City of Glass
€8,99
Description
Robert Frederick Graettinger was born in the small town of Ontario (California) in 1923. Little is known of his early musical experiences, except that he played the saxophone during his high school years. At the age of 17 he heard a series of performances by Stan Kenton in Hollywood, and at this time he showed them an arrangement which he had made. “The arrangements were amateurish, but ambitious. Stan encouraged the boy to keep writing, and forgot him”. (Straight Ahead, page 134) Six years later, Kenton again received an arrangement, Thermopylae, from Graettinger, and immediately hired him. He saw Graettinger as someone who would be able to help him achieve his goal of shaking off the dance-band image, opening the way to appearances in prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall…..
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Recording location | Vredenburg Utrecht, The Netherlands, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam |
Mastering equiment | Sony digital Editor 3000 |
Mastering engineer | Bert van der Wolf |
Mixing console | Rens Heijnis Custom made |
Microphones | Bruel & Kjaer, Schoeps |
Recording notes | live recordings |
Recording format | PCM 44.1 |
Analog to digital converter | dCS900 |
Recording date | June 1993 |
Editing | Bert van der Wolf |
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Recording engineer | Bert van der Wolf |
Producer | Ted Diehl |
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Digital to analog converter | Sony |
Press reviews
Fono Forum
(…) einen ungeahnten Hhepunkt (…) (…) besonders sinnenfroh und musikalisch prickelnd (…) (…) Die Wiedergaben der Ebony Band, die sich u.a. schon mit der Wiederentdeckung des jung verstorbenen amerikanischen jazz-Klassikers Robert Graettinger profitiert hatte, sind ausgesprochen anregend und spannungsreich.
Gramophone
(…) This is a brave effort (…) (…) Schuller is a great pioneer in this kind of work (…)
Dissonanz
(…) so virtuos gespielt, macht diese Musik trotz gelegentlich ermdender Motorik und melodischer Stereotypien Spass. (…)
Volkskrant
(…) Graettingers composities hebben op cd niets van hun buitensporige karakter verloren (…) (…) is een waardig monument voor Robert Graettinger, een post-nucleaire autodidact met een huiveringwekkende fantasie.
The Denver Post
(…) Stan Kenton would have loved it! (….)
Klassiek
(…) De Ebony Band doet de verontrustende muziek van Graettinger herleven alsof ze gisteren gecomponeerd werd.
Washington Post
(…) The music sticks in your memory (…)
Volkskrant
(…) Nog zo’n hoogtepunt was de Ebony Band o.l.v. Werner Herbers. Krankzinnige bigband-muziek die met zijn verwrongen dissonanten, rare erupties, onlogische akkoordenopvolgingen en dichtgeplamuurde textuur niet snel gaat vervelen. (…)
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