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Selected Tracks: Frank Gratkowski started playing the saxophone at 16 and, following a period at the Hamburg Conservatory (Hamburger Musikhochschule), moved in 1985 to study at the Cologne Conservatory of Music with Heiner Wiberny, graduating in 1990. Further studies with Charlie Mariano, Sal Nistico and Steve Lacy. Frank Gratkowski has been working as a soloist in various international formations (Grubenklang Orchester, Klaus Koenig Orchester, Musikfabrik NRW, Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra, Bentje Braam, WDR Big band, etc.). Since 1990 he has been giving solo performances throughout Europe, Canada and USA. Since 1992 he has been working in a duo with the pianist Georg Graewe. The duo is often extended through the participation of different additional musicians, such as Paul Lovens (dr) and John Lindberg (bass). In 1995 he founded the "Frank Gratkowski Trio" with Dieter Manderscheid, bass, and Gerry Hemingway, drums. In 2000 the trio was been extended to a quartet by Dutch trombonist Wolter Wierbos. In 1999 the duo with the Italian trombonist Sebastiano Tramontana was been formed. Since 2001 Frank Gratkowski has been performing with a trio including Wilbert De Jode on bass and Paul Lovens on drums. Frank Gratkowski played on nearly every German and on numerous international Jazz Festivals including Vancouver, Toronto, Chicago, New York, Seattle, Quebec, Les Mans, Muelhuus, Groeningen, Nickelsdorf, Barcelona, Lithuania, Warsaw, Prague, Bratislava, Sofia and Bucharest. Furthermore he has performed with Robert Dick, Phil Wachsmann, Radu Malfatti, Herb Robertson, Marcio Mattos, Eugenio Colombo, Peter Kowald, Ray Anderson, Michael Moore, Ken Vandermark, Greg Osby, Kenny Wheeler, Louis Sclavis, John Betsch, Jane Ira Bloom, Connie and Hannes Bauer, Xu Fengxia, James Newton, Muhal Richard Abrams, John Lindberg, Michael Formaneck, Ernst Reijseger, Fred van Hove, Theo Jörgensmann, Phil Minton, Mark Dresser, Mark Feldman, Hamid Drake, Michiel Braam, and Mal Waldron among others. |
Kollaps
Crew's Choice
Selection Simply put, Kollaps may be Frank Gratkowski's finest recording to date. The style arches back to the free jazz forms of more than two decades ago, in all their purity and honesty. The music ebbs and flows between swinging hot free form, with lots of duets between Gratkowski and Wierbos ,and very dark almost compositional based blues. We agree with Couture, the recording comes with our highest recommendation. "Kollaps is a delightful record. Very strongly recommended." -- François Couture, All Music Guide 7 tracks in 63:19 minutes More From Red Toucan/Cactus One Final Note Review :::>>> Tell A Friend About This CD From Drimala If you like this cd, you might also enjoy listening to: Quicksand (Gräwe, Gratkowski, and Lovens) Arrears (Graewe, Gratkowski, Lindberg) The Flume Factor (Gratkowski, Manderscheid, Hemingway) Stelen (Bauer, Houtkamp, Manderscheid, Blume) Melodie und Rhythmus (Gräwe, Gratkowski, Kessler and Drake) Subsymbolism (Gräwe, Vatcher and Mattos) Concert in Berlin, 1996 (Gräwe, Gustafsson, Tramontana, Mattos and Sanders) GratHovOx (Gratkowksi, Fred Van Hove, Tony Oxley) Live At Glen Miller Cafe (AALY Trio with Vandermark) Live At Glenn Miller Cafe, Vol 1 (Janson, Kullhammar, Nilssen-Love) Expansion Slang (Vandermark, Newton, McBride) Pele's Tears (Howard, Maroney, Gratkowski, Poore) The Eye Listens (Perelman, Morris, Winberly) Slamadam (Moore, Reijseger, Dresser, Hemingway, Wierbos) Live At Nefertiti (Brötzmann, Nielsen, Uuskyla) Spectral Soprano (Lol Coxhill) Exploding Customer (Küchen, Nordeson, Hallonsten, Quigley) |
