
latest news ... latest news ... latest news ...
"conference call" will tour europe in march/april 2011.
a new double-live-cd entitled "what about ...?" has been released on nottwo records in 2010.
new videos of the clarinet trio recorded in st.petersburg, russia are available on youtube. look under bands above for the links.
the "double clarinet trio" (with the french "trio de clarinettes" - jean marc foltz, sylvain kassap, armand angster) will perform for the first time during the jazz d'or festival in strasourg in november 2010.
sadiq bey's "schwartzegeist" (spoken word, samplers and electronics plus myself leading an acoustic jazz trio) recorded the first CD. this project features a.o. lyrics by the great sun ra.
videos on myspace (click)
in may 2009 i premiered my new 90-minute "berlin suite" at the encuentro international de musicos de jazz in monterrey, mexico.
the first studio cd of the "ullmann/swell 4" entitled "news? no news!" has been released on berlin's jazzwerkstatt label.
the quartet will perform in europe in september/october 2010.
the "scott dubois quartet" (scott dubois, gebhard ullmann, thomas morgan, kresten osgood) released the second cd on sunnyside records, ny entitled "black hawk dance" and will tour in europe in november 2010.
"e und u mann" is a new berlin project with saxist daniel erdmann, bassist johannes fink and drummer christian lillinger.
it just won the 2010 berlin studio award.
"bassX3" the trio with the two bassists chris dahlgren and clayton thomas and gebhard ullmann on bass clarinet and bass flute recorded the first cd. i uploaded a couple of videos from the latest concerts on youtube. check under bands above for the links.
"tá lam 11" premiered the new program: "the music of charles mingus" on the european jazz jamboree festival in berlin in 2008.
a cd with this program is due for release in the fall of 2010 on the jazzwerkstatt label.
i received a grant from the stadtmühle in willisau (switzerland) for may 2010.
a new duo program with singer almut kühne and a new solo program with eletronics are the latest additions to my concepts.
chris dahlgren's quintet "lexicon" released the first cd on the jazzwerkstatt label in 2010 entitled "mystic maze".
the "piano trio" (with art lande on piano and chris dahlgren on bass) will perform in europe for the first time in february 2011.
some recent cd reviews:
bruce gallanter, downtown music gallery, nyc about
"what about ....?" (6/'10):
" expertly recorded and well-captured this is a monster quartet. all four members of this colossal group take a number of inspired solos throughout. at over 100 minutes, between two discs, this entire set is excellent throughout on many levels."
john sharpe in allaboutjazz about "news? no news!" (2/'10):
" this is an early contender for those year-end best-of lists."
bill shoemaker in point or departure about the same cd (4/'10):
" news? no news! is an accurate measure of how good gebhard ullmann and steve swell's quartet has become."
allaboutjazz and allabout jazz nyc about "don't touch my music" (1/'09):
" every track is tantalizing. no matter which way the ear is cocked, the music has vitality, panache and verve." " one of the best cds of the year."
the downbeat about "new basement research" (3/'08):
"4 1/2 stars."
the wire about "new basement research" (2/'08):
" for his 50th birthday ullmann is at his most raucous and garrulous with a new and brutally propulsive edition of his basement research group."
allabout jazz about "new basement research" (10/'07):
" a powerful and commanding demonstration of ullmann's gifts new basement research is one of the year's best albums. this record virtually explodes out of the speakers."
budd kopman in allabout jazz about "basement research live in muenster" (3/'07):
" ullmann thrives on playing without a net, and being caught live only enhances the experience. i have always thought that deep inside, ullmann was a blues man, but in the same way as coleman hawkins, neither come right out and play the blues per se, but it always lurks beneath the surface. perhaps it is not coincidental that "in muenster" starts with "blaues lied (blue song)" a very deep but also deeply twisted blues ...
the band is very, very hot on this record. malaby gives as much as he gets, gress plays powerfully, and haynes injects his percussive sounds at will. the music twists and turns, never standing still, as many waves go, crest and crash, only to start again. this performance manifests the sound of surprise that is at the core of the best jazz."
dan mclenagahn in allabout jazz about "die blaue nixe" (1/07):
" this is improvised music of the most engaging sort: spare, ethereal sounds that seem as if they've existed forever, lurking in the shadows, waiting for ullmann and company to give them voice. die blaue nixe, along with the simutaneously released 'live in muenster' are part of a year-long launching of ullmann's fiftieth birthday.
it is an understated, beguiling beginning of the celebration: gorgeously haunting music, like the songs of serene, beatific ghosts."
marc medwin in cadence magazine about "cutitout" (11/'06):
" i figured that the combination of musicians boded well for the level of interaction on this group's first leo date but i was not prepared for just how well. to say that this disc is a study in contrast is to sell it short, as all three musicians prove themselves masters of several historical and compositional traditions ...
some of the works here sound completely improvised, some appear to have composed elements, and i am pleased that i have trouble telling the difference ... as these experienced musicians present one of the finest discs i've heard so far in this year, in any genre."
steven loewy in cadence magazine (3/'05):
" few improvising artists can boast the stream of creative ideas that seem to bubble from gebhard ullmann. ullmann focuses on the fundamentals of improvised jazz: melody, sound, syncopation and technical excellence, but what makes his writing and playing so successful is his seemingly neverending innovative nature: without grasping for neoteric straws, ullmann's performances are grounded in the past but plunge forward deliberately toward modernity. ullmann leaves the strong mark of a disciplined sculptor of sound, who speaks his own compelling language."
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udo eberl in der jazzthetik ueber gebhard ullmann (10/04):
" gebhard ullmann ist ein bemerkenswerter musiker. seit zwei jahrzehnten spielt er nun schon international auf höchstem niveau und eigentlich sollte es bei jedem jazzfan, kaum ist sein name gefallen, klick machen. doch ullmann ist kein vermarktungskünstler. er ist ein jazzmusiker durch und durch, ein stilist, den man aus einer grossen bläserschar wegen seines kantigen, gleichsam geerdeten spiels schnell heraushören kann."
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