Gebhard Ullmann (born November 2, 1957) is a German

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and composer.

Career

At the age of six, Ullmann started to play the recorder and later classical flute. Since 1976 he studied a.o. with

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and at the University of Hamburg flute and saxophone. He also studied medicine from 1976 – 1982. During this time he worked with guitarist Andreas Willers and a trio with keyboards and vocals. Since 1983 he has been living in Berlin, although he lived in both Berlin and New York City from 1999 to 2011. With Willers he started the quartet Out To Lunch in 1983 (later with

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), the project Minimal Kidds (with

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) and different trios with

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and

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. In 1991 he began his project Tá Lam (up to ten woodwinds plus accordion) that toured worldwide and released 4 CDs that made it to the top-of-the-year lists in many magazines all over the world including a five star review by John Ephland in

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. 1993

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founder Giovanni Bonandrini invited him to start his project Basement Research in NYC. Originally a quartet with

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(later

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and

, later it became a quintet with

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, John Hebert (later Pascal Niggenkemper) and Gerald Cleaver and released seven CDs. Some of the other projects Ullmann led or co-led and composed music for are: * The Berlin-based Clarinet Trio (with Jürgen Kupke, Michael Thieke) * the transatlantic quartet Conference Call (with Michael Jefry Stevens,

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, Matt Wilson, later

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and

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) * the trio BassX3 (with bassists Chris Dahlgren and Clayton Thomas plus Ullmann on bassflute and bassclarinet) his co-lead projects with

The Ullmann/Swell 4 (with Hill Greene and

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) and The Chicago Plan (with

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and

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) the Berlin-based quartet GULF of Berlin, the duo with vocalist Almut Kühne and the electro-acoustic trio das Kondensat (with Oli Potratz and Eric Schaefer). 2019 he released with the worldwide first quartertone-piano-quartet‚ mikroPULS‘ the first CD. The NYC Jazz Record wrote: 'Ullmann has put out more than his share of great albums but the more one hears mikroPULS, it sounds like one of his best. Gebhard Ullmann also works as a composer and wrote music for different chamber music ensembles including two string quartets and several solo pieces for woodwind instruments. He also wrote several larger works for classical orchestra and a new score for the movie 'Berliner Stilleben' from 1929 by László Moholy-Nagy for the BuJazzO plus Choir as part of the project 'Klingende Utopien - 100 Jahre Bauhaus'. In 2021 he wrote his first symphony entitled 'Symphonische Verwebungen for Orchestra, Voice, Piano and Percussion'. His compositions are now distributed by

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, Vienna. In 2020 Ullmann released his 60th CD as a leader or co-leader. As a sideman he works in the regular quartet of New York guitarist

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, in the orchestras of Japanese pianist

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, the German pianist

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and the Belgian pianist

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. He was a member of projects such as The Silent Jazz Ensemble, Chris Dahlgren’s Lexicon, the Berlin-based Die Elefanten (produced by

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’s Springtime and many others. He has also worked with

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, Frank Gratkowski, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowski, the Ensemble

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, William Parker,

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, Bob Moses,

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, Dieter Glawischnig,

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, Sergei Starostin, Alexey Kruglov,

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, Frank Möbus, Tyshawn Sorey and the actor

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Awards

Ullmann received the Julius Hemphill Composition Award (1999) in two categories, one of the first SWR Jazz Awards (together with Andreas Willers in 1987), The German Phonoacademy Award (1983), many awards by the city of Berlin including the first Berlin Jazz Award in 2017. The second CD of his Tá Lam project was nominated best CD of the year by the German Schallplattenkritik and many of his CDs made the best-of-the-year list in magazines and newspapers worldwide including the

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and the

magazine (The Clarinet Trio 1999, Final Answer 2002, The Bigband Project 2004, New Basement Research 2006, Poetry in Motion 2008, News? No News 2010, Tá Lam 11 – Mingus! 2011, Hat And Shoes 2015, Impromptus and Other Short Works 2019, Das Kondensat 2 2021). The CD Transatlantic received the Choc of the ''French Jazz Magazine''. Since 2005 Ullmann was listed in the Down Beat critics poll, lately in several categories.In 2022 he received the ''German Jazz Award'' in the category woodwinds.

Discography

Leader or co-leader albums

* Gebhard Ullmann, Andreas Willers ''Playful'' (Biber, 1985) * Gebhard Ullmann, Andreas Willers, Hans-Dieter Lorenz, Nikolaus Schäuble ''Out to Lunch'' (Nabel, 1985) * Minimal Kidds ''No Age'' (Intuition, 1987, with Andreas Willers, Nikolaus Schäuble,

, Burhan Öçal, Hans Lüdemann) * Gebhard Ullmann,

, Andreas Willers, Martin Lillich, Nikolaus Schäuble (Nabel, 1989) * ''Per-Dee-Doo'' (Nabel, 1990; with Michael Rodach, Martin Lillich, Nikolaus Schäuble) * Gebhard Ullmann, Andreas Willers ''Suite Noire with

, Bob Stewart'' (Nabel, 1992) * Gebhard Ullmann, Andreas Willers ''Playful '93'' (Nabel, 1993) * Gebhard Ullmann, Hans Hassler ''Tá Lam'' (99 Records, 1993) * Tá Lam 8 ''Moritat'' (99 Records, 1994; with Dirk Engelhardt, Hans Hassler, Heiner Reinhardt, Jürgen Kupke, Joachim Litty, Thomas Klemm, Volker Schlott) * Gebhard Ullmann,

''Basement Research'' (

, 1995) * Gebhard Ullmann, Andreas Willers, Phil Haynes ''Trad Corrosion'' (Nabel, 1997) * ''Kreuzberg Park East'' (Soul Note, 1999, with Ellery Eskelin, Drew Gress, Phil Haynes) * Gebhard Ullmann, Jürgen Kupke, Michael Thieke ''Oct 1, '98'' (

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, 1999) * Tá Lam Zehn ''Vancouver Concert'' (Leo Records, 2000; with Hinrich Beermann, Daniel Erdmann, Hans Hassler, Thomas Klemm, Jürgen Kupke, Joachim Litty, Theo Nabicht, Heiner Reinhardt, Volker Schlott) * Essencia featuring

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(Between the Lines, 2001; with Jens Thomas) * Clarinet Trio ''Translucent Tones'' (Leo Records, 2002; with Jürgen Kupke, Michael Thieke) * Conference Call ''Final Answer'' (Soul Note, 2002; with

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, Matt Wilson) * Conference Call ''Variations on a Master Plan'' (Leo Records, 2003; with

) * Conference Call ''Spirals. The Berlin Concert'' (482 Music, 2004; with Michael Jefry Stevens, Joe Fonda,

) *

, Gebhard Ullmann,

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''Desert Songs and Other Landscapes'' (

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, 2004) * The Clarinet Trio ''Ballads and Related Objects'' (Leo Records, 2004) * ''The Big Band Project'' (Soul Note, 2004, with Claus Stötter, Ingolf Burkhardt, Michael Leuschner, Reiner Winterschladen, Ingo Lahme, Joe Gallardo, Sebastian Hoffmann, Sebastian John, Stefan Lottermann, Peter Bolte, Fiete Felsch, Lutz Büchner,

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, Frank Delle,

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, Stephan Diez, Lucas Lindholm,

, Marcio Doctor, Dieter Glawischnig) * Gebhard Ullmann, Chris Dahlgren, Peter Herbert ''BassX3'' (Drimala, 2005) * Gebhard Ullmann, Chris Dahlgren,

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''Die blaue Nixe'' (Between the Lines, 2006) * Gebhard Ullmann, Chris Dahlgren, Jay Rosen ''CutItOut'' (Leo Records, 2006) * Gebhard Ullmann & Basement Research ''Live in Münster'' (NotTwo Records, 2006) * Conference Call ''Live at the Outpost Performance Space'' (482 Music, 2006; rec. 2003; with Michael Jefry Stevens, Joe Fonda,

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) * The Clarinet Trio ''Leo Records 25th Anniversary'' (Leo Records, 2007) * Gebhard Ullmann, Steve Swell, Julian Argüelles, John Hebert, Gerald Cleaver ''New Basement Research'' (Soul Note, 2007) * Conference Call ''Poetry in Motion'' (

