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CONCERTS (click here) mp3s (click here) new: several new ullmann-compositions for download (click) CHRISTMAS 2009 SPECIAL: BUY THREE CDS AND GET ONE FOR FREE ! click for interviews/portraits in: 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), german (carina prange / jazzdimensions 2001), new: discography and reviews on allabout jazz by budd kopman: 'gebhard ullmann, a career retrospective' (click) biografie in deutsch (click) biography in english (click) download photos (click) new: check out videos on my myspace site (click) on you tube (click) latest ullmann cd's 'don't touch my music vol 1&2' (2009) gebhard ullmann (tenor saxophone & bassclarinet) 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 & bassclarinet) michael stevens (piano) joe fonda (bass) george schuller (drums & percussion) recorded in nyc 2006 (clean feed) 'new basement research' (2007) gebhard ullmann (tenor saxophone & bassclarinet) steve swell (trombone) julian arguelles (baritone & soprano saxophones) john hebert (bass) gerald cleaver (drums) recorded at studio zerkall november 2005 (soul note) ORDER ALL MY CDS HERE(click) NEW ... 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"conference call" will tour the u.s. in april 2010. a new double-live-cd entitled "what about ...?" will be released on nottwo records in 2010. the "clarinet trio" will tour in the u.s. and canada in april 2010. new videos 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 - angster/kassap/foltz) will perform for the first time during the jazz d'or festival in strasourg in november. 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 "ullmann/swell 4" with steve swell, barry altschul and hill greene recorded the first studio cd at brooklyn's systems two studio to be released on berlin's jazzwerkstatt label in march 2010 entitled "news? no news!". the quartet will perform in europe in september/october 2010. the "scott dubois quartet" (scott dubois, gebhard ullmann, thomas morgan, kresten osgood) will tour europe in february 2010. the second cd will be out on sunnyside records, ny in 2010 entitled "black hawk dance". the band will also tour in the u.s. in june 2010. "e und u mann" is a new berlin project with saxist daniel erdmann, bassist johannes fink and drummer christian lillinger. "bassX3" the trio with the two bassists chris dahlgren and clayton thomas and gebhard ullmann on bass clarinet and bass flute performed a couple of concerts in berlin and recorded the first cd with this new line-up. i uploaded a couple of videos from the latest concerts on youtube. look 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 and will record it for the jazzwerkstatt label in march 2010. i received a grant from the stadtmühle in willisau (switzerland) for may 2010. chris dahlgren's quintet "lexicon" will release the first cd on the jazzwerkstatt label in 2010. the "piano trio" (with art lande on piano and chris dahlgren on bass) will perform in europe for the first time in november 2010. some recent cd reviews: 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." allabout jazz about "poetry in motion" (10/'08): " 'poetry in motion', by the collective group 'conference call' deserves to be considered as one of the year's best for the simple reason that its balance of thought and emotion, structure and freedom, claritiy and abandon, is exquisitely and transparently laid out. regardless of who composed any particular tune, providing a distinctive voice, the group acts as an organic unit, with the total sound becoming more than the sum of its parts." 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." bruce gallanter downtown music gallery nyc about "new basement research" (10/'07): " this is bound to be on a number of best of lists this year and also one of those cds that we will play in the store and folks will howl with delight." 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." daniel spicer in one final note about "live at the outpost performance space"(6/'06): " if it's possible to have a super-group in a musical form as marginalized as contemporary, left-field jazz, then conference call is a pretty good contender ... the quartet sounds like a band with one foot firmly in the paris/chicago axis of the late-60s BYG avantgarde sound and another keeping up to date with the tuneful, exploratory freedom of wayne shorter's recent celebrated quartet. ask yourself this: is there anything about that equation that doesn't sound like a good thing ? " 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." all my cd's are ready for order here (click) 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."  photo by jos l. knaepen (brugge 3/03)download photo (size 18x12 / 300dpi / 603kb) |
| concerts (weekly updates) |
| "clarinet trio" juergen kupke (clarinet) michael thieke (alto clarinet) gebhard ullmann (bass clarinet) |
| 3.april burlington (VT) |
| flynn centre for the performing arts |
| 4.april montreal (CAN) |
| casa del popolo |
| 5.april rochester (NY) |
| bop shop |
| 6.-8.april lewisburg (PA) |
| bucknell university |
| 9.april seattle (WA) |
| the chapel |
| 10.april blue lake radio (MI) |
| radio show |
| 11.april ann arbor (MI) |
| kerrytown concert house |
| 12.april ann arbor (MI) |
| univ of michigan workshop |
| 13.april chicago (IL) |
| cultural center the lunchbreak series 12:15 |
| 14.april chicago (IL) |
| the hideout |
| 15.april chicago (IL) |
| elastic gebhard ullmann with guests |
| 18.june/20.june stainach (A) (project with saxofour) |
| culturcentrum wolkenstein |
| 5.november strasbourg (F) (double clarinet trio with le trio de clarinettes) |
| cité de la musique |
| "conference call" gebhard ullmann (tenor, sopranosax, bassclarinet) michael jefry stevens (piano) joe fonda (bass) george schuller (drums) |
| 17.april 2010 austin (TX) |
| 18.april houston (TX) |
| 20.april new orleans (LA) |
| 22.april fayetteville (AR) |
| 23.april memphis (TN) |
| 24.april tupelo (MS) |
| 25.april memphis (TN) |
| 27.april charlottesville (VA) |
| 28.april staunton (VA) |
| 30.april baltimore (MD) |
| 2.may brandon (VT) |
| "tá lam 11" (plays the music of charles mingus) gebhard ullmann (bcl, ss) hinrich beermann (bs) daniel erdmann (ts) vladimir karparov (ts) jürgen kupke (cl) joachim litty (bcl) heiner reinhardt (bcl) volker schlott (as, ss) michael thieke (cl, acl) benjamin weidekamp (cl, as) hans hassler (accordion) |
| 22.march 2010 berlin (D) |
| a trane |
| 23.march berlin (D) |
| aufsturz oranienburger strasse 67 21:00 |
| gebhard ullmann SOLO and with guests |
| 28.may willisau (CH) |
| stadtmühle willisau |
| "ullmann/swell 4" gebhard ullmann (tenor sax & bass clarinet) steve swell (trombone) hilliard greene (double bass) barry altschul (drums) |
| september / october 2010 europe |
| with chris dahlgren's "lexicon" christian weidner (sax) gebhard ullmann (sax, bcl) antonis anissegos (p) chris dahlgren (bass) eric schaefer (dr) |
| 26.march 2010 berlin (D) |
| jazzwerkstatt shop knesebeckstrasse 33/34 (record release concert) |
| with the "scott dubois quartet" scott dubois (guitar) gebhard ullmann (soprano, tenorsax, bassclarinet) thomas morgan (bass) kresten osgood (drums) |
| 2./3.february 2010 stockholm (SE) |
| glenn miller café |
| 4.february tours (F) |
| le petit faucheux |
| 5.february lyon (F) |
| hot club de lyon |
| 6.february nuernberg (D) |
| jazzstudio |
| 7.february brussels (B) |
| l'archeduc |
| 8.february heidelberg (D) |
| jazzclub |
| 9./10.february prague (CZ) |
| jazz dock |
| 11.february basel (CH) |
| bird's eye |
| 12.february lausanne (CH) |
| chorus |
| june 2010 u.s.a. |
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