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Julia Hulsmann Trio: The End of Summer

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Label: ECM

Cat No: 1773156

Barcode: 0602517731561

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Jazz

Release Date: 20th October 2008

Artists

Julia Hulsmann Trio

Artists

Julia Hulsmann Trio

About

The debut ECM disc of German pianist/composer Julia Hülsmann, recorded in Oslo under Manfred Eicher’s direction.

This is a charming programme of ‘songs without words’ – strongly melodic piano trio music - containing mostly pieces by Hülsmann, though trio members Muellbauer and Köbberling also contribute material - plus a cover of Seal’s pop song “Kiss from a Rose”.

Julia Hülsmann Trio already has a staunch following in Germany (where their 2001 album “Scattering Poems” won the German Jazz Award).

Julia Hülsmann was born in 1968 in Bonn, and studied music at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. A stipend took her to New York where there were further studies with Richie Beirach, Maria Schneider and Jane Ira Bloom. Her trio was founded in Berlin in 1997, and quickly progressed from playing standards to original material. All trio members write for the band but the primary focus is the pianist’s compositions. Both as a player and writer, Hülsmann conveys a sense of poetic compression, expressive gestures pared to a minimum. This less-is-more, bare-boned feel to the music has prompted critical comparisons with Carla Bley.

All three trio players cite music on ECM (especially Keith Jarrett and John Taylor) as formative for their development, but they’ve also been influenced by modern jazz trios, from Bill Evans to Ahmad Jamal. There is no doubt however that Hülsmann is a musician who has found her own voice, and the combination of her clearly delineated melodies and the trio’s subtle interaction will win many friends for the group. She says: “My music is all about melody. It’s that simple”.

Bassist Marc Muellbauer, born in London in 1968, also leads his own nine-piece band, Kaleidoscope. His musical experiences have been varied. He has played contemporary classical music with the ensemble United Berlin and in workshops with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Maurizio Kagel. He also plays Argentinean tango in the quintet Yira Yira, and jazz with a number of other formations. Muellbauer teaches double-bass at the Hanns Eisler Academy in Berlin.

Drummer Heinrich Köbberling has worked with Aki Takase, Ernie Watts and many more: he has played on around 50 jazz albums. Köbberling is a member of the post-techno/house group 8doogymoto and teaches drums at the FMB Conservatory in Leipzig.