Gratkowski / Brown / Winant “Vermilion Traces / Donaueschingen 2009”

Frank Gratkowski (clarinet, bass- and contrabass- clarinet, alto saxophone)
Chris Brown (piano, live electronics)
William Winant (vibraphone, percussion)
Gerhard E. Winkler (computer and live electronics on “Bikini . Atoll”)

Leo Records (LR 653/654)

CD 1 “Vermilion Traces”
CD 2 “Donaueschingen 2009”

CD I “Vermilion Traces”
1 Trampoline (06:39)
2 Retort (07:29)
3 Underbelly (23:32)
4 Sirens (06:58)
5 Gesticulations (03:18)
6 Opaque Circle (02:42)
7 Fall Back (14:20)
8 Funky Ghost (05:17)
9 Vermilion Traces (03:52)

Disc Total: 74:09

Recorded at SWR studio 1 in Baden-Baden (2009/10/13 – 10/16)
Album titles taken from “Cycles”, CD+booklet by Erika Dagnino (poems) and Stefano Pastor (music), for the label Slam, Abingdon, UK, October 2007.

CD II “Donaueschingen 2009”
1 Gerhard E. Winkler, Bikini . Atoll (20:12) (Commission of SWR for the Donaueschinger Musiktage 2009)
2 Vergin on Orange (12:59)
3 Shadow of Hands (08:14)

Disc total: 41:25

Recorded live at the Donaueschinger Musiktage 2009 (10/17)

All compositions by Gratkowski (GEMA)/ Brown (BMI)/ Winant, except “Bikini . Atoll” by Gerhand E. Winkler (AKM/Austro Mechana).

Recording Engineer (on disc 1): Manfred Seiler
Recording Engineer (on disc 2): Wolfgang Bachner
Sound Engineer: Manfred Seiler
Mixing Engineer: Manfred Seiler

Co-Production: SWR2 jazz department, Baden-Baden, and Leo Records
Producers: Reinhard Kager & Leo Feigin

Special thanks to Uli Müller and Monique Bakshi

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
Special thanks to Uli and Monique