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, 2008; with Michael Jefry Stevens, Joe Fonda, George Schuller) * Gebhard Ullmann Basement Research ''Don't Touch My Music Vol 1 & 2'' (NotTwo Records, 2009) * Steve Swell, Gebhard Ullmann, Hilliard Greene, Barry Altschul ''News? No News!'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2010) * Conference Call ''What About ...?'' (NotTwo Records, 2010; with Michael Jefry Stevens, Joe Fonda, George Schuller) * Steve Swell, Gebhard Ullmann, Hilliard Greene, Barry Altschul ''Live in Montreal'' (CIMPol, 2010) * Tá Lam 11 ''Mingus!'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011; with Benjamin Weidekamp, Daniel Erdmann, Hans Hassler, Heiner Reinhardt, Hinrich Beermann, Jürgen Kupke, Michael Thieke, Vladimir Karparov, Volker Schlott) * The Clarinet Trio: ''4'' (Leo Records, 2012; with Jürgen Kupke, Michael Thieke) * BassX3: ''Transatlantic'' (Leo Records, 2012; with Chris Dahlgren, Clayton Thomas) * The Double Trio de Clarinets: ''Itinéraire bis'' (Between the Lines, 2013; with Jean-Marc Foltz, Sylvain Kassap, Armand Angster, Jürgen Kupke, Michael Thieke) * Conference Call. ''Seven. Live at the Firehouse'' (NotTwo Records, 2014; with Michael Jefry Stevens, Joe Fonda, George Schuller) * Gebhard Ullmann, Daniel Erdmann, Johannes Fink, Christian Lillinger ''E und U Mann'' (WismART 2014) * Gebhard Ullmann, Gerhard Gschlößl, Johannes Fink, Jan Leipnitz ''GULF of Berlin'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2014) * Almut Kühne & Gebhard Ullmann ''Silver White Archives'' (Unit, 2014) * Gebhard Ullmann & Basement Research: ''Hat and Shoes'' (Between the Lines, 2015) * Gebhard Ullmann, Achim Kaufmann ''Geode'' (Leo Records 2016) * Almut Kühne, Gebhard Ullmann, Achim Kaufmann ''Marbrakeys'' (Leo Records 2016) * Steve Swell, Gebhard Ullmann, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Michael Zerang ''The Chicago Plan'' (Clean Feed 2016) * The Clarinet Trio ''Live In Moscow'' with guest Alexey Kruglov (Leo Records 2017) * Gebhard Ullmann, Oliver Portratz, Eric Schafer ''Das Kondensat'' (WhyPlay Jazz 2017) * Gebhard Ullmann & Alexey Kruglov ''Moscow - Berlin'' (Fancy Music, 2018) * Gebhard Ullmann & Basement Research ''Impromptus and Other Short Works'' (mit Julian Argüelles, Steve Swell, Pascal Niggenkemper, Gerald Cleaver) (WhyPlay Jazz 2019) * Tatiana Komova, Almut Kühne, Alexey Kruglov, Gebhard Ullmann ''Deuce Crossings'' (Fancy Music 2019) * Gebhard Ullmann, Hans Lüdemann, Oliver Potratz, Eric Schaefer ''mikroPULS'' (Intuition Records 2019) * Conference Call ''Prism'' w. Gebhard Ullmann, Michael Jefry Stevens, Joe Fonda, Dieter Ulrich (NotTwo Records, 2020) * Das Kondensat ''2'' w. Gebhard Ullmann, Oliver Potratz, Eric Schaefer (WhyPlay Jazz 2021) * ''GULFH of Berlin'' w. Gerhard Gschlössl, Gebhard Ullmann, Johannes Fink, Jan Leipnitz, Michael Haves (ESP-Disk' 2021) * The Chicago Plan ''For New Zealand'' w. Steve Swell, Gebhard Ullmann, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Michael Zerang (NotTwo Records 2022) * The Clarinet Trio ''Transformations and Further Passages'' w. Gebhard Ullmann, Jürgen Kupke, Michael Thieke (Leo Records 2022) * Ullmann/Swell 4 ''We're Playing In Here?'' w. Steve Swell, Gebhard Ullmann, Hilliard Greene, Barry Altschul (No Business Records 2022)

Sideman albums

* Die Elefanten: ''Nervous City'' (Nektar, 1985; with Chuck Purrington, Joachim Litty, Thomas Wegel, Andreas Weiser, Burkhard Schäffer, Hans Vogt, Klaus M. Staffa, Klaus Pankoke, Uli Moritz) * Die Elefanten: ''Immer Alle, Immer Ich'' (Nektar, 1987; with Michael Merkelbach, Joachim Litty, Michael Rodach, Gerd Kaulard, Klaus M. Staffa, Andreas Weiser, Nikolaus Schäuble, Uli Moritz) * Die Elefanten: ''Wasserwüste'' (Nabel, 1989, with Joachim Litty, Michael Rodach, Andreas Weiser, Klaus M. Staffa, Nikolaus Schäuble, Ulrich Moritz) * Silent Jazz Ensemble: ''Silent Jazz Ensemble'' (Biber, 1989; with Helmut Engel-Musehold, Volker Heller, Elena Ledda, Johannes Wohlleben,

