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| New Conference Call CD on 482 Music On April 25th, 482 Music will release Live at the Outpost Performance Space, the fourth CD from the Conference Call. As the title suggests, this follow-up to 2004's Spirals: The Berlin Concert was recorded live at Albuquerque, New Mexico's Outpost Performance Space during the band's Fall 2003 tour of the Western United States and Canada. It also features the band's fourth drummer in as many recordings, with Gerry Hemingway joining core members Gebhard Ullmann (reeds), Michael Jefry Stevens (piano) and Joe Fonda (bass) in place of longtime drummer George Schuller due to a tour scheduling conflict. A working band since 1998, Conference Call brings together versatile German multi- instrumentalist Gebhard Ullmann with the 20-year musical partnership of Fonda and Stevens, the core of another long-standing all-star ensemble, the Fonda/Stevens Group. Conference Call's revolving cast of high-profile drummer/composers has included Matt Wilson and Han Bennink, in addition to Hemingway and Schuller, who has officially held the position for the past four years. The result is four veteran bandleaders coming together to create a democratic musical synergy that features compositions and solos from all four members, which they have documented in nearly ten years of performing all over the world. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |