Frank Gratkowski Quartet “le vent et la gorge”

Frank Gratkowski – alto sax, clarinet , bass- and contrabass clarinet, composition
Wolter Wierbos – trombone
Dieter Manderscheid – double bass
Gerry Hemingway – drums

Leo Records (LR 655)

1-8 “Harm-oh-nie” (30:50)
9 “Le Vent et la Gorge” (17:41)
10 “Lied / Song” (4:17)
11 “GO!” (12:04)
12 “The Flying Dutchman” (9:38)

Recorded at Loft Köln in October 2007 and February 2011 by Wolfgang Stach.
Mixed and mastered by Wolfgang Stach.

Special thanks to Hans Martin Müller

All compositions by Frank Gratkowski (GEMA)

Cover art by Gabriele D.R. Guenther
“Questions & Answers” (detail)
mixed media/found objects on canvas on wood — 160 x 61 cm

Artwork photograpy by Achim Kaufmann
Frontcover design by Manon Kahle

Reviews:
Cadence Magazine