In Full View

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Cat No: 3717777

Release Date: 15 April 2013

Label: ECM

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 602537177776

Genres: Jazz

Description
After two acclaimed trio albums (The End of a Summer and Imprint), pianist Julia HÃ¼lsmann proposes a different project for her third ECM release In Full View, motivated initially by a performance by Berlin-based, English trumpet and flugelhorn player Tom Arthurs: "I found the music so beautiful that I asked him on the spot to collaborate..."
Arthurs, who has worked with musicians including John Surman, John Taylor, Iain Ballamy, Thomas StrÃ¸nen, Jack DeJohnette and Kenny Wheeler, and cites influences ranging from GyÃ¶rgy Ligeti to filmmakers Andrei Tarkovsky and Jean-Luc Godard, gladly accepted. After first rehearsals had established musical compatibility, HÃ¼lsmann called upon the services of her trusted rhythm section of Marc Muellbauer (double-bass) and Heinrich KÃ¶bberling (drums). Thus the Julia HÃ¼lmann Trio became the Julia HÃ¼lsmann Quartet - with a prominent role for Tom Arthurs as a strong new frontline voice that not only inspires Julia HÃ¼lsmann as player and arranger, but also had a stimulating effect on the composing activities within the quartet, with all members bringing compositions to the table.

The programme is rounded off by the additions of "The Water" from Canadian singer-songwriter Feist ("I like these simple, clear melodies, with a totally unique charm" says HÃ¼lsmann), "Richtung Osten", penned by Heinrich KÃ¶bberling's wife Fumi Udo, and Manuel de Falla's "Nana" from the Siete Canciones Populares EspaÃ±olas cycle of folk song arrangements.

"German pianist Julia HÃ¼lsmann gave - for my taste - the best performance of her already enormously varied career. In trumpet player Tom Arthurs she has found a wonderful counterpart for her poetic ingenuity." - Ulrich Olshausen, reviewing the Julia HÃ¼lsmann Quartet at the MÃ¼nster Festival

Personnel: Julia HÃ¼lsmann (piano), Tom Arthurs (trumpet), Marc Muellbauer (double bass), Heinrich KÃ¶bberling (drums)
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