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| 08/25/03 We're sorry but this CD is no longer available on Drimala. Please check out some of the other great music on this website. |
Günter Christmann has been working since 1968 as a free-lance musician specialising in improvised musics, particularly free improvisation, and their links with other art forms. In the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, he was primarily known for his trombone (and less frequent double bass) playing in a variety of groupings: Rüdiger Carl group (1969-1972); Peter Kowald Quintett (1972-1974); a duo with Detlef Schönenberg (1972-1982) which itself included many collaborations, as a member of the Globe Unity Orchestra from 1973 onwards; and in duo with Tristan Honsinger (1978-1981). In the mid-1970s Christmann also began exploring the possibilities of solo playing, sometimes including electro-acoustic manipulations and montage techniques. Since 1980 Günter Christmann has played regularly with Paul Lovens, in trio with Mats Gustafsson, in duo with bass player Torsten Müller (generally under the name of their recording, Carte blanche, as a member of King Übü Orchestrü (1987-1994), and in duo with Alexander Frangenheim. He also started to feature cello in his playing, not as a second instrument to trombone but as an equal. |
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to (two) From Okka's limited edition series (750 copies), one to (two) features Gustafsson in a stong series of duets with one of Europe's veteran free jazz performers. These two have worked together for over a decade and the closeness of their collaborations is very obvious on this recording. Comes highly recommended. 18 tracks in 62:01 minutes More Okka If you missed this cd, you might enjoy listening to: No Waiting (Derek Bailey and Joëlle Léandre) Claque (Lonberg-Holm, Dörner, and Zerang) White Earth Streak (Christmann, Müller, Smith, Williams) Beauvais Cathedral (Kent Carter) The Experiment (Duval and Hwang) Sonomondo (Mark Dresser - Frances-Marie Uitti) No Waiting (Derek Bailey and Joëlle Léandre) MBEK (Michael Bisio and Eyvind Kang) The Mouse That Roared (Matt Turner) Slamadam (Moore, Reijseger, Dresser, Hemingway, Wierbos) Caspar (Klaus Janek) |
