The Gebhard Ullmann Clarinet Trio

[Lazaro Vega]

Tonight we're recording the Gebhard Ullmann clarinet trio from Berlin in our studios for broadcast on Monday evening at 11 p.m.

http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_415

http://www.bucknell.edu/x60902.xml

[Lazaro Vega]

http://www.gebhard-ullmann.com/frame.htm

[Van Basten II]

Quite interesting formation that I had the pleasure to see a few weeks ago.

[Lazaro Vega]

Very good. They were in Seattle, flew to Chicago, drove to Michigan and recorded at Blue Lake. Today they're in Ann Arbor; Monday night at 11 p.m. edt "Live From Blue Lake;" Tuesday at noon at the Chicago Cultural Center and Wednesday night at The Hideout in Chicago.

Their ability to improvise with written material amazes me. That is, there are scored sections which are played in an improvised cannon form; scored parts which can be accessed randomly; and points within the performance where the written parts are played specifically. Gebhard has a very distinct and recognizable way of phrasing the blues in his compositions, and one of them, in quarter tones, that they'll play on Monday takes his work in this area to another level.

[Lazaro Vega]

Celebrating the music of Herbie Hancock tonight at 10 p.m. and then the Gebhard Ullmann Clarinet Trio "Live From Blue Lake" at 11 p.m. Hope you can join us, http://www.bluelake.org/radio

[Uncle Skid]

Nice!

[johnlitweiler]

sorry I missed your show, Lazaro. I heard them this noon - they're a little like the ROVA Clarinet Trio, except that Ullmann composes some distinctive pieces.

[Lazaro Vega]

Are you going to catch them again at The Hideout?

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/Event?oid=1612190