Clarinet Contrast

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Clarinet Contrast
Theo Jörgensmann (2009)
Theo Jörgensmann (2009)
General information
Genre (s) New jazz , modern creative
founding 1975
resolution 1977
Founding members
Theo Jörgensmann
Bernd Konrad
clarinet
 Perry Robinson
clarinet
 Hans Kumpf
Bass clarinet
 Michel Mushroom
Temporary members
Günter Lenz
Peter Giger
clarinet
 Willem Breuker
Bass clarinet
 Gunter Hampel
bass
 Thomas Schulte

Clarinet Contrast was a German jazz group of five clarinetists plus rhythm group, which sparked interest in the clarinet in the contemporary jazz scene and was involved in the renaissance of the clarinet in jazz and improvised music .

Act

The musical concern of Clarinet Contrast was to show the sound possibilities of the clarinet in contemporary jazz and at the same time to highlight the contrasts of the individual playing styles of its members. Although the group only gave a few concerts during its existence - it played at the German Jazz Festival Frankfurt , the Oberhausener Jazztage (with W. Breuker) and the Ludwigsburg Castle Festival (with G. Hampel instead of M. Pilz) - it resolved at the Great response from the specialist audience. The protagonists' playing styles were very far apart, and the group couldn't find a suitable record company for their ambitious project at the time. The group split up after just two years. Three members of Clarinet Contrast , Robinson, Jörgensmann and Konrad, came then in 1979 the Clarinet Summit on the New Jazz Meeting of the SWF together again. Joachim-Ernst Behrendt took up the idea of ​​"Clarinet Contrast" and redesigned it as a summit.

Discography

  • Theo Jörgensmann Quartet In Time (only one piece with Jörgensmann, Konrad, Kumpf and Schulte) 1977

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "The Clarinet Contrast group, which brings together five clarinetists from three countries, demonstrates the return of the clarinet to contemporary jazz". Ulrich Olshausen in HR Information, 1976
  2. ↑ "...... as the clarinet seems to be having a worldwide jazz revival". Joachim Ernst Berendt ; Down Beat 2/1980
  3. ↑ "Clarinet Contrast a collective of five clarinetists plus rhythm section, which was undoubtedly one of the most interesting and innovative formations in New Jazz last year." Michael Rüsenberg in the NRZ , March 6, 1977
  4. ↑ Jazz aktuell on SR with Dieter Zimmerle , May 17, 1977