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Ursel Schlicht (2015)

Ursel Schlicht , (born December 15, 1962 in Hamburg , Germany) is a German pianist and musicologist specializing in jazz, improvisation and composition.

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Schlicht studied music and art at the University of Kassel and obtained his doctorate in 1999 with Helmut Rösing and Peter Niklas Wilson at the musicological institute in Hamburg. Her book It's Gotta Be Music First. On the meaning, reception and work situation of women jazz musicians , was published in 2000 by Coda Verlag, Karben.

After completing her studies, Schlicht worked as a freelancer in Kassel . a. with the guitarist Hans Tammen (CD Statements ), Ulli Götte's Ensemble In Process , (CDs Minimal Music , Sinfonia Graduell , Norman ) and various jazz big bands.

In 1991 Schlicht organized an encounter with Eritrean and German musicians for the first time; Musicians from Afghanistan, Germany, Eritrea, India, Japan, Mali, Russia and the USA were involved in their projects and their Ex Tempore ensemble .

In 1994 Schlicht went to New York, where she worked with numerous musicians from the independent and experimental as well as the jazz scene. The CD Sound Quest was created with Steve Swell , Ken Filiano and Lou Grassi , with Bruce Arnold String Theory , with Robert Dick Photosphere , with Reuben Radding Einstein’s Dreams and with the Laura Andel Orchestra the CDs Somnambulist and In: Tension . In addition, she accompanied classical silent films with avant-garde improvisational means. a. by FW Murnau , Fritz Lang and Lotte Reiniger .

At the same time, Schlicht was continuously musically active in Kassel . a. she carried out four projects in the documenta years:

  • 1997 Ex Tempore (with the archive of the German women's movement)
  • 2002 Ex Tempore 2 (with Jamie Baum , Gabriele Hasler , Hakim Ludin , Ravish Momin, Salamat Schiftah, Tadios Tesfu, Tomas Ulrich )
  • 2007 Ex Tempore 3 (with Jamie Baum, Thomson Kneeland, David Kuckhermann, Hakim Ludin, Ravish Momin, Vladiswar Nadishana, Salamat Schiftah, Tadios Tesfu, Tomas Ulrich)
  • 2012 SonicExchange. Over 50 guests from nine countries participated in the 100-day SonicExchange project . A SonicExchange DVD was released in 2013 by Mulatta Records.

Schlicht currently plays in the Hans Tammen Third Eye Orchestra and Sarah Weaver's SLM Ensemble . She also has a sextet in New York City with Stephanie Griffin , Catherine Sikora, Josh Sinton , François Grillot and Andrew Drury , and in Germany a quintet with Detlef Landeck , Robert Dick, Christian Ramond and Klaus Kugel .

From 2002 to 2013 Schlicht taught at Columbia University , Ramapo College of New Jersey and Rutgers University in the fields of gender studies , improvisation and music history. Ursel Schlicht has lived in Germany again since summer 2013 and teaches improvisation at the University of Kassel .

Discography (selection)

  • SonicExchange (Mulatta 2013)
  • Robert Dick / Ursel Schlicht: Photosphere (Nemu 2006)
  • Ursel Schlicht / Reuben Radding: Einstein's Dreams (Konnex 2005)
  • Ursel Schlicht / Bruce Arnold: String Theory (Muse-Eek 2005)
  • Ursel Schlicht's Ex Tempore: Syncretic Tales (2005)
  • Ursel Schlicht / Steve Swell Quartet: Poets of the Now (CIMP 2002)
  • Implicate Order: Sound Quest (CJR 2001)
  • Ursel Schlicht / Hans Tammen Duo Statements (Hybrid Music Prod. 1995)

Publications (selection)

  • Total Risk, Freedom, Discipline. Composing for improvisers. In: John Zorn (ed.): Arcana. Musicians on Music , Volume 4. Hips Road / Tzadik Books, New York 2009, ISBN 978-0978833787 .
  • "Better a jazz record than lipstick". Better a Jazz Album Than Lipstick. The 1956 Jazz Podium Series Reveals Images of Jazz and Gender in Post-War Germany. In: Sherrie Tucker, Nichole Rustin (Eds.): Big Ears. Listening for Gender in Jazz Studies . Duke University Press, Durham 2008, ISBN 978-0822343202 , pp. 291-319.
  • "I feel my true colors began to show." Designing and Teaching a Course on Improvisation. In: Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études Critiques en Improvisation , Volume 3, No. 2, 2007, ( [1] ).
  • Individual music based on jazz. Working conditions and forms of expression for female musicians in Hamburg and New York. In: Wolfram Knauer (Ed.): Jazz and Society. (= Darmstadt contributions to jazz research. Volume 7). Wolke, Hofheim 2002, ISBN 3-936000-01-8 , pp. 135–152.
  • It's gotta be music first. On the meaning, reception and work situation of female jazz musicians. Coda, Karben 2000, ISBN 978-3000068652 .
  • Sound experiments. Workshop freedom through improvisation. In: LOCATION changes. Perspectives of female participation and appropriation of space. Ulrike Helmer, Königstein / Taunus 1999, ISBN 978-3897410138 , pp. 224-229.
  • "Women Cook - But Not in Kitchen." Women in Jazz. An annotated bibliography. In: Jazz Institute Darmstadt (Ed.): Jazz Newsletter. Issue 6, Darmstadt 1994.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Foundation Archive of the German Women's Movement. Foundation events since 1984. http://www.addf-kassel.de/veranstaltungen/stadtfuehrungen/veranstaltungen-seit-1984 (February 2, 2015)
  2. ↑ Weber, Reinhold: Ex Tempore 3 - Contemporary World Jazz on deck 1. http://kassel-zeitung.de/cms1/index.php?/archives/3030-Ex-Tempore-3-Contemporary-World-Jazz-auf -Deck-1.html (February 2, 2015)
  3. ↑ DVD info (incl. Tracklist) at Mulatta Records. Archived copy ( memento of the original from February 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (February 10, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mulatta.org
  4. ^ SLM Ensemble website. http://slmensemble.org (February 10, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Simple, Ursel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simple, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and jazz researcher
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg , Germany