Wednesday 3 February 2021

Andreas Willers and Gebhard Ullmann in Playful (1985), by request




 A mix of free jazz \ contemporary jazz, and more gentle stuff, relaxing to the point of somnolence, like so much acoustic material from Germany.  This country in particular seems to have had a real predilection for the really sedative type music, so often featuring dueling acoustic guitars, I believe I've posted a number of those myself on this blog in the past, such as the Kroton Blue Sun work, and will too, in the future, in all likelihood.

Info here.  Other than this, I don't see too much interesting in the database, perhaps someone can correct me.  Sample, Juliusstrasse 25:




ADDENDUM:

Both musicians are great seekers, always on a journey of sound.
This is what jazz enthusiasts appreciate internationally.

Short review:

For many years, the most famous prize for jazz musicians in Germany was the
"SWR Jazz Prize"
(SWR = Südwestrundfunk - a state broadcasting company for the states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate).

In 1987, Gebhard Ullmann and Andreas Willers were also awarded this prize.

30 years later, in 2017, the "Berlin Jazz Prize" (initiated by the radio station RBB and the cultural senate of the Berlin state government) was established for the first time, endowed with 15,000 euros.
And who was the first winner of this newly created prize? The saxophonist, bass clarinettist and flutist Gebhard Ullmann!

Today, he is one of the most important initiators of Berlin's diverse jazz - and in great demand on both sides of the Atlantic.

With his quintet "Basement Research", which has existed for over 20 years, or the quartet "Conference Call", he stands for an internationalisation that is a tradition in jazz. Especially between free improvisation and new music concepts, the terrain that Ullmann also explores in numerous other formations.

„mikroPULS" is his current formation with whom he goes on adventures into unknown realms.
The famous literary critic Gregor Dotzauer wrote in DER TAGESSPIEGEL (June 23, 2017): "They are on the trail of microtonal processes that combine with an energetic jazz pulse. Ullmann's tenor saxophone and Hans Lüdemann's quarter-tone keyboard create swirling and swirling lines on the melodic axis, while double bassist Oliver Potratz and drummer Eric Schafer drive in between with hard-edged rhythms and disentangle them again in the metrically free. A fascinating interweaving of precision and imprecision."

The LP "Playful" was a great success in 1985. This vinyl was the first musical footprint that made Gebhard Ullmann and Andreas Willers became known. Since then they have been successful as daring and at the same time well-tempered individualists of their generation.
An LP to indulge in as well as an invitation to listen closely.

(From a commentator)

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  2. Surprise, thank you Julian!

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