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, Martin Lillich, Ulrich Moritz) * Tayfun with

: ''Eisen, Kohle und Zucker'' (Open Minds, 1991; with Hans Hartmann, Michael Clifton, Topo Gioia) * Silent Jazz Ensemble: ''Kashina'' (Biber, 1991) * Niko Schäuble Tibetan Dixie: ''Nothing too Serious'' (Larrikin, 1992) * Günter Lenz: Springtime: ''Major League'' (Bellaphon, 1992; with Claus Stötter, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky,

Bob Degen Bob Degen Jr (born January 24, 1944 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American jazz pianist. Much of his work has been in the trio format. Life and Career Degen was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1944. Both of his parents wer ...

, Thomas Cremer) * Die Elefanten: ''Faust'' (Klangräume, 1994) * Silent Jazz Ensemble: ''Birds of Passage'' (Biber, 1996) * Joe Fonda: ''Full Circle Suite'' (CIMP, 1999; with

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, Chris Jonas,

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) * Tayfun: ''Dreams and Dances for a Silent Butterfly'' (Moods, 2001; with Eddie Hayes, Tobias Morgenstern, Uli Bartel, Matias de Oliveira Pinto,

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, Hans Hartmann, Andreas Weiser, Topo Gioia) * Joe Fonda ''Loaded Basses'' (CIMP, 2006; with

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, Joe Daley, Michael Rabinowitz, Gerry Hemingway) * Stereo Lisa ''Anno Onno Monno'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2008; with Aki Sebastian Ruhl, Almut Kühne, Benjamin Weidekamp, Christian Marien, Ibadet Ramadani, Jürgen Kupke, Matthias Müller, Richard Koch, Michael Haves, Simon Harrer) *

Quartet ''Banshees'' ( Sunnyside, 2008) * Sadiq Bey ''Slow the Ear'' (Allzeit Musik, 2009, with Kevin Ellington Mingus, Mfa Kera, Andrea Rost, Sophie Gothier) * Günter Lenz Springtime ''Strict Minimum'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2010; with Claus Stötter, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Dieter Glawischnig,

Bill Elgart Bill Elgart or Billy Elgart (born November 9, 1942, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an expatriate American jazz drummer. He is related to Les and Larry Elgart. Elgart was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He studied at the Berklee College of Music a ...

; rec. 2007) * Chris Dahlgren & Lexicon ''Mystic Maze'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2010) * Scott DuBois Quartet ''Black Hawk Dance'' (Sunnyside, 2010) * Scott DuBois Quartet ''Landscape Scripture'' (Sunnyside, 2012) * Hannes Zerbe Orchester ''Eisleriana'' (JazzHausMusik, 2012) * Hannes Zerbe Orchester ''Erlkönig'' (JazzHausMusik, 2013) * Hans Hassler ''Hassler'' (Intakt, 2013) * Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin ''Ichigo Ichie'' (Libra, 2015), with Richard Koch, Nikolaus Neuser, Matthias Müller, Matthias Schubert, Paulina Owczarek, Natsuki Tamura,

Kazuhisa Uchihashi Kazuhisa Uchihashi (内橋和久, ''Uchihashi Kazuhisa'') is a Japanese guitarist involved in free improvisation music. Born in 1959 in Osaka, Uchihashi began to play the guitar at age 12, playing in various rock bands, though he later studied ...

, Jan Roder, Michael Griener, Peter Orins * Scott DuBois Quartet "Winter Light" (ACT Records, 2015) * Bram De Looze "Septych" (Clean Feed, 2015) * "United Sounds Of Leo" 3 CDs and DVD (ArtBeat, 2015) * Scott DuBois Quartet "Autumn WinD" (ACT Records, 2017) * Hannes Zerbe Orchester "Kalkutta" (JazzHausMusik, 2017) * Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin Ninety-Nine Years (Libra, 2018) * Vesna Pisarovic Petit Standard (Jazzwerkstatt 2019)

References

External links

Gebhard Ullmann's website

Gebhard Ullmann's compositions distributed by Universal Edition, Vienna

AllMusic about Gebhard Ullmann

Gebhard Ullmann At 50: A Career Retrospective at ''All About Jazz''
* https://lordisco.com/musicians/U1.html (The Jazz Discography by Tom Lord)
Musical biography of Gebhard Ullmann
* http://soundcloud.com/user-717879144 Compositions by Gebhard Ullmann] {{DEFAULTSORT:Ullmann, Gebhard 1957 births Living people German jazz musicians Leo Records artists