Berlin Special Featuring Tom Arthurs Quartet

Synopsis

1989: Twentieth Anniversary

Jez Nelson and Kevin LeGendre present a special programme marking the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and featuring an exclusive session recorded in the city with BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist trumpeter Tom Arthurs. Joining him is Philipp Gropper, saxophonist for the promising young German band Hyperactive Kid, together with Swedish bassist Petter Eldh and drummer Marc Lohr from Luxembourg.

Trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer Tom Arthurs currently divides his time between London and Berlin, a city that has become a cultural and musical hub of Europe, attracting musicians from around the world for its stylistically diverse jazz and improvised music scene.

Excerpt of Take IV by the Zentral Quartett (details below)

Castalia from Tom Arthurs session (details below)

Interview with Alexander von Schlippenbach

CD Track:
Artist: Alexander von Schlippenbach (piano), Evan Parker (saxophone), Paul Lovens (drums)
Track Title: Moonbeef
Composer: Alexander von Schlippenbach
Album Title: Pakistani Pomade
Label: FMP
Released: 1972

Interview with Clare Cooper and Clayton Thomas

Hammeriver recorded at the B-Flat Club in Berlin on 1st November 2009

Line Up:
Clare Cooper (harp)
Chris Abrahams (piano)
Tobias Delius (clarinet and saxophone)
Anat Cohavi (bass clarinet)
C Spencer Yeh (violin and voice)
Clayton Thomas (double bass)
Werner Dafeldecker (double bass)
Christof Kurzmann (electronics)
Jean Phillip Gross (electronics)
Michael Zerang (drums and bells)
Robbie Avenaim (drums)

Track title: Dark March (Clare Cooper)

Interview with Ulrich Gumpert and Michael Griener

CD Tracks:
Artist: Zentral quartett: Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (saxophone), Conrad Bauer (trombone), Ulrich Gumpert (piano), Gunter Sommer (drums, percussion)
Track Title: Take IV
Composer: Ulrich Gumpert
Album Title: Auf Der Elbe Schwimmt Ein Rosa Krokodil
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2008

Artist: Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (alto saxophone and clarinet), Michael Griener (drums)
Track Title: Salmon No 9
Composer: Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky and Michael Griener
Album Title: The Salmon
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2008

Kevin interviews trumpeter Tom Arthurs and saxophonist Philipp Gropper

Tom Arthurs session recorded at Studio P4, Berlin on 2nd November 2009

Line Up:
Tom Arthurs (trumpet)
Philipp Gropper (saxophone)
Petter Eldh (bass)
Marc Lohr (drums)

Set list:
Magret (Tom Arthurs)
Untitled improvisation
Sartres Croissant (Philipp Gropper)

CD Tracks

Artist: Sven-Ake Johansson (drums), Axel Dorner (trumpet), Andrea Neumann (pianoharp)
Track Title: 1
Composer: Sven-Ake Johansson, Axel Dorner, Andrea Neumann
Album Title: The Barcelona Series
Label: Hatology
Released: 2001

Artist: Aki Takase (piano), Rudi Mahall (bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet)
Track Title: With Egg
Composer: Rudi Mahall
Album Title: The Dessert
Label: Leo Records
Released: 2003

Artist: Grund: Christian Lillinger (drums), Robert Landfermann (double bass), Jonas Westegaard (double bass), Wanja Slavin (saxophone and clarinet), Tobias Delius (saxophone)
Track Title: Shape
Composer: Christian Lillinger
Album Title: First Reason feat. Joachim Kuhn
Label: Clean Feed
Released: 2009.

Broadcast

1. Mon 9 Nov 2009
   23:15
   BBC Radio 3