Hülsmann

Julia Hulsmann Trio - Sooner And Later (2017) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Julia Hülsmann Trio - Sooner And Later (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 49:33 minutes | 1023 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Berlin-based pianist Julia Hülsmann returns to the trio format for Sooner And Later, an album which distils the experience of journeys to distant destinations. In the last couple of years Hülsmann, bassist Marc Muellbauer and drummer Heinrich Köbberling have taken their music around the world, from Europe to the North & South America, Central Asia and China, where something special developed. Once again all three members of the trio have contributed compositions to the album. The title of Hulsmann's Thatpujai is an anagram of Jutta Hipp, and its theme is comprised of phrases from the late German jazz pianist's solos. The program is rounded out by a cover of Radiohead's All I Need which, like the Hülsmann-penned tracks J.J., Soon or Mond with their sometimes almost clubby grooves, emphasizes the subtle rhythmic aspects of the trio's music.
Julia Hulsmann Quartet with Theo Bleckmann - A Clear Midnight (2015) {ECM 2418}

Julia Hulsmann Quartet with Theo Bleckmann - A Clear Midnight (2015) {ECM 2418}
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 600dpi | 514MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 155MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz

Pianist Julia Hülsmann and singer Theo Bleckmann, in a first – and long-awaited – collaborative recording, celebrate the “unsung Weill” alongside the master’s best-loved works including “Mack The Knife”, “Speak Low” and “September Song”, adding also Julia’s settings of Walt Whitman, with whom Kurt Weill felt an affinity. The project came together at the instigation of the Kurt Weill Festival in Dessau in 2013 and since then has gained new life on the road and been fine-tuned in this studio recording made in Oslo in June 2014 with Manfred Eicher as producer. It marks a musical advance for the Hülsmann group at a number of levels, and these recastings of Weill open up new imaginative possibilities for the players. English trumpeter and flugelhornist Tom Arthurs, who made his debut with Hülsmann on In Full View is fully integrated on A Clear Midnight.

Julia Hulsmann Trio - The End Of A Summer (2008)  Music

Posted by Designol at March 15, 2023
Julia Hulsmann Trio - The End Of A Summer (2008)

Julia Hülsmann Trio - The End Of A Summer (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 238 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 112 Mb | Scans included
Contemporary Jazz, Piano Jazz | Label: ECM | # ECM 2079, 177 3156 | 00:47:48

Since they started in the early 1970’s, ECM has been giving the world one excellent jazz piano disc after another–significant names include Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, and Paul Bley, more recently Anat Fort, Bo Stenson, and now Julia Hulsmann. Leading a trio on her ECM debut, THE END OF SUMMER, Hulsman displays a graceful, muted, and melancholy air. In the manner of Stenson and Bley, Hulsmann expresses maximum emotion and mood using the fewest (but well-placed) notes. Unlike the aforementioned gentlemen however, Hulsmann favors almost folk-like, affable, and concise melodies. Her bassist and drummer seem subdued at times, but they’re constantly lending the tunes a sense of forward motion.
Julia Hulsmann Quartet - In Full View (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Julia Hülsmann Quartet - In Full View (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 70:39 minutes | 1,5 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

After two acclaimed trio albums pianist Julia Hülsmann proposes a different project for her third ECM release "In Full View", motivated initially by a performance by Berlin-based, English trumpet player Tom Arthurs. After first rehearsals had established musical compatibility, Hülsmann called upon the services of her trusted rhythm section of Marc Muellbauer (double bass) and Heinrich Kobberling, but a vocalist was no longer needed.
Julia Hulsmann Quartet - A Clear Midnight (2015) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Julia Hülsmann Quartet (with Theo Bleckmann) - A Clear Midnight: Kurt Weill and America (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 68:05 minutes | 1,46 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Pianist Julia Hülsmann and singer Theo Bleckmann, in a first – and long-awaited – collaborative recording, celebrate the “unsung Weill” alongside the master’s best-loved works including “Mack The Knife”, “Speak Low” and “September Song”, adding also Julia’s settings of Walt Whitman, with whom Kurt Weill felt an affinity. The project came together at the instigation of the Kurt Weill Festival in Dessau in 2013 and since then has gained new life on the road and been fine-tuned in this studio recording made in Oslo in June 2014 with Manfred Eicher as producer. It marks a musical advance for the Hülsmann group at a number of levels, and these recastings of Weill open up new imaginative possibilities for the players. English trumpeter and flugelhornist Tom Arthurs, who made his debut with Hülsmann on "In Full View" is fully integrated on "A Clear Midnight". Often his trumpet doubles or underpins Bleckmann’s singing, giving a new colour to the vocals.

