Solo1, by Gerhard Gschlößl

Solo1

by Gerhard Gschlößl

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1.	Spring 04:37	buy track
2.	Optimistic 04:14	buy track
3.	Lewis & Lacy 04:31	buy track
4.	Dem Deutschen Funk 04:08	buy track
5.	Dem Deutschen Blues 03:22	buy track
6.	Up and Lower 03:11	buy track
7.	Take Five 02:20	buy track

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Gerhard Gschlößl - trombone, tuba

Recorded live at "Kollektiv Nights" (Kunstfabrik Schlot, Berlin)
August 24th 2022
Recording Engineer: Peer Soehring
Sounddesign and Mastering: Christian Betz
Artwork by Johann Leopard Moncur
Layout design by Nadezda Ukhanova
Liner Notes by Richard Roblee
Produced by Gerhard Gschlößl
© 2023 Trouble in the East Records

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released December 15, 2023

One definition of improvisation is „spontaneous composing“. While a composer normally has time to experiment with combinations of notes, perhaps altering or even eliminating some of them until he‘s satisfied with the results, an improviser has only one chance to get it right. He can‘t correct what he‘s done, he just has to keep going, hoping his imagination and skills will continue to be inspired as time passes.

The performance on this vinyl is astounding, challenging and highly entertaining. Astounding, because of Gerhard Gschlößl‘s incredible virtuosity and control of both trombone and tuba throughout the entire solo concert. Challenging, because of his continuing and tireless exploration of new ideas, developing them as he goes. And entertaining, thanks to the absolute joy and humor that are constantly present in Gerhard‘s music-making.

Whether it’s the tuba setting out a simple two-note groove, to which he keeps returning between flights of melodic invention, as in „Dem Deutschen Blues“, or the delightful effect of trombone glissandos, including the impression of a race-car downshifting in „Lewis and Lacy“, or the creative development of the melodic motive presented in the beginning of „Optimistic“, the listener is compelled to just hang on and stay in the moment. There‘s no time to reflect, because Gerhard just keeps going, presenting one melodic idea after another, with an intense, almost urgent energy.

It was a live performance, but now it‘s a recording, which allows one to listen again and again. And gradually one begins to even more fully appreciate Gerhard‘s gifts, both as a brass player and as an improviser, or in other words, a spontaneous composer.

Richard Roblee

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