Moritat by Gebhard Ullmann's Tá Lam Acht (woodwinds plus accordion)
Moritat was the second CD of the Tá Lam Project. This time 7 woodwinds plus Swiss accordion genius Hans Hassler.
Tá Lam Acht toured quite a bit in Central Europe before I added 2 more woodwinds for the legendary North American tour in 1998 ( the concert at the Vancouver Jazz Festival during the tour was documented on the Leo CD 'The Vancouver Concert' ).
This CD features a lot of new compositions of mine for the first time in 'orchestral' arrangements which I re-recorded over time with other line-ups and in different versions.
The beautiful cover paintigs are by Lillian Mousli.
" Tá Lam is a bracing cocktail thrown in your face, full of strong flavours, from tango to cabaret to oddmetered folk melodies to the hard stuff of a strong jazz conviction. "
(Toronto Diary 1998)
" Was diese CD zu einem Meisterwerk macht, ist nicht nur die Vielfalt der Ideen, Stimmungen und Klänge sondern auch die Detailschärfe, der Drang nach vorn, die blitzende Spiellust. "
(Dr. Ulrich Ohlshausen, Frankfurter Rundschau 1995)
Tracklist
| 1. | Reg Alien (Part One) | 1:53 |
| 2. | D. Nee No | 4:16 |
| 3. | Oberschöneweide | 5:11 |
| 4. | Die Moritat von Mackie Messer | 6:46 |
| 5. | Heaven No.2.4 | 3:22 |
| 6. | Think Tank | 5:48 |
| 7. | Black Cat | 4:11 |
| 8. | Heaven No.2.4 (Again) | 4:50 |
| 9. | Reg Alien (Part Three) | 0:31 |
| 10. | P.I.T.C. | 2:08 |
| 11. | Ladie's Tap | 4:17 |
| 12. | N.B. Eleven | 4:06 |
| 13. | Basement Research | 5:11 |
| 14. | Mbil K. | 3:44 |
| 15. | Eben Doch | 2:16 |
| 16. | Reg Alien (Part Two) | 2:44 |
| 17. | Moritatenblut | 3:09 |
Credits
Dirk Engelhardt, Thomas Klemm, Jürgen Kupke, Joachim Litty, Heiner Reinhardt, Volker Schlott, Gebhard Ullmann (soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, clarinets, alto and bass clarinets, flutes, alto and bass flutes, ocarinas)
Hans Hassler (accordion)
Recorded march 21 - 23, 1994 at SFB radio studios.
Engineer: Erdmann Müller.
Recording Supervisor: Wolfgang Hoff.
Cover Painting by Lillian Mousli.
All Music by Gebhard Ullmann except #4 (Kurt Weill) #11 (Joachim Litty) # 14 (Thomas Klemm, Volker Schlott) and #17 (Hans Hassler).
License
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Gebhard Ullmann is a composer and woodwind virtuoso based in Berlin, Germany.
He released more than 70 CDs as a leader or co-leader and is considered one of Europe's finest improvising musicians, as well as a heavyweight composer of chamber and orchestra music.
Between 2002 and 2018 alone, seven of his CDs were listed in Downbeat Magazine among the best CDs of those years.