Mikesch van Grümmer ‎
Barlach Zyklus

Timeless Records ‎– SJP 299
Netherlands
1988




Barlach Zyklus, Dutch-only 9-track debut album by the German pianist and composer Mikesch van Grümmer. During the 1970s he delivers important impulses for the regional music-scene from Aachen, Germany and he also was a member of MR. CIRCLE. Two times he played at the Montreux Jazz Festival but this one is also his only released album. Quality European Jazz on the highest level with Ack van Rooyen, Jiggs Wigham, Lee Konitz, Gerd Breuer, Anthony Reiss, Gunnar Plümer and Riccardo del Fra.


 

Jüngling mit Querflöte

Artikel-Nr.: 162
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A1 Jüngling mit Flöte (4:32)

 

Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz
Bass – Gunnar Plümer
Drums – Gerd Breuer
Piano – Mikesch van Grümmer
Trombone – Jiggs Wigham
Trumpet – Ack van Rooyen

 
Liner Notes
Written by Mikesch van Grümmer

This music is inspired by drawings and plastics of the German sculptor, graphic designer and poet Ernst Barlach (1870-1938). The music does not pretend to interpret Barlach’s work, but without it none of the compositions would have been created al all (except for “Liebespaar II”).

Barlach meant to “create visions”. To him the underlying principal for all was the “mystical view”. In this way the connection between Barlach’s work can be explained by quoting the phrases Baruch used to judge his own work: “Have these creations come alive? Is the process a logical one? Did the physical experience become envisioned?…” Wow the question of “what should be visualized by all this?” Has become irrelevant.

(M. van Grümmer)

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Tracklist

A1 Jüngling mit Flöte (4:32)

Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz
Bass – Gunnar Plümer
Drums – Gerd Breuer
Piano – Mikesch van Grümmer
Trombone – Jiggs Wigham
Trumpet – Ack van Rooyen

A2 Hungergruppe (1:52)

Piano – Mikesch van Grümmer

A3 Steinfresser (6:14)

Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz
Bass – Ricardo Del Fra
Drums – Gerd Breuer
Piano – Mikesch van Grümmer

A4 Züchtigung I (3:53)

Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz
Bass – Gunnar Plümer, Ricardo Del Fra
Drums – Gerd Breuer
Flute, Flute [Alto] – Anthony Reiss
Piano – Mikesch van Grümmer
Trombone – Jiggs Wigham
Trumpet – Ack van Rooyen

A5 Beweinung (2:54)

Flugelhorn – Ack van Rooyen
Piano – Mikesch van Grümmer

B1 Das Wiedersehen (4:48)

Bass – Gunnar Plümer
Bass [Solo] – Ricardo Del Fra
Drums – Gerd Breuer
Flugelhorn – Ack van Rooyen
Piano – Mikesch van Grümmer
Trombone – Jiggs Wigham

B2 Liebespaar I (Mann/Frau) (4:05)

Bass – Gunnar Plümer
Drums – Gerd Breuer
Flute – Anthony Reiss
Piano – Mikesch van Grümmer

B3 Umarmung (5:16)

Bass – Ricardo Del Fra
Drums – Gerd Breuer
Flugelhorn – Ack van Rooyen
Flute [Alto] – Anthony Reiss
Piano – Mikesch van Grümmer

B4 Liebespaar II (Mensch/Existenz) (7:33)

Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz
Bass – Gunnar Plümer
Bass [Strings] – Ricardo Del Fra
Drums – Gerd Breuer
Flugelhorn – Ack van Rooyen
Piano – Mikesch van Grümmer

TIMELESS RECORDS © ℗ 1988

 


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Mikesch van Grümmer ‎
Barlach Zyklus

Timeless Records ‎– SJP 299
Netherlands
1988