{"id":2045,"date":"2024-02-26T10:20:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T09:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gratkowski.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2045"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:01:35","slug":"in-cahoots-feat-ingrid-laubrock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gratkowski.com\/de\/projects\/in-cahoots-feat-ingrid-laubrock\/","title":{"rendered":"In Cahoots feat. Ingrid Laubrock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank Gratkowski \u2013 woodwinds and composition
\nIngrid Laubrock \u2013 tenor and soprano saxophone
\nPhilip Zoubek \u2013 piano, synthesizer
\nRobert Landfermann \u2013 bass
\nDominik Mahnig \u2013 drums<\/p>\n

Das Quartett Gratkowski-Zoubek-Landfermann-Mahnig spielte gr\u00fcndete sich 2016 und spielte seitdem frei improvisierte Musik. 2020 ver\u00f6ffentlichte sie Band die CD „Torbid Daylight“. Nun spielt die Formation unter dem Namen „In Cahoots“ Kompositionen von Frank Gratkowski und wird regelm\u00e4\u00dfig durch die wunderbare, in NYC lebende Saxophonistin, Ingrid Laubrock zum Quintett erweitert. Das Quintett hatte sein Debut 2023 in Darmstadt.<\/p>\n

„Beneath the subatomic particle level, there are fibers that vibrate at different intensities. Different frequencies. Like violin strings. The physicists say that the particles we are able to see are the notes of the strings vibrating beneath them. If string theory is correct, then music is not only the way our brains work, as the neuroscientists have shown, but also, it is what we are made of, what everything is made of. These are the stakes musicians are playing for.“
\nT-Bone Burnett<\/p>\n

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Konzerte<\/h3>\n

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Ingrid Laubrock – soprano and tenor saxophone 
\nFrank Gratkowski – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, composition 
\nPhilip Zoubek – piano, synthesiser 
\nReza Askari – double bass
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tElbjazz Festiaval<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHermann-Blohm-Str. 3, 20457 Hamburg, DE\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\n\t\t \n\t\t
03.10.2026<\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\tIn Cahoots feat. Ingrid Laubrock<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTBA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Wiesbaden, DE\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\n\t\t \n\t\t
05.10.2026<\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\tIn Cahoots feat. Ingrid Laubrock<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPorgy & Bess<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRiemergasse 11, A-101 Wien, Austria\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\n\t\t \n\t\t
06.10.2026<\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\tIn Cahoots feat. Ingrid Laubrock<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttube\u00b4s<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGrieskai 74a, 8020 Graz, Austria\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\n\t\t \n\t\t
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New CD !!!<\/p>\n

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Get it here on Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

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Torbid Daylight critic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gratkowski \/ Zoubek \/ Landfermann \/ Mahnig \u2013 Torbid Daylight (IMPAKT K\u00f6ln, 2020)<\/p>\n

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Zoubek plays the piano in a quartet with Berlin-based reed player Frank Gratkowski (who teaches in a conservatory in Cologne, Zoubek and Gratkowski also collaborate in the quintet Shift), and fellow, Cologne-based, double bass player Robert Landfermann and drummer Dominik Mahnig (who also plays in Zoubek’s Trio). The quartet has performed sporadically since 2016 and its debut album was recorded at the Loft club in Cologne in February 2020. This quartet borrows guitarist-producer T-Bone Burnett\u2019s description of string theory to describe its art: \u201cBeneath the subatomic particle level, there are fibers that vibrate at different intensities. Different frequencies. Like violin strings. The physicists say that the particles we are able to see are the notes of the strings vibrating beneath them. If string theory is correct, then music is not only the way our brains work, as the neuroscientists have shown, but also, it is what we are made of, what everything is made of. These are the stakes musicians are playing for\u201d.<\/p>\n

The interplay of this free-improv quartet is intense, even in its most sparse and contemplative pieces, and stresses the strong-minded personalities of Gratkowski, Zoubek, Landfermann and Mahnig. Gratkowski is the natural leader of the quartet, even though all the pieces are credited to the four musicians, and he often sets the uncompromising, energetic tone and uncompromising course of the pieces. But Zoubek, Landfermann and Mahnig are ready for this roller coaster challenge. Zoubek shines on \u201cFirst Echo“,where he takes the quartet into a series of poetic and lyrical conversations. He balances Gratkowski\u2019s furious and muscular energy with elegant and playful gestures, especially on the last piece, the explosive \u201cCatalyst“ and the hidden, untitled piece, both demonstrate the strong, vibrating fibers that connect this quartet.<\/p>\n

freejazzblock.org<\/a>
\nBy Eyal Hareuveni July 2021<\/p>\n

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The best free improvisation springs from elevated listening, quicksilver reaction, and a touch of telepathy. First-time encounters can be exciting, but too often politeness gets in the way of unfettered interaction. That\u2019s part of the reason why the improvising quartet of pianist Philip Zoubek, reedist Frank Gratkowski, double bassist Robert Landfermann, and drummer Dominik Mahning delivers such deep music. As heard on the group\u2019s 2020 album Torbid Daylight the musicians possess boundless trust with one another, providing a platform where anything can happen. While Gratkowski lives in Berlin, the others are part of the thriving Cologne scene, where the borders between free jazz and contemporary music have become increasingly porous. Most of the musicians are experienced bandleaders, and while they routinely display fiery confidence in their chance-taking, each participant has even more palpable understanding of working as part of an ensemble. There are no hierarchies, glib licks, or moments of meandering. Instead, the quartet members are spontaneous sound sculptors, anticipating, responding, and building with independence and cooperation. The quartet first worked together in 2016, and over the last six years its performances\u2014to say nothing of connections they\u2019ve strengthened with one another through other contexts \u2014it has found a sweet spot between familiarity and discovery.<\/p>\n

Peter Margasek<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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