Julia Hülsmann Quartet - Not Far From Here (2019)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Nov. 20, 2022
Julia Hülsmann Quartet - Not Far From Here (2019)

Julia Hülsmann Quartet - Not Far From Here (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 299 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 138 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:59:56
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Creative | Label: ECM Records

Not Far From Here introduces award-winning pianist Julia Hülsmann’s new group in which her long-time working trio with Marc Muellbauer and Heinrich Köbberling (together now for 17 years) is expanded to a quartet with the addition of Berlin-based saxophonist Uli Kempendorff. In Kempendorff’s playing “both suppleness and unruliness are in ample supply”, Jazzthetik has noted, and he brings a fresh energy to the Hülsmann group concept. Each member of the quartet contributes original compositions, with Julia herself penning five new pieces for the album.
Julia Hülsmann Trio with Anna Lauvergnac - Come Closer (2004)

Julia Hulsmann Trio with Anna Lauvergnac - Come Closer (2004)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 355 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 142 MB | Covers - 73 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Vocal Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: ACT Music (9702-2)

When Julia Hülsmann was little, there was a memorable concert on the television. A man was sitting alone at the piano singing wonderful things with a uniquely appalling voice. Julia Hülsmann found it particularly appealing… And she was especially delighted that, by coincidence, her parents had bought this very man’s sheet music. This encouraged her to sit down at the piano at home and practise for the first time her classical studies. They were of course the songs of Randy Newman. It was the beginning of a long love affair.
Julia Hülsmann has herself in the mean time become a well-known pianist. In 2003 she made the recording "Scattering Poems" with her own trio and Norwegian singer Rebekka Bakken. The release was a special success with public and critics alike…
Julia Hülsmann Trio with Roger Cicero - Good Morning Midnight (2006)

Julia Hulsmann Trio with Roger Cicero - Good Morning Midnight (2006)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 349 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 150 MB | Covers (6 MB) included
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Vocal Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: ACT Music (9709-2)

It is difficult to imagine two greater opposites. On the one hand, Jazz, the rough companion who made ends meet in the big cities of the 20th century. On the other, Emily Dickinson, the quiet poet from a Calvinist family, who spent all of her life in the rural community of Amherst, Massachusetts. When Dickinson died at the age of 56 in 1886, jazz had not been born yet. It was no more than a dark premonition, lingering in the dank swamps of the Mississippi delta.
Do they go together? Without doubt. But to achieve this union requires a unique talent. Great musicianship. A feel for words, images, and sounds. It requires the ability to invent tunes that linger in the ear and move the heart. Only then can we fully appreciate the brittle, secretive art of Emily Dickinson…

Julia Hülsmann Quartet - The Next Door (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 10, 2023
Julia Hülsmann Quartet - The Next Door (2022)

Julia Hülsmann Quartet - The Next Door (2022)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 310 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 143 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:00:09
Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: ECM Records

On The Next Door Julia Hülsmann returns with the quartet from 2019’s Not Far From Here, and presents her unique pianistic voice in a varied programme of almost exclusively original music, composed by herself and her colleagues – tenor saxophonist Uli Kempendorff, Marc Muellbauer on double bass and drummer Heinrich Köbberling. A deep respect for the jazz tradition, as cultivated in the post-bop and modal jazz of the 60s, permeates this session and, with the quartet’s modern twist, sets the stage for highly expressive soloing and profound interplay.

Julia Hulsmann Quartet - In Full View (2013) {ECM 2306}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Nov. 1, 2019
Julia Hulsmann Quartet - In Full View (2013) {ECM 2306}

Julia Hulsmann Quartet - In Full View (2013) {ECM 2306}
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 374MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 161MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz

After two acclaimed trio albums pianist Julia Hülsmann proposes a different project for her third ECM release “In Full View”, motivated initially by a performance by Berlin-based, English trumpet player Tom Arthurs: “I found the music so beautiful that I asked him on the spot to collaborate…” After first rehearsals had established musical compatibility, Hülsmann called upon the services of her trusted rhythm section of Marc Muellbauer (double bass) and Heinrich Köbberling, but a vocalist was no longer needed. Thus the Julia Hülmann Trio became the Julia Hülsmann Quartet – with a prominent role for Tom Arthurs as strong new frontline voice that not only inspires Julia Hülsmann as player and arranger, but also had a stimulating effect on the composing activities within the quartet, with all members bringing compositions to the table.